There’s a more interesting front page mix of stories today…
Who knew, for example, that meat goats were in short supply? Owing to an influx of people from other countries where goat meat is widely consumed.
The timeliness of this story is another matter…
The headline reads: “No kidding, goats are in short supply.” So like, there’s a dramatic new shortage or goat crisis or something here?
In a word, no. This is a story that could have been written ago. And guess what, it was.
Four years back the Rosedale Institute tied the controversy over illegal immigration to a steep rise in the demand for goat meat.
“As ethnic populations swell, their foods are often embraced within the internationalizing U.S. menu,” Sandra K. Miller reported in 2006.
“It
Tracy Thomas
Hearne, how many times must I tell you. Do NOT attack the dead. If Harper’s family wants his obit to say those things, let it be.
You are embarrassing your own rich family heritage and the fine schools you attended–which did not, I note, include a journalism school, to make light of how others want to be remembered.
Stop it!
Tracy Thomas
Also, I loved the goat story. Over New Year’s I went to Denver, to attend the Russian New Year’s Party my Ukrainian sister-in-law hosted from 10p to 5am. I went with her to the Black Sea Market to do some grocery shopping, and there in the meat cooler was goat neck. Very popular, and even pricey. Who knew??? Therefore: Newsworthy. The 80% of the world eats goat: fascinating. Now, Iryna doesn’t eat goat, we were there for pomegranates, and cherry jelly, and rose tea, but this was a very international market, so it was fun for me to do the same thing I do when I go to Costco–peer into other families’ shopping carts. It’s a window into their world.
So Hearne–I’m wondering what should be in your grocery cart to prepare for this next week…perhaps some crow?!