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I have allways wanted to eat kangaroo/lion meat as well as many other exotic animals, short of going to the countries these animals are from, what kind of options do i have?
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edit: As a side note, I understand the craving. I personally really want to try Bear meat someday. No results for lion meat yet other than a restaurant in Florida.
You can also try to look for butcher shops around your area. For every Thanksgiving my family gets a turkey from a shop in our town that also sells some exotic meats.
Look in your phone book, call em up and ask what exotic meats they may carry.
I've had Gator at a restaurant in Dallas. I can't say I cared for it...it tasted like fishy chicken, but not in a good way.
I also had Bison, which they sell in the grocery store here...it was $6 a pound and really fattening. To be honest it didn't taste much different from regular hamburger.
I'd suggest finding good restaurants that serve the types of meats you are interested in before attempting to cook up a perfect lion steak at home.
I recently went to a restaurant in my area that serves quite a few things I'd never had before. First time I'd tasted ostrich and wild boar. Wild boar roast tasted, not surprisingly, similar to normal ol' pork roast. I thought ostrich was going to taste similar to other birds I've tried, it was really good, but not like other avian meat I've had.
Going to a restaurant that serves exotic meats, you'll get to eat them prepared by someone who works with them and knows how to serve em right. Probably get some good ideas for dishes you can make yourself as well.
I also had Bison, which they sell in the grocery store here...it was $6 a pound and really fattening. To be honest it didn't taste much different from regular hamburger.
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Ground bison/buffalo is usually a lot leaner than standard ground beef.
After watching No Reservations with Anthony Bourdain, I think I could go for some armadillo. It looks and sounds really cool, also the taste.
Also (and this isn't helping out much with the OP, but I thought it was cool/weird), when I went to South Korea during this summer, I tried dog. Some (a lot) of people are going to find it disgusting and revolting, I know. But let me tell you, it was very tender.
I found eating snails rather pointless. The meat itself was nothing special and given it was at a french restaurant it was drowning in sauce. I could have just bought chicken nuggets and smothered them in garlic sauce for 1/10 of the price!
Bison is excellent - Ruby Tuesdays has an excellent bison burger BTW.
i find lobster to be rather pointless. glorified shrimp is all that is.
Ok - not necessarily nuggets - maybe a bit like a piece of seafood would have been a better comparison. But either way - it was so buried in garlic butter that the whole "eating snails" experience was pretty much a loss.
After watching No Reservations with Anthony Bourdain, I think I could go for some armadillo. It looks and sounds really cool, also the taste.
Also (and this isn't helping out much with the OP, but I thought it was cool/weird), when I went to South Korea during this summer, I tried dog. Some (a lot) of people are going to find it disgusting and revolting, I know. But let me tell you, it was very tender.
Yeah I don't think I could personally do it, but my mother's memories of dog being cooked back in Hong Kong are very, very fond. I believe it's actually called fragrant meat because of how good it smells and because if someone is cooking it, the entire block will know.
Edit: As for snails Herby, try hitting up a reputable chinese restaurant. When I'm in the mood for it snails with black bean sauce is great.
edit: As a side note, I understand the craving. I personally really want to try Bear meat someday. No results for lion meat yet other than a restaurant in Florida.
I've had bear. It was rather stringy and fairly tough. Definitely not at the top of my favorite animals to eat. Reindeer on the other hand was quite tasty.
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edit: As a side note, I understand the craving. I personally really want to try Bear meat someday. No results for lion meat yet other than a restaurant in Florida.
There's a market that comes to town every month or so, and I make a point of going down to one particular stall and picking up some wild boar and kangaroo. Delicious.
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When smoked squirrel actually tastes pretty good. I'd put it on par with rabbit. Kangaroo doesn't taste like squirrel but it does have a gamey taste. Personally I'm a fan. Ostrich I didn't like but didn't dislike.
kobe beef is supposed to be incredibly tasty. I've had bison, dove, venison, and squirrel, all of which were very tasty.
None are very exotic, but none of them are really run of the mill either.
If you're going to eat squirrel, I'd suggest getting a half dozen and chopping them as best you can and tossing them into chilli for a day. Good eating.
Shark fin was one of the greatest foods I've ever eaten... but I couldn't do it again on a moral basis.
I've had horse sashimi as well. Delicious but... I heard a little sad, ghostly neighing as I ate it.
