Can you eat elephant? - The Firearms Forum

Trevor1837 · 12-06-2011, 10:45 PM

Just saw some pics of people on safari who shot an elephant, I was just wondering if you could eat it? If so how does it taste haha? Just curious...

H-D · 12-06-2011, 10:52 PM

No LSU/ BAMA jokes please
yeah when they kill one in a lot of african countries they give the meat to the locals they love it (maybe cuz they are starving) they say the meat inside the tusk is better than filet mignon

Zhurh · 12-06-2011, 11:06 PM

Have a huntin buddy who comes up Alaska every fall. In late 70's, early 80's worked in Rhodesia off and on. He shot a bunch of game back when it was cheap to do so, he claimed. I asked him, why would ya want to shoot a dang elephant like you'd see in a circus? He said the local villagers just luved when people killed elephants as the Natives got it and they'd cut it all up, eat good. He said nowadays, it's high priced to kill good game in Africa. He said his brother went over this fall, shot a pig of some sorts, and two other smaller than deer sized animals, cost him $8000 and that wasn't even flights & lodging.

guess that's why my friend hunts up here with us in Ak nowadays.

hansom · 12-07-2011, 03:15 AM

Its got nothing to do with people starving, Africans have been eating Elephants for thousands of years, nothing new, all races and nations eat the food that is prevalent in their area, just like North Americans eat Possum and Raccoons and Rattler snakes and Aligator steaks etc.

Native AlaSKANS eat Whale and caribou etc. People in Japan eat mostly seafood because they live on an island in the middle of the ocean, its not Rocket science folks.

H0tr0dder · 12-07-2011, 05:12 AM

You learn something new every day! I had no idea there was meat inside an elephants tusk. Always just thought it was boney.

howlnmad · 12-07-2011, 06:07 AM

A whole elephant, I've never tried.

I have eaten a 72 ounce steak with salad and baked tater and 4 pounds of spare ribs with a side of pintos and slaw. But never an elephant.

H0tr0dder · 12-07-2011, 06:11 AM

Good lord man...was that over the course of a week?? Haha

howlnmad · 12-07-2011, 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by H0tr0dder

Good lord man...was that over the course of a week?? Haha

Nope, one sitting for each, it's free that way.

jlloyd73 · 12-07-2011, 08:58 AM

You CAN eat anything you want.............the question is would you?

Zhurh · 12-07-2011, 09:58 AM

Hansom, I just thought all those Biafrans can't be wrong; thin as they look to me, I thought they were short on food and been that way for many years I always heard.

I will agree that people get accustomed and prefer the game they get locally. We've taught in villages where the Indians didn't eat caribou as they were moose people and other villages they didn't eat bear cause they were their long lost relatives and on and on.

Also, we always get hunters from outside who can't get their meat flown out and give it to the locals who gladly take it; so when my friend mentioned the natives in Africa luved him for it and I thought about those starving village babies sucking on their hand, I just figured Oh ya. They probably all eating better than us in USA though.

Ya know what they really like up here, LYNX, no joke.

Actually, my buddy has shown me picts of game he shot way back when he was working in Africa. His stories get even better the drunker he gets, ha ha. He always tells the Indians here in our village about when he killed a lion near this African village and he was a hero and all, ha ha. How they made him honorary chief for the day, threw a big dinner celebration for him and gave him a 14 year old virgin girl and promised if he didn't have a male heir to her, they'd give him another. ha ha. I always get some laughs cause the Indians jaws drop and are ready to head off to Africa.

Now I've been there when my buddy shot grizz up close, several shots to put bear down and he could barely get words outta his mouth after. Boy, I'd figure he'd about have a heart attack if a lion came in on him, ha ha. I'd like to see it with my own eyes just for a few harrs.

Ken W · 12-07-2011, 10:45 AM

howlnmad, how did you not explode after those meals?

As for the original topic, I honestly don't find the thought of eating elephant very appealing.

Carne Frio · 12-07-2011, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Trevor1837

Just saw some pics of people on safari who shot an elephant, I was just wondering if you could eat it? If so how does it taste haha? Just curious...

...just like chicken.

Old Grump · 12-07-2011, 12:16 PM

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Elephant Stew Recipe

This dish takes about 2 to 3 months to prepare.

