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?

[PerspicaciaTick]

Teach your children the phrase "pull the other one, it's got bells on" and tell them to say it to their dad every time he spins them a tall tale.

[HarrietKettleWasHere]

I mean, can’t you just ask him if he fed them a badger?

[hooveringhamabeads]

Just been watching the haunting of hill house on my own, and wanted to reset my brain before attempting to sleep.

Badger and rice has done the trick nicely, thanks OP.

[MiniMum97]

Unless the badger was raw or very poorly cooked I really don't think you need to worry about TB!

I am struggling to understand how he steamed the badger at the natural history museum though and you lack of an explanation is making me suspicious of your badger eating tale.

Hilarious though.

[thegreatbeyond]

Why did you have children with this man?

How was she to know he had both a light and dark side to his character?

[NoSquirrels]

Steamed badger and rice at the Natural History Museum - delicious, economical and a cultural day out. Lucky kids, I say.

Ask him what he’s going to serve in the Science Museum, though, just in case...

[NorthenderNamechanger]

None of this fucking rabbit or pigeon nonsense in my house


Rabbit and pigeon is fucking delicious.

[BruegeITheElder]

How many people eat badger? Is it ever a thing? Like royal family posh type thing

There's a whole section on it on the badger wiki page! Apparently historically people have often eaten badgers. Nowadays not so much, except in Russia.

[SmilingButClueless]

Apparently some people tried to make eating badger a ‘thing’ back in 2012 - who knew? Unless The Guardian was just being trolled, which is not impossible.

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2012/sep/25/eating-badger-a-sett-menu

[BadgerWithRice]

Had to delurk to applaud Sett Menu

[TaighNamGastaOrt]

Did he serve it with Brock-olli?

sorry, I'll get my hat!!

[BadLad]

I'd rat on him to the NSPCC. No kid would eat badger voleuntarily. Hope you've got an escape fund squirreled away.

[Loulamummy]

He didn't cook it in the Natural History Museum. He brought it with him, yes, probably in tupperware.

[DailyMailFuckRightOff]

Oh but this thread is marvellous. Steaming a badger in the NHM. Sett Menu. Contact somewhere in the woods.

OP, sensing that your ex might be taking the piss. Would he not just do what every other parent does and say ‘it’s chicken, it’s delicious, eat it’ when attempting to feed them something new?!

[BruegeITheElder]

All these questions about how he charges his phone etc. are things I wonder, but as we are not really on speaking terms (texts only) I will probably never know.

Nice attempt to weasel your way out of this

[HarrietKettleWasHere]

It’s stoatally unbelievable.

[BruegeITheElder]

He keeps tupperware at his campsite? Very shrewd!

[itswinetime]

Oh well if it was in Tupperware it will be fine only Grrrrreat food goes in Tupperware! Oh wait they may only be true if tigers named tony

[RantyRantRantRant]

I was in the Dream thread before I came to this one, I like when things flow seamlessly like that.

Steamed badger and rice sounds a bit bland though, needs a nice jus.

[Merename]

Weird responses op!

[BruegeITheElder]

Holy moley, this thread can't be true

[Rachelover40]

Would the long cooking process not kill off TB or any other bacteria? Raw badger would be dangerous.

Well he's a capable hunter gatherer if he knows how to skin and gut a badger, and butcher it.

[WhingyNinja]

I'm crying, actually crying. Thank you OP for this joyous gift. I sincerely hope your children are okay but fucking hell this thread is something else.

[BabySharkAteMyHamster]

The ex probably charges his phone in librarys etc like all the other phone owning people do

Op, I really wouldnt worry. He's probably just teasing the dc because they were asking about his living situation.