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Default Bison burger: had my first today ++

On Sat, 24 Mar 2012 20:44:38 -0400, George M. Middius
> wrote:

>l, not -l wrote:
>
>>> Um, careful there... moose burgers are next! hehe

>>
>>While grocery shopping on Thursday, I saw one-pound packages of ground elk
>>in the meat case, right next to the one-pound ground bison packages. I'll
>>keep an eye out for moose 8-)

>
>um... Moose is elk. Elk is moose. Same animal, different names.
>
>Doesn't Sarah Palin slaughter moose regularly?
>


It depends which country is naming the animals. In North America,
specifically, Elk is one animal and Moose is another. They do not
even remotely look alike. I was watching a wildlife program just last
week where they kept calling our 'moose' an elk.

North American Elk http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elk

North American Moose http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moose

Janet US