Roadkill Cuisine: That Time a Legislator Served a Congressman a Plate of Roadkill.

Contributed by Jersey Conservative

Sussex County Republicans are defined by their ruling political dynasty as much as by the roadside zoo that is both an emblem and way of life for that dynasty. Yes, we are talking about Jill and Parker Space – County Commissioner Director and Senator Space – and Space Farms Zoo & Museum.

Where once you had the Littell family, now you have the Space family. And just as the Littells gifted the county with Senator Steve Oroho, Senator Oroho was pretty much responsible for gifting the county with the Spaces.

And what a gift.

We came across this rather unusual video the other day and thought we’d share it. It is certainly something to contemplate on a boiling hot summer’s day – especially if you are out for a drive and spot something dead on the road.

The video is courtesy of the old Chasing News program on FOX, hosted back then by none other than future gubernatorial candidate Bill Spadea. This video was posted in March of 2017 and had to do with the manner in which Space Farms feeds some of the wildlife it keeps at the roadside zoo it operates.

Chasing News had a reporter follow the Space Farms roadkill truck as it pulled roadkill off the road and turned it into food for their carnivores. The video notes that for 10 years (14 years ago) Space Farms had contracts with various counties and municipalities in which the zoo was paid to remove dead carcasses from the road. They still do.

At about the 3 minutes, 50 seconds point in the video, the reporter notes:

“This is great. He says, what is this?

Oh my god, that’s roadkill.

“It’s not uncommon for us to ah, eh eat off-road ourselves.”

So, there’s a name for it. We’ve always wondered.

All this is… whatever it is, but we’re pretty sure that state regulations would frown upon serving roadkill to a group of unsuspecting consumers at a political event. We wonder if anyone had a case of the trots.

We took a quick look on Google, which provided this AI Overview (for what it is worth):

That sounds about right.

But really, we wouldn’t know. Eating roadkill isn’t a thing in our neck of the woods. Those interested should check with the New Jersey Department of Health, or maybe with Fish & Wildlife. If you do, please let us know.

Here’s the full video. Enjoy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKhsY_vBSp