Thread: Meat Eaters - Choose your prey!

As the title said - choose your favorite.

Pork Chops, Bacon, honey glazed ham...

No wonder I was 620 lbs. in '99!

Actually, I've had ostrich -- tasted like the most flavorful, tender beef you could imagine.

I still prefer a cow's ribeye steak... though I don't mind fish. Anyone tried not-so-common stuff like... ostrich or rabbit?

Moose, elk and deer. If I can't afford that, which is most of the time, beef.

Critters I've tried but don't recommend-

Monkey (both meat and live brains)
Elephant
Tiger
Dog
Cat
Marmot
Rattlesnake
Camel


Theognome

In South Africa, you can get warthog!

But my favorite is this:

EDIT: I put a picture of a lamb here, but it was so cute, I couldn't bear it!

Lamb. I like lamb. There - I said it.

Definitely chicken.

Originally Posted by Tim

In South Africa, you can get warthog!

But my favorite is this:

EDIT: I put a picture of a lamb here, but it was so cute, I couldn't bear it!

Lamb. I like lamb. There - I said it.

Tim - I remember having warthog, "barbecued" (braii, sp?) and really enjoying it. Impala venison with gravy is very nice as well.

Kangaroo.

I had King Island steak at a Chinese restaurant last night (King Island is a small island off the south coast of Australia.) It was lovely; the only problem was, this being Chinese cooking, it was lots of little pieces rather than a 500 gram steak.

No non-game turkey?

I'll eat whatever I can get ahold of.

Originally Posted by Theognome

Critters I've tried but don't recommend-

Monkey (both meat and live brains)
Elephant
Tiger
Dog
Cat
Marmot
Rattlesnake
Camel


Theognome

Originally Posted by Theognome

Critters I've tried but don't recommend-

Monkey (both meat and live brains)

Wow.

Overall, lamb is my favorite. After that, it would be chicken and goat.

Korean beef - amazing stuff.

Generally, I prefer beef. If we can get venison, and it's prepared correctly, it's a close second.

I've also eaten turtle and gator, both of which are pretty good fried in nugget/strip form.

Hard to beat carnitas. Ohh... how I love it.

Originally Posted by Montanablue

Korean beef - amazing stuff.

CANNIBALISM!!!!!!!!

I checked beef. But Lamb chops are great. So are pork chops, ribs, bacon etc. Heck, I love all meats. Gimme some spicey sausage too.

All of the above.

I have to admit, though that I really enjoy squirrel. They're fun to hunt, and their meat is sweet.

Squirrels?

Hard to beat carnitas. Ohh... how I love it.

My mouth just started to water!

A huge pile of Carnitias...crispy at the edges, tender.

A pile of homemade steaming corn tortillas


Homemade salsa, cilantro, diced onion, homemade guacamole...

Ahhhh!!!!

Originally Posted by rpavich

Hard to beat carnitas. Ohh... how I love it.

My mouth just started to water!

A huge pile of Carnitias...crispy at the edges, tender.

A pile of homemade steaming corn tortillas


Homemade salsa, cilantro, diced onion, homemade guacamole...

Ahhhh!!!!

Ahh!!!! Now I really want some!!

Originally Posted by ubermadchen

Originally Posted by rpavich

Hard to beat carnitas. Ohh... how I love it.

My mouth just started to water!

A huge pile of Carnitias...crispy at the edges, tender.

A pile of homemade steaming corn tortillas


Homemade salsa, cilantro, diced onion, homemade guacamole...

Ahhhh!!!!

Ahh!!!! Now I really want some!!

Now cut that out! I can't get good carnitas around here, and I don't have time to make them tonight.

