Burkina Faso All Set to Begin Exporting Bush Meat
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Ouagadougou - Burkina Faso is not a country known for much of anything. In fact, it’s just a country that sits on top of Ghana, much like an old fat lady on a veranda. But that all is about to change. The country best known for sending herding tribesmen across its neighbors borders to suck up natural resources will finally contribute to Africa’s GDP (gross domestic product) when it begins exporting bush meat to Europe and North America in 2008.
Alhaji Assan, the newly appointed Minister of Bush Meat Export And Trade (BMEAT), summarized the government’s stance on the emerging market.
“What we have found through research is that whites in America and Europe are looking for new tastes in food,” he explains. “They always speak of pork as the ‘other white meat’. We felt that this would be a good opportunity to introduce then to a ‘new brown meat’”
Unbeknownst to most westerners, Asians have been feeding them bush meat since they immigrated to America in the late 1800’s. Dressed properly, rat, cat and some dogs are often easily mistaken for chicken. When covered with the desired sauce, the subtle gamey taste of the domesticated animal is undetectable. Mr. Assan is counting on westerners dulled taste buds for his country’s success.
“What we have also found is that Americans cannot tell venison from vulture.” He stopped to give praise to Allah for his revelation. “This will bode well for us when we begin infiltrating western markets with our bush meat. It will provide jobs and boost our economy.”
It is not yet known which grocery stores will carry the new cuisine, but chances are they are already available for sale in your local market. Test packets of bush meat cased in baloney casing were released in Mississippi 3 months ago.
“The Europeans are used to eating garbage and calling it food. For the Americans, it may take more time to get used to, but we are hopeful that they will cease all consumption of traditional meats and rely solely on bush meat for their holiday and daily meals.”
