Alright. This idea is going to sound batsh*t insane, and kills thousands of Butterflies... But hear me out.
However, before we get into the scenario, some context around “Lake Cow Bacon." In 1910, Louisiana Congressman Robert F. Broussard proposed a bill, to fund $250,000, in importing hippos from Africa to Louisiana, for meat and to combat an invasive plant species. It was described as “Lake cow bacon”. However, the bill fell short in the US Congress, and was never passed.
Now what if the American Hippo Bill was passed... but not in the United States Congress. In this timeline, it gets passed in the Confederate States Congress...
... Continue to hear me out.
With a POD I've been using for most of my CSA Victory asks: In a POD where the Confederate States of America won independence around 1862, with international recognition from Britain and France, and war-wariness from Copperheads and Civilians of the North. In the post war borders, the CSA gains its seceded territories, and Confederate Arizona, and the Indian Territory gains independence, as both sides wasn't willing to give it up in the peace treaty, so they pulled a Uruguay. However, the CSA does not get any of the border-states, including Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, West Virginia (Who gets more territory to protect DC)
What if in this scenario, the CSA faces a similar problem to OTL US, where they are facing a meat shortage. Now an alternate Confederate Congressman (Whoever that maybe) proposes Hippos as a good solution to their problem. This Hippo Bill gets passed in the Confederate States Congress and gets the necessary funds to import and breed these hippos, and “Lake cow bacon” is on the menu...
...Or so they thought.
Now with this crazy scenario that massacres all the butterflies, what would be some consequences of Hippos in the CSA? Will “Lake cow bacon” become a staple of Southern Cuisine? Or would they quickly become a problem for the Confederates? And if so, would the Confederates be able to eliminate the invasive hippos?
However, before we get into the scenario, some context around “Lake Cow Bacon." In 1910, Louisiana Congressman Robert F. Broussard proposed a bill, to fund $250,000, in importing hippos from Africa to Louisiana, for meat and to combat an invasive plant species. It was described as “Lake cow bacon”. However, the bill fell short in the US Congress, and was never passed.
Now what if the American Hippo Bill was passed... but not in the United States Congress. In this timeline, it gets passed in the Confederate States Congress...
... Continue to hear me out.
With a POD I've been using for most of my CSA Victory asks: In a POD where the Confederate States of America won independence around 1862, with international recognition from Britain and France, and war-wariness from Copperheads and Civilians of the North. In the post war borders, the CSA gains its seceded territories, and Confederate Arizona, and the Indian Territory gains independence, as both sides wasn't willing to give it up in the peace treaty, so they pulled a Uruguay. However, the CSA does not get any of the border-states, including Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, West Virginia (Who gets more territory to protect DC)
What if in this scenario, the CSA faces a similar problem to OTL US, where they are facing a meat shortage. Now an alternate Confederate Congressman (Whoever that maybe) proposes Hippos as a good solution to their problem. This Hippo Bill gets passed in the Confederate States Congress and gets the necessary funds to import and breed these hippos, and “Lake cow bacon” is on the menu...
...Or so they thought.
Now with this crazy scenario that massacres all the butterflies, what would be some consequences of Hippos in the CSA? Will “Lake cow bacon” become a staple of Southern Cuisine? Or would they quickly become a problem for the Confederates? And if so, would the Confederates be able to eliminate the invasive hippos?
