Butcher Harvests Invasive Raccoons to Make Meatballs

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There’s nowhere else you’re gonna find it
anywhere in the world today.

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So let’s hit it or there’s this, Kate is a
small German village about an hour west of

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Berlin.
The area reportedly has quite the pest problem

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but rather than tossing them in the trash, one
entrepreneur found a more sustainable solution.

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Raccoons were brought to Germany in the 19
twenties and used on fur farms.

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The trash pandas were first released into the
wild in 1934 and now the country is reportedly

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overrun by some 2 million raccoons.
They are an invasive species negatively

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impacting local habitats, species and
ecosystems.

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So local officials had few options.

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The raccoons had to die.
However, one local butcher Michael Rice wanted

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to do it in the most sustainable way possible.

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And he wound up making raccoon meatballs,
jarred meat salami bratwurst and liver sausage

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among other products at V De Rajoy, his butcher
shop and I’m pretty sure I nailed that.

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Pretty sure.

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Mm Little unease according to rice who is also
a hunter.

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If any animal is harvested, the best thing to
do is to use as much of it as possible and

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customers don’t have to worry about
contamination.

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The butcher says the wreck meat must also pass
a trella test.

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The parasitic round worms are sometimes found
in undercooked pork and other meat.

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Generally any game meat shouldn’t be eaten raw.
The butcher says the meat has its own unique

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taste that is hard to describe but quote
delicious.

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However, unlike other game that is often
supplemented with pork fat because it’s too

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lean.
Raccoon meat doesn’t require such enhancements

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and thus includes very few ingredients.
For example,

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according to the company, the raccoon meatballs
contain a little more than salt,

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pepper and egg.
Some of the other products like salami and n

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combined raccoon and deer rice came up with the
idea while preparing for the Green Week

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International Food Fair in Berlin, he was
brainstorming ideas that might help him stand

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out among the crowd.
Well, it worked and on a global level,

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generating interest from the raccoon.
Curious around the world according to CNN rice,

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received approval from local officials to make
the meat.

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And he’s the only shop in Europe selling
raccoon based products.

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Unfortunately, for the raccoon curious here in
the US,

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you’re out of luck as Wilder or Hoy will only
ship within Germany had my basket full and

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everything.
I’m David Manti, this is manufacturing.

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