My kids' dad fed them badger

[Loulamummy]

I'm not joking. We are separated and he sees them for the day once every few weeks. Last week he took them for the day in London and when I picked them up they told me, very casually, that Daddy had given them badger with rice for lunch. He had sent me a picture a few days earlier of a dead badger so it is totally plausible, and given that he has been homeless for the last couple of years and often 'lives off the land' I am certain he would not think twice about eating a badger. He told the kids that he steamed the meat for 4hrs but now i'm really worried about the whole TB thing. They seem fine but not sure if I should get them checked out. Any words of wisdom?

Screenshot OP

Eating roadkill is a thing.

When I was a child we regularly ate pheasant that my Dad had found by the side of the road or had hit himself.

And on one occasion our cat caught a partridge and we managed to get it from her before she could tear it up and ate it ourselves.

I’m in bed with flu and I can’t tell you how much this thread has brightened up my day.

Also, I’m a teacher and a couple of months ago we had a pupil develop TB. Was a massive deal and everyone who’s immune suppressed or vulnerable had to go in quarantine for a bit. I’m now wondering how the girl developed it and if her dad maybe also lives in the woods.

Sett my mind at rest
Grilled them for more info

Nice one, op.

It came with the message 'Poor Badge'

Wonder what it died of [

Posted too early.

Looks a bit “bloated” to me.

Urgh

If it was roadkill it could be dangerous to eat.

Yes, unlike shrink-wrapped meat from the supermarket, from which no-one has ever got ill.

People who eat roadkill tend to be a fairly self-selecting bunch. They/ we use our common sense in judging whether to even approach it. Things like: Is it warm today? Does the carcass look 2-dimensional--or, conversely, bloated? Then you look at it for things like: obvious disease. Is there evidence it didn't die by being hit? Have the innards been squished? Any dodgy smell? Then when you dismember it (which remember, you have to do with meat that didn't arrive ready-prepared), you get an even closer look at anything that might be 'off' (literally). And finally, people don't eat roadkill remotely rare: cooking will kill most things. Our ancestors were probably scavengers before they were killers of large animals, so it's hardly a new thing.

Um. I suspect he was joking or trying (and succeeding) to wind you up?

People who eat roadkill tend to be a fairly self-selecting bunch.

In a Darwinian sense, if they feed it to their kids?

Tbh if I thought my kids had eaten badger I would be horrified and I would be right on here asking for advice as I know nothing!

Fabulous thread. Such a shame it wasn't the MIL who fed the DC badger.

Old fashioned having brushes are traditionally made using badger bristles.
Your ex could have a nice little side line to earn some extra caah

Kids are good. Have grilled them

I honestly thought you were going to finish that with "and served them in Tupperware with some rice"

So he is homeless but with the ability to steam meat for a number of hours, and then pack in Tupperware dishes, and then feed it to the kids at rhe museum, whilst it's still warm.

Interesting.

Errol-- DD was the size of a pea when I (and therefore she) ate the pheasant. Doesn't seem to have done her any harm...although she loves running across roads in front of cars while flapping her arms and making COK COK COK noises

ReggieKray Depending where you/she lives, unlikely to be anything to do with a sylvanian father. I live in a 'vibrant' part of London, and DD was immunised against TB at 3 months due to the risk locally. We're 15-20 miles from the nearest real bit of woodlandlet alone one with cattle anywhere near it.

Kids are good. Have grilled them

DH had some 'baby goat' when we were on holiday in Greece recently, though I think it had been slow cooked - much like a lamb shank but maybe leaner.

Poor badge indeed. Ewwww...

Loulamummy you've dealt with the piss taking very well. Some people find it hard to imagine stuff so far from their own experiences could be true.

I wonder what they'll say now you've posted a pic?

I don't see why this is so unbelievable. Meat is meat, surely, and if you're living off the land you'd eat whatever was around. Presumably it was boiled, rather than steamed but you can do a lot of boiling on a campstove. The NHM is free, and has a picnic area. I'd feel similar to you OP - not sure whether to be impressed or terrified of TB. But not disbelieving - I don't know why so many people on mumsnet think that if something is outside of their experience it must be lies.

I also find this very believable. I guess it depends what kind of life you have lived and what kind of people you have met. I know a few people who live in woods/feilds and are very capable of cooking/washing and charging phones.

I think some people are a bit sheltered so find this hard to believe.

You can also be homeless and still have some money.

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Kids are good. Have grilled them

Served with some fava beans and a nice chianti presumably?

So he is homeless but with the ability to steam meat for a number of hours, and then pack in Tupperware dishes, and then feed it to the kids at rhe museum, whilst it's still warm.

I knew plenty of people living one and off in (new age) traveller camps or on the road, who would have been able to do this no problem.

There is a massive housing shortage in this country and this government have been burning the safety nets since they got into power. Universal credit is practically designed to make people homeless, by starting with a mandatory 5 week gap with no money (often twice that in reality).

What's so odd about the idea that homeless people can cook? Or can own a tupperware box? This guy isn't street homeless, he's living in the woods. Perhaps he has a van / mobile home. He'd still be classed as homeless.

Wouldn't you try to make it a home, if that was your circumstances?

I think some people are a bit sheltered so find this hard to believe.

This.