1978. Working in the Texas Hill Country near SanAngelo. Herds of deer and herds of armadillos. One Friday we killed 17 armadillos and put the word out that Saturday would be a 2 keg cookout at our place. We cleaned those suckers and put 'em on ice. They have dark meat and white meat like a yard bird. Saturday about 10am we put 'em on the grill. Had about 50 folks and they were either real hungry, real drunk or both cause the armadillo meat was a hit. There were hamburgers, hotdogs, etc but I don'r remember throwing away any armadillo.

A week or so later I was listening to Paul Harvey and he told of the only 2 critters on earth that COULD carry Leprosy.......man and the armadillo.......I've been constantly itching and scratching ever since