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In my experience, virtually everything in the antelope family is not only edible, but very tasty. The one exception being waterbuck, which has a fat which congeals as it cools and is in the opinion of many, inedible. (The African staff doesn't mind it, however.) I have heard that elephant trunk roasted over a slow fire tastes like brawn, but I have no experience of it. One buffalo can furnish a lot of biltong, and if seasoned correctly is very tasty for a daytime snack. I suppose my favorites were eland, kudu and Thompson's gazelle, although klipspringer chops are quite a treat. Don't worry about anything gong to waste. The local tribespeople will take anything you don't want and seem to especially relish zebra. Also, the Egyptian vultures ans hyenas will gladly clean up the mess for you. We once drove away from a buffalo carcass after removing all we wanted and five minutes later there was nothing left but bones. We drove by the same spot later in the day and all we could find was a pile of grass representing the stomach contents. All very efficient. |