I am sure a lot here have had it. Not for me I don't think. Any way saw it in the local grocery store. I guess it is a result of changing demographics in the neighborhood. WE have raised dairy goats. the kids showed them at the fair and for 4 H. But never occurred to me to eat one.
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Yaworski
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I've had goat. It's no better or worse than lamb. Don't like mutton.
I was doing a job in Mexico, just outside Mexico City and the people in the refinery oil lab where I was repairing and calibrating their viscosity measuring system took me to a place that the speciality was roasted baby goat. They did tell me what it was before going to make sure I was ok with that. Told them I would try most anything once. Everything was brought out, you couldn't tell by sight (no carcass or anything). You ate the meat with tortillas and all the fixings/side items and it was very good, I was impressed, good taste, tender, everything was first class. A very enjoyable experience. The taste was not like mutton (I don't care for that) but I couldn't really tell you what exactly it tasted like, but it was good.
JohnL
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I had a herd of about two dozen goats. Used to sell kids to Mexican Nationals in the area. Considered a delicacy. Usually cooked in an horno oven or in the ground on a bed of coals. I like it well enough in Jamaican Curry. The taste is too strong for me any other way. I sure hated slaughtering the little ones. I do not do that anymore.
Very similar to my experience when I went to Mexico City for work. We went to a nice restaurant near the Carta Blanca (?) plant. They called it cabritos. I’ve been wanting to try it again ever since.
I'm not a fan but it's not much different from venison depending on handling and preparation. My opinion is: it's 'drier' than mutton so more care required to cook w/o making the meat dry and chewy.
My friend Greg living near Milwaukee has made a good deal of money raising goats and selling them to the Muslims there.
They’ll even pay you extra if they gut and skin them on the spot and can leave the mess. Then they just stack the kills in their minivan and drive off.
They’ll even pay you extra if they gut and skin them on the spot and can leave the mess. Then they just stack the kills in their minivan and drive off.
Have a friend that sells kosher goats to the Jewish community around here, he gets some pretty good money for them.
Love goat cheese but never tried the meat
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The taste of the meat depends on what they eat! E.g. diet of sage - sagey (gamy), diet of corn - tender and tasty! Ever eat fish from a muddy stream versus a clear one?
Years ago I spent two weeks in South Africa. I told myself I would try about anything to eat once there. I tried some goat meat but wasn’t crazy about it. I did like the crocodile meat, warthog stew and mopane worms. Most anything tasted okay if washed down with some Zambezi beer.
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Worked in Mexico over a period of ten years before I retired and had LOTS of goat. Usually Birria (goat stew) or braised goat.
Of the Birria dishes, there must have been 15 different versions in the restaurants in town. Used to be able to get it here locally in RI
but the restaurant changed hands and went downhill.
No matter how it was presented on the plate, it was always cooked low and slow and the best were smothered in a chile pepper sauce. Then there was Cabrito (Slow roasted brined goat kid)...shredded and and served with tacos, rice & beans, guacamole, onions, salsa...Damn! I'm drooling all over my keyboard again!
Of the Birria dishes, there must have been 15 different versions in the restaurants in town. Used to be able to get it here locally in RI
but the restaurant changed hands and went downhill.
No matter how it was presented on the plate, it was always cooked low and slow and the best were smothered in a chile pepper sauce. Then there was Cabrito (Slow roasted brined goat kid)...shredded and and served with tacos, rice & beans, guacamole, onions, salsa...Damn! I'm drooling all over my keyboard again!
My brother and SIL spent several years traveling Mexico in a custom built RV. They were camped on a beach in southern Baja and met some similar expat travelers. The new friends/camp neighbors asked them about their plans for New Years. They ended up going to the nearest small town and talking with the local butcher/meat cutter. This lead them to a nearby farm where they picked out the young goat that would become dinner. It was all taken care of by the butcher and delivered to their camp site. The experienced new friends did the in the ground roast of the whole carcass. I guess they ate off of it for 3 days and had no complaints. Myself---think I will stick with cows, pigs, and chickens, along with deer, elk, moose, and cooked fish---none of the raw stuff for me.
