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Arpig -> Moose meat (7/18/2009 4:22:36 PM)

I just had a delicious meal of moose-meat sausages......fucking excellant. I was asked in an email what moose tatsed like, and the best I could come up with was a beefier tasting venison, without tasting anything like beef. Can anybody come up with a better description (and no, nothing involving a comparisson to chicken is acceptable).

In another vein, I have had wild boar (yummy) venison (scrumptious), emu (not bad). and moose (way up there!!). In the really exotic varieties I have had Moray eel, freshwater eel, deep fried grasshoppers, bear paw soup, shark fin soup, monkey (no idea what type and I didn't like it, really stringy) and snake (no idea what type, it was in Indochina.

Who else has tried exotic meats, and which are good/bad (I will try eating just about anything once).



Irishknight -> RE: Moose meat (7/18/2009 4:28:29 PM)

When I was a kid I had cat and dog although we didn't know it at the time. They closed down the taco place that was our Friday night place when my dad was stationed in Okinawa for putting cat and dog into the meat. Even knowing that, those were still the best tacos I've ever had in my life.

I loved emu, rattlesnake, and the "trailer trash" delicacies of possum and armadillo.



Arpig -> RE: Moose meat (7/18/2009 4:32:02 PM)

I suspect I had dog at a Korean restaurant in Japan, but can't vouch for it. Whatever it was, it was yummy as hell.



LadyEllen -> RE: Moose meat (7/18/2009 4:34:31 PM)

That must have been a hell of a moose - I'd not like to run into the cat that caught it for you

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Arpig -> RE: Moose meat (7/18/2009 4:35:49 PM)

[:D][:D][:D][:D][:D]



DarkSteven -> RE: Moose meat (7/18/2009 4:47:40 PM)

Tofu....

I didn't eat at the cafeteria, but back when I went to school in Albuquerque, there was a huge scandal about the schools' food vendor supplying horsemeat instead of beef.



CatdeMedici -> RE: Moose meat (7/18/2009 5:59:33 PM)

LOVE LOVE LOVE buffalo, alligator and muskrat---



MasterG2kTR -> RE: Moose meat (7/18/2009 6:27:04 PM)

so was this like.....a care package from Sarah Palin??   [sm=biggrin.gif]   [sm=donttaseme.gif]



Loric -> RE: Moose meat (7/18/2009 6:41:44 PM)

I've eaten some fairly exotic things in various locales...one thing that I absolutely love is horse...and I've eaten dog, cat and rat before.  I've also had elk, reindeer and porcupine as well.  All in all, quite tasty, though the porcupine was rather fatty.  I'd have to say that your description of moose is fairly accurate Arpig, it's like heaven on a plate. 



servantforuse -> RE: Moose meat (7/18/2009 6:51:09 PM)

Maybe you should thank Sarah Palin for the nice dinner...



dragonchild -> RE: Moose meat (7/18/2009 7:00:02 PM)

i have had caribou, venison, kangaroo, alligator, rattlesnake, ants, and chocolate covered crickets, yummy. Also i've eaten iguana...and no it wasn't someone's pet, though that is the reason for keeping your lizard on a leash.



SteelofUtah -> RE: Moose meat (7/18/2009 7:08:55 PM)

I LOVE exotic Meats

Deer Venison - Like a High Quality Steak only with a Game Flavor that can only be described as Game flavor

Elk and Buffalo - Different and Distinctive but again like a high quality steak with a game flavor.

As an Aside MOST game meats often always appear as HIGH QUALITY and very LEAN. Almost all the Meat from a Deer is very good and very lean.

Snake - Texture of Fish sort of with the Aftertaste of Pigeon or Chicken

Pigeon - Very Tasty with the Flavor of Game Hen

Rabbit - Tastes like Rabbit..... Not quite like chicken but only if chicken tasted of beef.

Cat - Very Stringy but I did not know it was cat at the time and thought it was Pork so I have always associated cat with pork.

Turtle - Just Tasted Wrong and I didn't care for it.

Frog Legs - Yup it actually does taste like chicken

Snails - Oddly taste like Mushy Clams or Stuffed Muchrooms or a mixture of the two.

Every Form of Sushi you can think of except Fugu - Each Tastes different but very few taste like raw fish, maybe that is just me but when people say they cannot stand the taste of raw fish I usually point out they are most likely complaining about the sea weed.

I want to Try Kangaroo, Guena Pig, & Abalone.

