I was scrolling through all the recipes to see what I can make with ingredients on hand, came across this one. Perfect, I can now take that hippo out of my freezer. Defrosting it while I cut up the carrots and potatoes. Can't wait to try this and I plan to surprise my husband, this is going to be his birthday dinner. Serving it with a side salad.

I tried this but left the Hippo whole and stuffed the cavity with turkeys. The only problem we had was the feathers tickled our throats going down.

My husband is allergic to hippo. Can you suggest a substitute? Thanks.

Hmmm... planning on making this, but need to know what wine goes with hippo, red or white??? And is hippo dark or white meat??? ;)

Absolutely incredible!!!! The only hippo I could end up getting a hold of was pretty large so I ended up adding a bit more of everything but it turned out incredible! I also finally found a use for my great-great-grandfather's steam shovel, passed down through the generations, which is also great!

Now that's funny.

Best recipe ever! Yum yum yum. Served to the party at my house, no leftovers.

My family was allergic to hippo and we substituted elephant. However, we had to adjust the cook time!

Has anyone successfully vegan-ized this dish? TIA

So, for the Boy Scout people- this is preferable to the glop the scouts usually make. It would be part of their oath to be 'thrifty' The ASM' will want you as a certified Grub Master!

I think calls for more of a White Lightening sort of beverage not wine. I mean it's sort of a clandestine back yard sort of meal anyway. Hooch will help it go down better than a red zin.

I originally slow cooked mine with Yak brains & antelope urine. But my husband STILL said his Mother's recipe is better (just like every other dish i've slaved over tirelessly for the last 15 years). Determined to end this relentless competition, I drove the 14 hours to find out her culinary secrets. Yesterday, I served my family the same dish with one minor change. The family raved about it! I'm heating up some leftovers for the kids this afternoon. After all, they'll need their strength. Nana's been missing for a few weeks now and the kids have been instructed to search grid 7B. I sure hope they find her. The poor woman.

Oh my GOODNESS! This is my absolute favorite hippo recipe! I did end up adding about 1000 or so sausages for that extra zing. I made it for my mother's funeral and hubby ended up eating most of it, but the in-laws loved it too (thank GOD)!

Me crew and mateys arrived in ye ole Cape Town after the plundering of a small sloop on the coast. The locals offered us a wee water horse for our troubles in exchange for a cut of the treasure trove. Yer captain here made the decision after a few too many swigs of rum. The mateys had a wonderful shanty with this recipe. Without any hares for the eye to see, we resorted to plundering the bilge for rats. The stew gave me first mate the cobby wobbles, and drowned in rum me crew forgot to set weigh in the sand bay. Let me tell ye, I did set my weigh into the deep blue below- in yer gullet one way, out like a bullet the other.

You forgot to add - the 150 cloves of garlic - 100 large onions, chopped fine. Can shred leftovers - serve on bun with coleslaw. Called "Hillbilly Hippo".

Subsituted 3 bison's and a Shetland pony. Lower fat, easier to get but left me a little hoarse.