I like all kinds of meat. Among my favourites are:

Venison
Beef
BBQ (I prefer a good pork shoulder)
Lamb
Quail
Wild Turkey (and the liquid ain't all that bad either)
Squirrel
Rabbit


I've also had and enjoyed:

Muskrat (You'll pay a lot for this in fancy restaurants. They call it Marsh Hare.)
Buffalo
Elk
Pronghorn Antelope
Moose
Wild Boar
Alligator
Beaver (You have to get the fat and silver skin off. When you do that, Mmmm. Better than most beef.)
Bobcat
Racoon
Possum
Rattlesnake
Turtle
Terrapin
Rat (Hardcore reenactors do strange things.)
Mountain Oysters
You want me to keep going?

I've had and did not enjoy:
Monkey (Can't stand the things alive or cooked.)
Armadillo (Although I had Armadillo chili that was good.)
Nutria

Other meats that I've had that really aren't that bad:
Beetle grubs
Ants
Earthworms
Honey bee brood

I picked pork because it it the most politically incorrect on the list.

Now cut that out! I can't get good carnitas around here, and I don't have time to make them tonight.

That's why I have to talk about it...because there ISN'T any around here!

About the only meat I don't care for is organs. No liver, heart or wrinkle steaks for me.

Originally Posted by Rich Koster

About the only meat I don't care for is organs. No liver, heart or wrinkle steaks for me.

You gotta try deer hearts fried with onions. Mmmm...so good!

Originally Posted by SolaScriptura

I'll eat whatever I can get ahold of.

This is pretty much my stance.

Nigiri sushi with tuna or young yellowtail. Mmmm.

Originally Posted by Sven

Originally Posted by Rich Koster

About the only meat I don't care for is organs. No liver, heart or wrinkle steaks for me.

You gotta try deer hearts fried with onions. Mmmm...so good!

I'll try a small bite of it if it was prepared for me. I guess the aroma of the onions masks the odd aroma of cooking hearts. I have a problem with gout, so I usually avoid internal organ meat due to the high level of purine generators in it.

My favorite is probably Beef (Burgers, Steak, Ribs), but it's a close call due to Deer & Squirrel.

Beef, it's what's for dinner!

Although I am a card carrying member of PETA.


People for the Eating of Tasty Animals!

I voted beef... but grilled chicken is a close runner-up.

Pigeon is good too, if you're the one that went to all the work of catching it and fixing it up.

In South Africa, you can get warthog!

Why would beer makers be tastier than any of the rest of us?

Originally Posted by jwithnell

In South Africa, you can get warthog!

Why would beer makers be tastier than any of the rest of us?

good wordplay!!!

Originally Posted by Rich Koster

Originally Posted by Sven

Originally Posted by Rich Koster

About the only meat I don't care for is organs. No liver, heart or wrinkle steaks for me.

You gotta try deer hearts fried with onions. Mmmm...so good!

I'll try a small bite of it if it was prepared for me. I guess the aroma of the onions masks the odd aroma of cooking hearts. I have a problem with gout, so I usually avoid internal organ meat due to the high level of purine generators in it.

I suffer from gout too, but I've found that the organs of game animals has doesn't affect it. I try to stay away from organ meats of domestic animals, but sometimes the flavor is worth the pain.

Fish because it's tasty and super healthy (especially fatty fish). If taste only, I'd say either beef or pork ribs.

To eat regularly, I'm going with Beef.
Pork is a close second. Ribs, shoulder, bacon, mmmm

One of the best entres I've ever had was ostrich served in something similar to a marsala sauce. Increadibly good. It's more of a special occasion thing I guess.

-----Added 7/17/2009 at 01:00:32 EST-----

Lawrence, you've had a lot of meats and you're from way down South....have you ever had ponce? It's a cajun dish...pig stomach stuffed with a pork sausage. I've had it once, and that's only because I lived next to a true Cajun in college. It was awesome.

Ponce is good stuff, so is its cousin, boudin. Did you eat yours smoked or plain? I sort of think of it as cajun haggis.


I forgot to list a couple of others. One is sort of benign, the other well. . .

Emu
Caballo