Really? I've had shark fin pretty much all my life and to be honest, I like the soup and the fillers (mushrooms, strips of pork) way, way, way, way more than the actual fin stuff. In fact, I usually give my fin away in favour of more soup + filler.
I don't know if it counts as exotic, because it really isn't, but you need to get an Axxis backstrap - season it, and cook it up in a little bit of olive oil.
Make friends with country people who hunt. I've had squirrel (a little stringy but good in stew), quail (too many small bones), possum (euw, also has a weird oily aftertaste), and buffalo (om nom nom) that way.
Shark fin was one of the greatest foods I've ever eaten... but I couldn't do it again on a moral basis.
I've had horse sashimi as well. Delicious but... I heard a little sad, ghostly neighing as I ate it.
I loved eating horse.
They're fucking big, mean, stupid animals, and there's no reason eating them should be illegal in the U.S. I'd eat them just for the satisfaction of knowing that a horse had to die in order for me to have that meal.
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edit: As a side note, I understand the craving. I personally really want to try Bear meat someday. No results for lion meat yet other than a restaurant in Florida.
Look in your phone book, call em up and ask what exotic meats they may carry.
I also had Bison, which they sell in the grocery store here...it was $6 a pound and really fattening. To be honest it didn't taste much different from regular hamburger.
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Dont get into lion or anything because you will probably be dealing with shady people doing shady things, or other moral quandries.
but they're listening to every word I say
I recently went to a restaurant in my area that serves quite a few things I'd never had before. First time I'd tasted ostrich and wild boar. Wild boar roast tasted, not surprisingly, similar to normal ol' pork roast. I thought ostrich was going to taste similar to other birds I've tried, it was really good, but not like other avian meat I've had.
Going to a restaurant that serves exotic meats, you'll get to eat them prepared by someone who works with them and knows how to serve em right. Probably get some good ideas for dishes you can make yourself as well.
O_o
Ground bison/buffalo is usually a lot leaner than standard ground beef.
Turtle is odd. But can be good.
Also (and this isn't helping out much with the OP, but I thought it was cool/weird), when I went to South Korea during this summer, I tried dog. Some (a lot) of people are going to find it disgusting and revolting, I know. But let me tell you, it was very tender.
The taste isn't really worth realizing you just ate a snail...
Bison is excellent - Ruby Tuesdays has an excellent bison burger BTW.
i find lobster to be rather pointless. glorified shrimp is all that is.
Ok - not necessarily nuggets - maybe a bit like a piece of seafood would have been a better comparison. But either way - it was so buried in garlic butter that the whole "eating snails" experience was pretty much a loss.
Yeah I don't think I could personally do it, but my mother's memories of dog being cooked back in Hong Kong are very, very fond. I believe it's actually called fragrant meat because of how good it smells and because if someone is cooking it, the entire block will know.
Edit: As for snails Herby, try hitting up a reputable chinese restaurant. When I'm in the mood for it snails with black bean sauce is great.
I've had bear. It was rather stringy and fairly tough. Definitely not at the top of my favorite animals to eat. Reindeer on the other hand was quite tasty.
These aren't very exotic.
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it is basically an excuse to eat large quantities of melted butter. it has little flavor.
This I can attest to, also omelette.
See, the thing is.
Clams do not gross me out.
Snails do gross me out.
So I have the option where I am grossed out after thinking about what I just ate, or an option where I am not.
None are very exotic, but none of them are really run of the mill either.
If you're going to eat squirrel, I'd suggest getting a half dozen and chopping them as best you can and tossing them into chilli for a day. Good eating.
Shark fin was one of the greatest foods I've ever eaten... but I couldn't do it again on a moral basis.
I've had horse sashimi as well. Delicious but... I heard a little sad, ghostly neighing as I ate it.
tis why i don't eat veal. that and it isn't very good. i don't get it.
and matthias, give in to the french side. it's all in your head!
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Really? I've had shark fin pretty much all my life and to be honest, I like the soup and the fillers (mushrooms, strips of pork) way, way, way, way more than the actual fin stuff. In fact, I usually give my fin away in favour of more soup + filler.
They're fucking big, mean, stupid animals, and there's no reason eating them should be illegal in the U.S. I'd eat them just for the satisfaction of knowing that a horse had to die in order for me to have that meal.