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Should We Eat Invasive Species?

The Washington Post's Energy & Environment section raises today the question of whether the best way to control certain invasive species is to eat them. The biggest success story on this front in the U.S. has been the lionfish; it destroys the habitat of some other fish in the areas where it's been introduced, but it turns out to be a palatable food fish, too. Its population has gone down since the start of a concerted effort to encourage it as a food, rather than just a nuisance. The article touches on invasive species of fish and crustaceans, but also land animals and plants. I know that garlic mustard (widespread in eastern U.S. forests) is tasty, and so are the blackberries all over Seattle.

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  1. Re:On that note by Jmc23 · · Score: -1, Troll

    The sad thing about the 'flavour' of bacon, is that most USians are refering to the taste of the preservative, but they don't know that.

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  2. Re:On that note by Jmc23 · · Score: -1, Troll

    Give a USian a piece of Bacon without the additives and it's viewed as bad bacon. Nitrates only taste salty to people with very poor taste buds.

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