I would venture to say that most show goat people have not eaten goat meat. \u00a0A lot of people see them as pets, objects, show stock but not food. \u00a0Here, in the U.S. and in a lot of Europe, we don’t eat much goat meat. \u00a0But as we get more and more people from Asia, central & south America and Africa, goat will become more common. \u00a0It is the most eaten meat in the world.<\/p>\n
What? BS! \u00a0 Nope. \u00a0Serious, dude. \u00a0How can this be?<\/p>\n
Simple. \u00a0Two reasons—1st is religion. \u00a0There are no religions that have a law against eating goat. \u00a0Beef–there are almost a billion (that is billion) Hindus in the world that don’t eat beef. \u00a0Pork–Jewish, Seventh Day Adventist and Muslim religions don’t touch it. \u00a0(that leaves more bacon for me) \u00a0The 2nd is economics–beef is expensive. \u00a0They take more land, more feed and more time to be ready for slaughter. \u00a0Basically, a large part of the world can’t afford to keep, feed or eat beef. \u00a0However, they can milk them.<\/p>\n
We are lucky to live in the USofA where it is common to eat beef. \u00a0In reality, beef is on first-world menus and not so much for the rest of the world. \u00a0On the other side of the proverbial coin, goat is cheap to raise, don’t take much land and there is a quick turn around from birth to slaughter.<\/p>\n
Around this place, we eat what we raise. \u00a0(not entirely true, as Tammy won’t let Duke and I make chicken & noodles out of her pet hens) \u00a0And yes, there is a mini-herf steer currently on feed. \u00a0Duke and I NEED to know what a mini herf tastes like. \u00a0I’ll let you know how that turns out. \u00a0We eat goat several times of year. \u00a0I like to throw a goat loin on the smoker. \u00a0Seasoned, slow cooked in a pecan smoke haze and very few can tell that it is goat. \u00a0Then, there is the goat bologna that the Kester’s have made. \u00a0It is really good. \u00a0Especially the jalape\u00f1o mix.<\/p>\n
Tonight, I grilled some goat chops. \u00a0One package came from a recently slaughtered wether that lived on Special K feed from the end of June to Dec. 27. \u00a0He was sold as a show wether but I guess we hit a nerve when giving him a shot of baytril. \u00a0He carried that front leg from that June day until he got off the trailer at the Gage Locker. \u00a0No matter, these chops looked like little T-bones. \u00a0Bright red color and marbling with muscle shape. \u00a0Sprinkle of sea salt, black pepper with a touch of garlic powder. \u00a0Impressive meat.<\/p>\n
The other package was from an un-remembered wether that I bet didn’t make the team. \u00a0Then he probably got kicked out on wheat\/triticale pasture and hay with the does. \u00a0The color of the meat and fat resembled venison. \u00a0And once cooked had a wang to it, much like non-marinated venison.<\/p>\n
I’m saying that if any of you beef eaters had the chance to sample the chops from the first goat, you would be fans of eating goat. \u00a0And the next one, well, you would have to be hungry to like it. \u00a0It needed a worcestershire marinade. \u00a0And some slow smoke. \u00a0And I don’t know but i bet that I’m right, a large part of the world would have liked this meat with some curry seasoning. \u00a0I know who is going to get the rest of that wether.<\/p>\n
In the near future, I am going to make some goat sausage of some sort. \u00a0I’ll let you know. \u00a0Might have to mix it with some mini herf. \u00a0That sounds tasty and expensive.<\/p>\n
Have a good one, a better tomorrow and be thankful that you live in THE United States of America. \u00a0You don’t have to like our government, but it is still better than the rest of the world. \u00a0Just remember, you could be eating brush goat, mutton or some other meat that isn’t what you are used to eating. \u00a0Be thankful.<\/p>\n
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