You Can Have My Armadillo When You Pry It From My Cold, Dead Fingers

Purchasing smoked rodent just got that much more difficult:

State regulators have recently stepped up the confiscation of unregulated exotic meats and other foods from local stores catering to an immigrant clientele accustomed to more extreme cuisine.

In Queens, a food-safety inspector noticed an interesting special posted in a market’s front window: 12 beefy armadillos.

In Brooklyn, inspectors found 15 pounds of iguana meat at a West Indian market and 200 pounds of cow lungs for sale at another store.

A West African grocery in Manhattan sold smoked rodent meat from a refrigerated display case.

All of it was headed for the dinner table. All of it was also illegal.