As others have stated, there is the fear of contracting Leprosy from eating
armadillo.  However, you must remember, there was a time when people ate
just about whatever wandered across their path ;)  In some places I guess
that's still true.  My ex-fiance, Ray, was born and raised on a bayou island
in south Louisiana.  They were dirt poor.  He and his dad would hunt deer
(of course) but also squirrel, opossums, raccoons.  His mother grew
vegetables in a kitchen garden.  At that time the only way to get to the
"mainland" was by boat.  They'd go into town to buy staples like flour,
salt, etc.  But otherwise they were pretty much self-sustaining, like
pioneers.  And he's my age - 44.  Not all that long ago, is it?

Jill