Is mutton another word for lamb?
We love lamb here at our house. Usually lamb roast for Easter and Christmas and a couple other times per year.
I’ve tried goat meat tacos before. I know it’s mostly found in Mexican dishes, right?
We love lamb here at our house. Usually lamb roast for Easter and Christmas and a couple other times per year.
I’ve tried goat meat tacos before. I know it’s mostly found in Mexican dishes, right?
Some meat goat producers try to have butcher goats ready by Ramadan observance period. Have to kid pretty early to make that. My Cousin said the sale barn where he works had a pretty good run of butcher goats last week--probably went directly to the ethnic markets on the northeast and east coast. 'Hair sheep' and even 'intact' wool sheep also qualify for consumption at that time. It's a complicated market to fit into.
dweis
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My years as a combat photographer helped become a photojournalist in late 1968 after my discharge. I travelled on assignments extensively and worked in different cultures. I have eaten lamb,kid, piglet. crocodile, alligator, a variety of snakes, all kinds fowl, numerous species of fish and crustaceans, and more. My dinner plan for tonight is a stir fry of pork loin, bok choy, red pepper, red onion, and mushrooms over basmati rice. However, this afternoon I was really feeling an urge so I bought a McDonalds Quarter pounder with cheese which I have probably not eaten in a few years. I'm just saying: food is food. If you like it, eat it. Don't eat what you do not like. But never forget some folks in this world would eat anything they could get their hands on. They cannot afford to be picky.
akbluz
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I've had young goat (cabrito) at Papacito's Restaurant in Houston. It is prepared by slow roasting for hours. It was very tender and was served with taco fixings. Mighty good eatin'
Yeah, cabrito, properly prepared, is one of my favorite BBQ dinner items.
And as I understand it, “mutton” is meat from adult sheep. As contrasted to lamb meat.
And as I understand it, “mutton” is meat from adult sheep. As contrasted to lamb meat.
contender
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I've eaten goat,, mutton & lamb several times. I enjoy it all.
Busterswoodshop
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When I was a kid we had some goats.
We used them for the milk mainly.
We butchered a billy goat once , and he tasted like he smelled.
We used them for the milk mainly.
We butchered a billy goat once , and he tasted like he smelled.
Bob Wright
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Many years ago I was in Birmingham, AL and the restaurant we were to et in featured BBQ goat. Slathered with wnough sauce, it tasted like BBQ sauce. But the meat was tender and sliced.
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coachk64
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When I was a child, my stepdad was in the Air Force, and every time the Air Force Academy played the Navy in football, his unit would hold a picnic where they would barbecue a goat. Than goodness they didn't have the same tradition for games against Army, because the Army mascot is a mule.
The last time I had it was many, many years ago at a Serbian Church event in the California Gold Country. If I recall, it was sort of like lamb. Seems ok to me. Not great, but not bad either.
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We had a buck and on a hot morning with some humidify your eyes would water going out to the car. I was afraid the smell would get my clothes, and I would take it to work.
In the late 1970s I worked on a purchase investigation in Brownsville, TX for 3 months. Our daily restaurant visits included many trips to a local restaurant whose specialties included cabrito (at dinner or supper) and menudo at breakfast. Excellent fare. Both meals were served with yellow corn tortillas and salsa.
Ever since, I've searched for places in the DFW area that specialize in cabrito but have never found a restaurant that does it "right." The best menudo places I've found are hole-in-the-wall restaurants that open for breakfast, then shut down until 11: 30 am. I just look for construction workers' beat-up pickup trucks in the parking lot - a sure sign of good food.
Ever since, I've searched for places in the DFW area that specialize in cabrito but have never found a restaurant that does it "right." The best menudo places I've found are hole-in-the-wall restaurants that open for breakfast, then shut down until 11: 30 am. I just look for construction workers' beat-up pickup trucks in the parking lot - a sure sign of good food.
I have not eaten the meat but goat milk is disgusting.
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I lived in Thailand 74-80, mostly Bangkok. Near the general post office were two Sihk restaurants that served up a goat curry that still ranks as some of the best food I’ve ever eaten.
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