“Grizzly” sounds a little like “gristly.” A pun about bear meat is:
Q: Why don’t people eat bear meat?
A: It’s too gristly.
”“Well, I don’t like bear meat anyhow. It’s too gristly to suit me” was cited in print in 2005.
Wiktionary: gristle
Noun
gristle (countable and uncountable, plural gristles
1. Cartilage; now especially: cartilage present, as a tough substance, in meat.
Wikipedia: Grizzly bear
The grizzly bear (Ursus arctos ssp., less commonly known as the silvertip bear, is a large subspecies of brown bear inhabiting North America. Scientists generally do not use the name grizzly bear but call it the North American brown bear.
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Scarecrow in Gray
By Barry Yelton
Lincoln, NE: iUniverse
2005
Pg. 198:
“Well, I don’t like bear meat anyhow,” said Lester. “It’s too gristly to suit me.”
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Hal Briston
10-01-2008, 04:41 PM
A couple of years ago, there was a lot of debate raging here in Jersey about the number of bears finding their way into residential neighborhoods, and whether or not they should allow bear hunts.
While having a family talk about it, someone mentioned allowing the bear hunts, and donating the meat to homeless shelters. That prompted the following conversation between myself and my sister-in-law.
Her: Yeah, but can you eat bear meat?
Me: Sure…I’ve had it before.
Her: Really? How was it?
Me: Too gristly.
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@_ChevW
I tried some bear meat for dinner. I didn’t like it, it was too gristly!
5:15 PM - 20 Jun 2011
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@neonwario
bear meat is too gristly.
3:30 PM - 29 Jan 2013
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@IgnisHB
You know why people don’t eat bear meat?
Too gristly.
4:11 AM - 25 Jan 2017
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Why don’t people eat bear meat? It’s too gristly.
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