GoodKarma19
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Y'all slay me!(And yes, I have a pet European Starling. She's a murderer, and would gladly poke holes in/beat the snot out of anything I give her regardless of edibility haha!)
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Y'all slay me!(And yes, I have a pet European Starling. She's a murderer, and would gladly poke holes in/beat the snot out of anything I give her regardless of edibility haha!)
krikinit
Chameleon Enthusiast
For science!!!!
I was thinking about that. Salmonella would be a risk but if cooked thoroughly just like chicken eggs it would be killed by heat. I wouldn't eat them runny at all. I'm not even recommending you eat them just thinking out loud.
Reptile eggs are eaten in some cultures. Turtle eggs are all I can think of. I believe somewhere they eat chameleons (correct me if I'm wrong). I know the indigenous Australians eat goanas. I've even eaten alligator meat (tastes like fishy pork).
I'd love to know if someone has done this. It seems like all we put into keeping them, more than backyard chickens some one should get something back.
Calypratus
Established Member
I wonder how you would crack the shell. I imagine since they leathery instead of hard I would have to cut them open and potentially get egg goo everywhere.
Chameleophlaged
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I think we should consult the staff and give this thread (author) the Thwart Dmitri Smerdyakov trophy (there are no requisites for it after all)
Graves923
Chameleon Enthusiast
If I try a scrambled chameleon egg can I get the trophy too?
Brodybreaux25
Chameleon Enthusiast
Boiled, the little Cham skeleton give it a nice crunch!
JoXie411
Chameleon Enthusiast
Maybe it would be like a Pumpkin seed eat the whole thing
Longhorn1234
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People in Central America (maybe South America too) eat iguanas. I've never heard or read of people eating chameleons, but would be interesting to find out if some cultures do.
absolutbill
Chameleon Enthusiast
As a former chef I feel compelled to add my 2 cents to this discussion, and let me say I've loved it thus far. Yes, by cooking you will kill the samonella that might be present in the eggs, but honestly you should be just as concerned with commercially produced chicken eggs. As for eating them, I can't see why you couldn't, but I'd never attempt any sort of individualized egg cooking (like hard-boiling, or sunny-side up), and instead would just mix a bunch together for scrambled eggs. With their leathery shells I'd think you'd have to hold them over your bowl and poke a large hole into them to let them drain into the bowl. I am now wondering how they would hold up if you baked with them? All this being said, I don't have a female, and even if I did I'm not sure I could bring myself to try any of these things, I'm just armchair cheffing it right now.
As for the questions about eating them, I've never done that, but I have eaten iguana when I was in Bonaire. They made it into a stew, but just cut up the body so it was full of bones. My poor husband watched me for about 45 minutes try to separate out all the bones from the rest of the stew and it's not something I'd repeat. As for the flavor it was fairly non-descript, but on the chicken spectrum. Again, it was the inner chef in me wanting to try it. If I were ever in Africa and came across a roadside stand selling them, I might be interested enough to try them, but I think like frogs' legs there just isn't enough meat on them to justify the work in eating them.
As for the questions about eating them, I've never done that, but I have eaten iguana when I was in Bonaire. They made it into a stew, but just cut up the body so it was full of bones. My poor husband watched me for about 45 minutes try to separate out all the bones from the rest of the stew and it's not something I'd repeat. As for the flavor it was fairly non-descript, but on the chicken spectrum. Again, it was the inner chef in me wanting to try it. If I were ever in Africa and came across a roadside stand selling them, I might be interested enough to try them, but I think like frogs' legs there just isn't enough meat on them to justify the work in eating them.
Isabella-D
Member
hahaha i was thinking about this yesterday!
Toothless the cham
Established Member
My female is going to lay in about a month I'll try than if no one else does.
Calypratus
Established Member
Tell me how it goes
Thehippie
Chameleon Enthusiast
agreed! although i just buy them i have no idea how to catch a frog much less prep them...
now the question comes how are you cooking them!!!
Toothless the cham
Established Member
Idk scrambled.now the question comes how are you cooking them!!!
Found this on Morocco They use them in charms after burning them on a stick hence my confusion.
https://riadzany.blogspot.com/2006/07/rescuing-chameleons-in-morocco.html
https://riadzany.blogspot.com/2006/07/rescuing-chameleons-in-morocco.html
JoXie411
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I know what I’m ask my mother in law to make next time i go over
