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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Sara Ventiera

Can’t beat them? Eat them: the fight against the US wild boar plague

Wild hogs in a swamp near Slidell, Louisiana.
Wild hogs in a swamp near Slidell, Louisiana. Photograph: Laura Prieto/Alamy

At Austin, Texas restaurant Dai Due, wild boar often features prominently among the menu choices. Guests can order wild boar summer sausage to go with their brunch entree, and boar boudin fills a Czech-Texan pastry called a klosbasnek. For dinner, wild boar can come with a carrot puree and a savory chili bone broth; for lunch, it tops a luxe Italian sub along with Wagyu beef and nilgai antelope.

Notes at the bottom of the restaurant’s online sample menus assure diners that wild game is sourced in the nearby Hill Country and “almost everything comes from around here”.

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