Ingredients

1 Elephant
10 Warthog
100 kilogram tomatoes
half ton potatoes
2 bags onions
100 kilogram salt
1 wheelbarrow onions (heaped)
10 liter vinegar
20 liter chutney
4 Guineafowl

Method

Hunt the elephant, warthog and guineafowl. Hang guineafowl to ripen. Cut elephant into edible chunks, (will take about a month). Boil the warthog with other ingredients (except guineafowl) till nice and juicy. Now boil elephant chunks over high flames till tender. (will take about 4 weeks) and add everything together. Boil for another 5 to 7 days.

Produces about 3,500 helpings.

Note: If the above isn't enough, add the guineafowl as well.

http://funkymunky.co.za/elephantstew.html

Waste not want not, if you shoot it you eat it.

Capt Mac Turk · 12-07-2011, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by howlnmad

A whole elephant, I've never tried.

I have eaten a 72 ounce steak with salad and baked tater and 4 pounds of spare ribs with a side of pintos and slaw. But never an elephant.

Hey I have eaten @ "Beef Steak Charlies"

that "72" ounce steak if you do its FREE

Think they got really pissed tho when I asked

WHATS for DESERT?

NOW I'm on a diet & can only eat the Wabbit food

whymememe · 12-07-2011, 12:31 PM

Sure you can eat anything you shot, but elephant is bad karma.

Clipper · 12-07-2011, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by howlnmad

A whole elephant, I've never tried.

I have eaten a 72 ounce steak with salad and baked tater and 4 pounds of spare ribs with a side of pintos and slaw. But never an elephant.

The Big Texan now has a microbrewery too. Lots of folks line up for the big steak, not a lot finish it. Holler next time in town!

JLA · 12-07-2011, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by howlnmad

A whole elephant, I've never tried.

I have eaten a 72 ounce steak with salad and baked tater and 4 pounds of spare ribs with a side of pintos and slaw. But never an elephant.

I have tried that type of contest and failed. I think it was a 64 ouncer. With a baked football sized tater and a salad. I kept looking for the EMTs to come rushing in with a defibrulator. Then I didnt eat steak for like a whole day afterwards.

jstgsn · 12-07-2011, 04:24 PM

After eating my first wife's meatloaf for 27 years, elephant tongue sounds pretty good.

During that marraige I also ate a lot of crow.

Juker · 12-07-2011, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Trevor1837

Just saw some pics of people on safari who shot an elephant, I was just wondering if you could eat it? If so how does it taste haha? Just curious...

It tastes like elephant.

Bobitis · 12-07-2011, 06:18 PM

Heck, I'd give it a try.

We eat reptiles don't we? Can't say I've ever heard of a herbivore that can't be eaten.

permafrost · 12-07-2011, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Juker

It tastes like elephant.

Hey Juker! You don't even need us....Apparently you crack yourself up!

Juker · 12-07-2011, 07:18 PM

Sometimes the most obvious answer is the hardest to find.

12-06-2011, 10:45 PM	#1
Trevor1837 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 262	Can you eat elephant? Just saw some pics of people on safari who shot an elephant, I was just wondering if you could eat it? If so how does it taste haha? Just curious... -->

12-06-2011, 10:52 PM	#2
H-D Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Mississippi Posts: 1,334	Re: Can you eat elephant? No LSU/ BAMA jokes please yeah when they kill one in a lot of african countries they give the meat to the locals they love it (maybe cuz they are starving) they say the meat inside the tusk is better than filet mignon __________________ And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. Revelation 19:11

12-06-2011, 11:06 PM	#3
Zhurh Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Upper Yukon, Alaska Posts: 1,815	Re: Can you eat elephant? Have a huntin buddy who comes up Alaska every fall. In late 70's, early 80's worked in Rhodesia off and on. He shot a bunch of game back when it was cheap to do so, he claimed. I asked him, why would ya want to shoot a dang elephant like you'd see in a circus? He said the local villagers just luved when people killed elephants as the Natives got it and they'd cut it all up, eat good. He said nowadays, it's high priced to kill good game in Africa. He said his brother went over this fall, shot a pig of some sorts, and two other smaller than deer sized animals, cost him $8000 and that wasn't even flights & lodging. guess that's why my friend hunts up here with us in Ak nowadays.

