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exotic meat

stawkstawk Registered User regular
edited August 2008 in Help / Advice Forum
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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  • Raiden333Raiden333 Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    google turned up http://exoticmeats.com/ but I can't vouch for them myself.
    Dear Customer: Welcome to Exotic Meats USA. We offer the internet's largest selection of Game and Specialty Meats. We feature over 38 varieties of exotic meats including:

    * Alligator
    * Antelope
    * Bison/Buffalo
    * Caribou/Reindeer
    * Crocodile
    * Elk
    * Frog
    * Kangaroo
    * Kobe Beef
    * Lamb
    * Llama
    * Rabbit
    * Rattlesnake
    * Snapping Turtle
    * Venison
    * Wild Boar
    * Yak
    * Duck
    * Goose
    * Guinea Fowl
    * Ostrich
    * Pheasant
    * Quail
    * Squab
    * Wild Turkey

    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.

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  • stawkstawk Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    water buffalo sounds like it would be very tender

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  • Matt_SMatt_S Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    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.

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  • ThylacineThylacine Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    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.

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    I've had fried alligator strips before - it's like chicken only saltier.

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  • the cheatthe cheat Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2008
    buffalo and ostrich meats are delicious. very much like hamburger meat. usually served ground style, i think.

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  • ThanatosThanatos Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    There are restaurants that serve those meats. I've had kangaroo, alligator, ostrich, emu, and buffalo at a place in California.

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  • JebusUDJebusUD Adventure! Candy IslandRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Just go get some buffalo and ostrich meat. edit: most likely available at the local upscale grocery.

    Dont get into lion or anything because you will probably be dealing with shady people doing shady things, or other moral quandries.

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  • X5X5 Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    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.

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  • MidshipmanMidshipman Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Thylacine wrote: »
    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.

    O_o

    Ground bison/buffalo is usually a lot leaner than standard ground beef.

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  • matisyahumatisyahu Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    If you're in the Chicago area you can go to Hot Doug's. I had an elk sausage there once D:

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  • trantramptrantramp Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Frog is like really good chicken. No shit. Crumbed and seasoned its hard to tell it was once frog.

    Turtle is odd. But can be good.

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  • the cheatthe cheat Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2008
    pretty sure i had frogs, was just like chicken wings...

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  • pinenut_canarypinenut_canary Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    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.

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  • psycojesterpsycojester Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Personally i've always been keen to eat a dugong, those things look like they'd be tasty .

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  • matthias00matthias00 Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Don't try snails.

    The taste isn't really worth realizing you just ate a snail...

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  • the cheatthe cheat Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2008
    es cargot is perfectly tasty! pretty much just like clams. dipped in delicious garlic butter sauce.

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  • Lindsay LohanLindsay Lohan Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    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.

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  • the cheatthe cheat Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2008
    chicken nuggets, are you high?

    i find lobster to be rather pointless. glorified shrimp is all that is.

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  • Lindsay LohanLindsay Lohan Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    the cheat wrote: »
    chicken nuggets, are you high?

    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.

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  • UnderdogUnderdog Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    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.
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  • wmelonwmelon Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Raiden333 wrote: »
    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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  • ben0207ben0207 Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Raiden333 wrote: »
    google turned up http://exoticmeats.com/ but I can't vouch for them myself.
    Dear Customer: Welcome to Exotic Meats USA. We offer the internet's largest selection of Game and Specialty Meats. We feature over 38 varieties of exotic meats including:

    * Kobe Beef
    * Lamb
    * Venison
    * Wild Boar
    * Duck
    * Goose
    * Pheasant
    * Quail
    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.

    These aren't very exotic.

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  • trantramptrantramp Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    the cheat wrote: »
    chicken nuggets, are you high?

    i find lobster to be rather pointless. glorified shrimp is all that is.

    are you insane

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  • WillethWilleth Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    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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  • the cheatthe cheat Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2008
    trantramp wrote: »
    the cheat wrote: »
    chicken nuggets, are you high?

    i find lobster to be rather pointless. glorified shrimp is all that is.

    are you insane

    it is basically an excuse to eat large quantities of melted butter. it has little flavor.

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  • JunpeiJunpei Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    the cheat wrote: »
    ostrich meats are delicious.

    This I can attest to, also omelette.

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  • stawkstawk Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    i imagine kangaroo tastes like squirrel... really big squirrel.

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  • VisionOfClarityVisionOfClarity Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    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.

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  • TheLawinatorTheLawinator Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Buffalo tastes great, I've also been told by my Bolivian buddy that llama is pretty good too.

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  • matthias00matthias00 Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    the cheat wrote: »
    es cargot is perfectly tasty! pretty much just like clams. dipped in delicious garlic butter sauce.

    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.

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  • XaquinXaquin Right behind you!Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    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.

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  • DocDoc Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2008
    Carnivores typically are not very good eating. Fish are an exception.

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  • Richard_DastardlyRichard_Dastardly Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Doc wrote: »
    Fish are an exception.

    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.

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  • the cheatthe cheat Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2008
    Doc wrote: »
    Fish are an exception.

    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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  • JohnnyCacheJohnnyCache Starting Defense Place at the tableRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Man I'll eat just about anything that doesn't eat me first. My advice is to look for an exotic or game meat restaurant in your area.

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  • UnderdogUnderdog Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Doc wrote: »
    Fish are an exception.

    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.

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  • PeekingDuckPeekingDuck __BANNED USERS regular
    edited August 2008
    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.

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  • TrowizillaTrowizilla Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    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.

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  • ThanatosThanatos Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Doc wrote: »
    Fish are an exception.
    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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