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...Similar scenes are being played out across Europe these days as panicky consumers are abandoning beef in droves and turning to what they consider safer alternatives: pork, poultry, lamb, fish and, increasingly, organic fruits and vegetables. Some adventurous souls are tucking into more exotic fare like ostrich, emu, bison and kangaroo. With certain beef products officially banned and others looked on with growing suspicion, there is a danger that some traditional European dishes, from ossobuco to côte de boeuf, may be headed for extinction. Such fears may well be exaggerated. But one thing seems certain: "mad cow" disease...
...Fortunately, there are other choices-including red meats that cook and taste much like beef. Horsemeat, long prized in France, has been undergoing a boom there, with sales up 59% in December. Bison, only half as fat as chicken and with 30% more protein than beef, is also winning new European fans. More unusual offerings are starting to make their way into some markets and restaurants. Among them: ostrich, emu and kangaroo, all of which are lean and tender red meats. But, like bison, they are much more expensive than beef. Beef aficionados also claim the big birds tend...
...Restaurants specializing in alternative meats are beginning to crop up across Europe. Le Carnivore in the French city of Nantes regularly serves up such delights as kangaroo brochette, ostrich tartare and bison steak. Wooloomooloo, an Australian restaurant in Berlin, has cleared beef off its menu and now features kangaroo, ostrich and crocodile. For the truly adventurous, the Springbok Café in Chiswick, west London, has been doing what owner Peter Gottgens calls a "roaring trade" in blesbok, impala, kudu, warthog and zebra. Since wild game roams freely and eats natural vegetation, Gottgens calls it "the ultimate organic meat-real organic...
...Bison freshman guards Desire Almind and Heidi Helsing pushed Bucknell's lead to 54-36 with 10 minutes remaining in the game with back-to-back three-pointers...
Almind led all scorers with a career-high 26 points. Creamer added 25 for the Bison, as the duo combined for 51 of the Bison's 79 total points. Bucknell is now off until a Dec. 29 game at Villanova. Harvard plays Tuesday at 7 p.m. on the road at Rhode Island in what should be another non-league challenge. The squad's Ivy League season does not begin until Jan. 6, when the Crimson takes on Dartmouth...