TITLE 14. MALICIOUS MISCHIEF [594 - 625c] ( Title 14 enacted 1872. ) 598b. (a) Every person is guilty of a misdemeanor who possesses, imports into, or exports from, this state, sells, buys, gives away, or accepts any carcass or part of any carcass of any animal traditionally or commonly kept as a pet or companion with the intent of using or having another person use any part of that carcass for food.
(b) Every person is guilty of a misdemeanor who possesses, imports into, or exports from, this state, sells, buys, gives away, or accepts any animal traditionally or commonly kept as a pet or companion with the intent of killing or having another person kill that animal for the purpose of using or having another person use any part of the animal for food.
If he wanted cuy so badly, he could behave like a reasonable person and source the meat in a responsible way.
He can order it online from https://www.exoticmeatmarkets.com, which sells dressed cuy for $39.99 apiece.
He can search ethnic food stores for frozen cuy, as per this article:
After all, according to an NPR write-up from 2016, "one United States importer based in Connecticut is importing about two tons of frozen guinea pigs into the United States each month," and even if regulatory issues mean it's somehow impossible to find in southern California, I'm certain he could arrange to have some shipped to his address in L.A.
He could even call up or visit Peruvian restaurants to see if he could get a cuy hook-up that way.
Procuring cuy through any of these options still might be a misdemeanor offense in California, but it's so much better, safer, and less sociopathic than buying a living guinea pig from a pet store and inhumanely slaughtering it yourself in your host's backyard, a thing absolutely no reputable chef would ever do.
Also, apparently peacock meat is dry and unpleasant to eat.
It's also available online from https://www.exoticmeatmarkets.com, which claims their peafowl are are farm raised in California and processed in State inspected plants. So clearly there are poultry farms where he could buy peackcock meat rather than trying to catch and kill one or more members of the feral populations wandering around Los Angeles!!!
A California hunting license definitely doesn't cover peafowl as a non-migratory game bird, but even if it did, with the exception of a brief window for wild turkeys in the spring, hunting season for literally every other type of bird doesn't open until August at the absolute earliest.
I just can't with this guy. It is definitely possible for him to prepare his original menu in an ethical, responsible way. I can't say "completely legal" because it's unclear to me whether California is making a distinction between guinea pigs raises as pets and cuy bred for meat, but regardless, it's obviously possible to source the meat in the state without immediately running afoul of the law.
Of course, expertly prepared cuy is stringy and peacock is dry, so even if he spent a ridiculous amount of money to get his ingredients in an ethical way, his guests would probably still prefer to eat tastier items like goose or pheasant or squirrel or rabbit. But why do any of that that when you could just double down on the exotic/shock factor and go to a pet store or wander the streets of Beverly Hills with a burlap sack and a big stick?! Flavor and ethics are for unimaginative suckers.
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(Anonymous) 2018-06-23 04:33 pm (UTC)(link)Which is illegal under California law, no less!
http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN§ionNum=598b
TITLE 14. MALICIOUS MISCHIEF [594 - 625c] ( Title 14 enacted 1872. )
598b.
(a) Every person is guilty of a misdemeanor who possesses, imports into, or exports from, this state, sells, buys, gives away, or accepts any carcass or part of any carcass of any animal traditionally or commonly kept as a pet or companion with the intent of using or having another person use any part of that carcass for food.
(b) Every person is guilty of a misdemeanor who possesses, imports into, or exports from, this state, sells, buys, gives away, or accepts any animal traditionally or commonly kept as a pet or companion with the intent of killing or having another person kill that animal for the purpose of using or having another person use any part of the animal for food.
If he wanted cuy so badly, he could behave like a reasonable person and source the meat in a responsible way.
He can order it online from https://www.exoticmeatmarkets.com, which sells dressed cuy for $39.99 apiece.
He can search ethnic food stores for frozen cuy, as per this article:
https://www.pri.org/stories/2014-07-23/how-guinea-pig-andean-delicacy-making-its-way-dinner-plates-us
After all, according to an NPR write-up from 2016, "one United States importer based in Connecticut is importing about two tons of frozen guinea pigs into the United States each month," and even if regulatory issues mean it's somehow impossible to find in southern California, I'm certain he could arrange to have some shipped to his address in L.A.
He could even call up or visit Peruvian restaurants to see if he could get a cuy hook-up that way.
Procuring cuy through any of these options still might be a misdemeanor offense in California, but it's so much better, safer, and less sociopathic than buying a living guinea pig from a pet store and inhumanely slaughtering it yourself in your host's backyard, a thing absolutely no reputable chef would ever do.
Also, apparently peacock meat is dry and unpleasant to eat.
http://coquinaria.nl/english/peacock/peacockbook.htm
It's also available online from https://www.exoticmeatmarkets.com, which claims their peafowl are are farm raised in California and processed in State inspected plants. So clearly there are poultry farms where he could buy peackcock meat rather than trying to catch and kill one or more members of the feral populations wandering around Los Angeles!!!
A California hunting license definitely doesn't cover peafowl as a non-migratory game bird, but even if it did, with the exception of a brief window for wild turkeys in the spring, hunting season for literally every other type of bird doesn't open until August at the absolute earliest.
http://www.eregulations.com/california/hunting/waterfowl/upland-game-bird-small-game-mammal-crow-hunting/
I just can't with this guy. It is definitely possible for him to prepare his original menu in an ethical, responsible way. I can't say "completely legal" because it's unclear to me whether California is making a distinction between guinea pigs raises as pets and cuy bred for meat, but regardless, it's obviously possible to source the meat in the state without immediately running afoul of the law.
Of course, expertly prepared cuy is stringy and peacock is dry, so even if he spent a ridiculous amount of money to get his ingredients in an ethical way, his guests would probably still prefer to eat tastier items like goose or pheasant or squirrel or rabbit. But why do any of that that when you could just double down on the exotic/shock factor and go to a pet store or wander the streets of Beverly Hills with a burlap sack and a big stick?! Flavor and ethics are for unimaginative suckers.