This morning I work up with an incredible craving for unusual meats. I blame this on last night’s exposure to Gamera Versus Guiron — another offering from MST3K. In this poorly-dubbed 1969 movie, a gigantic turtle-like creature battles to save two children from the clutches of Guiron — an oversized quadruped with a head like a ginsu knife.
During the ensuing mayhem, Joel and his bots are singing “Gameraaaaa! Gameraaaa! Gamera is really neat. He is filled with turtle meat…”. And it occurred to me that I have never tasted turtle. I can only imagine that it tastes like chicken, as every other meat does, apart from beef and Guiron.
Another meat I have often wondered about is penguin. All they do is eat fish all day and stand around. Sure it might be a little fatty, but if you drained that off after roasting, I’m sure you’d be left with some juicy, tender meat. Sort of like duck.
Mmmmmm. Roast penguin.