Students at a British university are learning how to cook roadkill to save money.
As part of the forensic archaeology degree at Bournemouth University, on the south coast of England, students have learnt about butchering methods from over the years by collecting animals killed in roadside collisions, and then chopping them up in class before enjoying a "barbeque".
Krish Seetah, who took the classes said: "You have to be quite cautious about eating an animal if you don't know the source, but there's certainly no reason why someone shouldn't do it."
A staff member said: "The group would find all sorts of animals at the side of the road. They were used for class demonstrations to show how butchering methods have developed throughout history. But, after the lesson, we'd be left with piles of meat - so we'd have a barbecue."
However, Steve Stone, environmental health officer for the New Forest District Council, warns that you shouldn't eat animals found at the side of the road. He said "I don’t think it’s something that people should experiment with unless they are aware of the health of the animal and the condition of it."
The final Curious © phrase:
“The national dish of Scotland is something called haggis, the specific ingredients of which I won't go into other than to say that if you can visualize boiled, inside-out road kill, you're pretty close”
(David Grimes)
