Human: The other meat

[DavidSh]

Right, but in order to know which bears taste better based on their diet you'd have to eat a lot of bear and know what each used to eat and that's not feasable unless there are bear farms somewhere and nobody told me.

I looked for info on this, and found a forum for hunters that had a thread on this topic. Apparently, it's easy to determine the last meal of the animal you are butchering. Otherwise, you can know whether the salmon are running, whether berries are in season, or whether there is a garbage dump in the area. But they mostly agree that sometimes the bears taste good, and sometimes not, and the reason isn't always obvious.

I've never eaten bear, myself, though.

[Lvl 2 Expert]

I looked for info on this, and found a forum for hunters that had a thread on this topic. Apparently, it's easy to determine the last meal of the animal you are butchering.

Although my guess is they mostly look at the stomach contents for that, rather than tasting the meat.

[Ajustusdaniel]

Although my guess is they mostly look at the stomach contents for that, rather than tasting the meat.

Or you could check the bear's pockets for a restaurant receipt!

[warty goblin]

Or you could check the bear's pockets for a restaurant receipt!

Man, I just wouldn't feel safe eating a bear that failed to socially distance like that.

[The Glyphstone]

Celebrity Cannibalism does sound like a likely consequence of widespread acceptance of this practice, though I think it's more likely to start with marginal internet celebrities.

Maybe instead of celebrity cannibalism, we get cannibalism celebrities? People who are famous because their particular strain of meat is deemed tastier for some quirky genetic reason...

[piperhahn]

Incidentally, there are very rarely anything like the same rules applied to vegetables or fruits or cereal grains. Meat requires very careful handling and preparation. Even in the modern world, crab or lobster or shrimp have the potential to kill you if they are prepared clumsily.

[HandofShadows]

Don't forget a few kinds of fish can be deadly if not prepared correctly as well.