12-07-2011, 03:15 AM	#4
hansom Former Guest Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 81	Re: Can you eat elephant? Its got nothing to do with people starving, Africans have been eating Elephants for thousands of years, nothing new, all races and nations eat the food that is prevalent in their area, just like North Americans eat Possum and Raccoons and Rattler snakes and Aligator steaks etc. Native AlaSKANS eat Whale and caribou etc. People in Japan eat mostly seafood because they live on an island in the middle of the ocean, its not Rocket science folks.

12-07-2011, 05:12 AM	#5
H0tr0dder V.I.P. Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 102	Re: Can you eat elephant? You learn something new every day! I had no idea there was meat inside an elephants tusk. Always just thought it was boney.

12-07-2011, 06:07 AM	#6
howlnmad Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Harriman, Tn Contributor Posts: 2,566	Re: Can you eat elephant? A whole elephant, I've never tried. I have eaten a 72 ounce steak with salad and baked tater and 4 pounds of spare ribs with a side of pintos and slaw. But never an elephant. __________________

12-07-2011, 06:11 AM	#7
H0tr0dder V.I.P. Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 102	Re: Can you eat elephant? Good lord man...was that over the course of a week?? Haha

12-07-2011, 08:58 AM	#9
jlloyd73 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Contributor Posts: 1,931	Re: Can you eat elephant? You CAN eat anything you want.............the question is would you? __________________ --------------------------------------------------- The only thing better than good family is good friends. J and D Lloyd Get ready...it's getting "real" and really fast!

12-07-2011, 09:58 AM	#10
Zhurh Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Upper Yukon, Alaska Posts: 1,815	Re: Can you eat elephant? Hansom, I just thought all those Biafrans can't be wrong; thin as they look to me, I thought they were short on food and been that way for many years I always heard. I will agree that people get accustomed and prefer the game they get locally. We've taught in villages where the Indians didn't eat caribou as they were moose people and other villages they didn't eat bear cause they were their long lost relatives and on and on. Also, we always get hunters from outside who can't get their meat flown out and give it to the locals who gladly take it; so when my friend mentioned the natives in Africa luved him for it and I thought about those starving village babies sucking on their hand, I just figured Oh ya. They probably all eating better than us in USA though. Ya know what they really like up here, LYNX, no joke. Actually, my buddy has shown me picts of game he shot way back when he was working in Africa. His stories get even better the drunker he gets, ha ha. He always tells the Indians here in our village about when he killed a lion near this African village and he was a hero and all, ha ha. How they made him honorary chief for the day, threw a big dinner celebration for him and gave him a 14 year old virgin girl and promised if he didn't have a male heir to her, they'd give him another. ha ha. I always get some laughs cause the Indians jaws drop and are ready to head off to Africa. Now I've been there when my buddy shot grizz up close, several shots to put bear down and he could barely get words outta his mouth after. Boy, I'd figure he'd about have a heart attack if a lion came in on him, ha ha. I'd like to see it with my own eyes just for a few harrs.

12-07-2011, 10:45 AM	#11
Ken W V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Asheville, NC Posts: 346	Re: Can you eat elephant? howlnmad, how did you not explode after those meals? As for the original topic, I honestly don't find the thought of eating elephant very appealing.

12-07-2011, 12:31 PM	#15
whymememe Former Guest Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: FEMA Region IV Contributor Posts: 1,445	Re: Can you eat elephant? Sure you can eat anything you shot, but elephant is bad karma.

12-07-2011, 04:24 PM	#18
jstgsn Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Milford, Delaware Contributor Posts: 1,271	Re: Can you eat elephant? After eating my first wife's meatloaf for 27 years, elephant tongue sounds pretty good. During that marraige I also ate a lot of crow. __________________ Don’t pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he will just kill you.

12-07-2011, 06:18 PM	#20
Bobitis Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 6,612	Re: Can you eat elephant? Heck, I'd give it a try. We eat reptiles don't we? Can't say I've ever heard of a herbivore that can't be eaten. __________________ ^.^ A point in every direction is the same as having no point at all

12-07-2011, 07:18 PM	#22
Juker Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Land of Lincoln Contributor Posts: 2,872	Re: Can you eat elephant? Sometimes the most obvious answer is the hardest to find. __________________ SHOOT FIRST. SHOOT SECOND. MOST IMPORTANTLY, BE THE MAN WHO'S SHOOTING LAST.