Horse and other meats

[bluecuracao]

Originally Posted by DanaC

mmm Wild boar. I forgot about wild boar. Good sausages!

Oh yes...yummy!

Off the list, I've had elk once or twice, and lots of bison and venison (as in deer). There's a restaurant near me that serves up venison tartare. Soooo delicious--the best way to have it, I think.

I've also had ostrich (dry and blah), oxtail and gator.

[Kingswood]

Rabbit stew can be tasty, especially if it's from fresh rabbits. Cook it slowly. Your guarantee of freshness for rabbits comes in the form of a ferret and rabbit nets.

I've had crocodile. Tastes sort of like fish or chicken. It's not bad but can be pricey.

Kangaroo tastes a lot like rare beef, but seems that it can only be cooked rare. I prefer my meat to be thoroughly dead before I eat it.

Shark is common here in Oz. Just ask for "flake" at most fish and chip shops and you'll be getting gummy shark.

I haven't had emu, but I would like to try it one day.

Koalas are inedible. They eat gum leaves, they smell like gum leaves, their poop smells like gum leaves. So what do they taste like? Apparently they taste like gum leaves. It would be as if you took a perfectly good steak and marinated it in neat eucalyptus oil for a day or two. Blech.

[Cloud]

I have not eaten emu, but I would like to interject here that emu oil is the BEST thing in the world for skin problems. Marvelous stuff if you don't object to using animal fat.

[Perry Winkle]

Originally Posted by Cloud

I have not eaten emu, but I would like to interject here that emu oil is the BEST thing in the world for skin problems. Marvelous stuff if you don't object to using animal fat.

Does it work on stretch marks?

[Undertoad]

J and I had ostrich steaks last night which were supposed to be ostrich medallions. The meat is very much like beef, except stringier and less tasty.

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by jinx

I worked at a restaurant that had a Game Night every year. It was a major event that the chefs prepared for for several days in advance, and the staff did lots of tasting. I couldn't even tell you what all I've eaten...

Was that the Country Kitchen?

[DanaC]

Rabbit stew can be tasty, especially if it's from fresh rabbits

So is rabbit curry.....I have a vague recollection of Dad cming home once with a freshly killed rabbit.....good curry
Pigeon makes great pie. Though, when i was given it as a kid, my family lied to me and told me it was a chicken pie. They didn't tell me until I'd eaten it that it was woodpigeon (my elder brother was into poaching at the time). After I had recovered from the shock, my bro made me a talon puppet to take to school. Pigeon talon with cotton attached so you could animate its digits. Scared the shit out of this girl who'd been teasing me *grins*

Tried most of them, not horse. I don't like how it smells when cooked.

[bluecuracao]

Maybe it would be better a la tartare.

[Crimson Ghost]

Originally Posted by Spexxvet

Was that the Country Kitchen?

Are you referring to the one in AC, on the Boardwalk?

[bluecuracao]

Tonight (well, technically yesterday evening) I had some fantastic venison--pan seared medium rare, with a cherry sauce and sides of slow-burn chorizo potatoes and watercress. So, I take back that venison tartare is the best way.

I'm feeling very caveman-ish.

[jinx]

Originally Posted by Spexxvet

Was that the Country Kitchen?

No, the Marshalton Inn.

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by Crimson Ghost

Are you referring to the one in AC, on the Boardwalk?

No. I have vague memories of a restaurant on 202 maybe - somewhere west of Philadelphia, where we went once 35 years ago, that served "game". I think I had a hotdog. :p

[Spexxvet]

We went to the Collegeville Inn about once a year, when I was young. Mmmmm, apple fritters...

"If you ain't related to it and it ain't poison it's food... an' there's exceptions ta' botha' those rules".
My Pop (grandfather)