Steel



janiebelle -> RE: Moose meat (7/18/2009 7:32:19 PM)

I eat a lot of venison.  Whitetail around here are pretty well corn fed, lol, so the taste is going to be more mild than a deer harvested down in the bottoms, which can carry some of that "swamp funk" in thier flesh.  I make a lot jerky for my "end of the world stash", sausage with pork soulder mixed in to get the fat content up, and use shoulders for pit BBQ, saddles and hams for roasts, steaks, etc.  An inch thick venison loin steak, seared quickly in an iron skillet, a pat of garlic butter on top...prime eats.
I've eaten mulie, pronghorn, and elk.  Elk is by far my favorite "common" game meat.  The taste is similar to mule deer, but more subdued. 
Wild boar tastes very different depending on where it was harvested, what it was eating, and the sex of the animal.  Boar taint is simply a fact of life, so I always grind boars into sausage, while sows or gilts can be eaten whole muscle. 
Wild turkey is excellent, deep fried.  I also like it injected with cajun butter and smoked.  It's similar to dark meat on a heritage turkey, but a little more pronounced. 
I've eaten gator, tastes like chicken, lol.  It's neighbor, nutria...blech.  It tastes like a swamp rat's ass, and no I don't know exactly what that is like. 
Possum was OK, though I am generally against the idea of eating scavengers like that.  However, this was a trapped possum that was "cleaned out" by feeding it nothing by milk and cornbread for a week, and then braised in (I'm not kidding) coca-cola. 
Rabbit (wild), hare, squirrel, chipmunk, etc is stew pot meat around here.  I don't care for any of it.  The texture is off, the taste is funky, and that whole "eating rodents" thing bugs me.  I throw any of those critters to the dogs.  (Important safety tip:  do not let your dog consume 12+ squirrel heads that the rednecks cleaning squirrels out on your porch throw to the dog.  They will be swallowed whole and result in a terrible vet bill).
I also raise a lot of the pork and beef that go into my kitchen.  Two hogs are fed out and killed in the fall, and a cull calf from the mennonite dairy is usually ready in early winter.  You would be amazed at the difference in flavor and texture of meat that comes from animals not raised in factory conditions.  And I know exactly what went into them. 
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intenze -> RE: Moose meat (7/18/2009 7:40:16 PM)

how was the iguana? I have been thinking about roasting mine.



MistressWolfen -> RE: Moose meat (7/18/2009 7:50:32 PM)

Every day fare in the north but exotic for the urban or southern dweller ... like Arpig my mainstay and favourite is moose but we also eat bear, goose, duck, porcupine, rabbit, grouse, elk, mountain goat, mountain sheep, deer, bison, sea cucumber,sockeye salmon, cockles, clams and all good sea food. Have aten gator, possum and squirrel..most exotic indigenous food eaten was moosenose and beaver tail. Have included a recipe for a favourite moose nose recipe for you all


Jelleid Moose Nose
Ingredients:
1 Moose Head
1 Yellow Onion
2 Tablespoon pickling spice
6 Garlic Cloves
Directions:
Cut upper jawbone of moose just below the eyes. Put in large kettle of scalding water and parboil 45 minutes. Remove and cool in cold water. Pick off hairs as you would feathers from a duck and wash thoroughly. Put moose nose in fresh water with onion, a little garlic and pickling spices and boil gently until tender. Cool overnight in same juice. In the morning, remove bone and cartilage. The bulb of the nose is white meat, and the thin strips along the bone and jowls is dark. Slice the meat thin, pack in jars or cans, and cover with the juice. This gels and when chilled it can be sliced. Serve cold. The meat of the nose may be pickled in vinegar if desired.



dragonchild -> RE: Moose meat (7/18/2009 7:54:27 PM)

The iguana was good, like really firm, mild, fresh off the hook fish. I forgot about snails and frogs, the snails tasted like garlic mushrooms to me and the frog legs did taste kind of like chicken, but one that had been swimming around so long it became waterlogged. The caribou tasted like wild, tender prime rib.



hizgeorgiapeach -> RE: Moose meat (7/18/2009 8:48:18 PM)

I've had a Lot of game meat, and eat it frequently.  Venison, Wild Boar, Elk, Buffalo, Quail, Squab (pidgeon), Goose, Grouse, Pheasant, Duck, Kangaroo, Crocodile, Aligator (they taste about the same), Bear (stringy/gamey - wasn't fond of it), Goat, Frog Legs, Llama, Antelope (a lot like venison, but slightly sweeter), Rattlesnake (at the Roundup several times - not bad), Turtle, Emu, Ostrich (which is a particularly Rich red meat), Crawfish, and pretty much every type of fish/sushi/soshimi imaginable and routinely served.

edited to add : I can't even Begin to count the number of times I've had Squirrel and Rabbit - my grandfather routinely brought that in just from going out to his family's property for a few hours to keep his eye/hand coordination with the rifle.  I've had armadillo a couple of times at bbq parties in Texas, and possum that I didn't know what it was until after the fact while visiting family down in the farthest SE corner of the state where it butts up against both Arkansas and Texas, around Texarkana.



ShaharThorne -> RE: Moose meat (7/18/2009 8:58:05 PM)

I got wild boar running loose around here, tearing up my yard. Someone come shoot them!!!



newshysub404 -> RE: Moose meat (7/18/2009 9:54:42 PM)

Here in Hawai'i it's fairly easy to get bighorn sheep meat.  There's almost always someone who brings it to any barbecue.   It's actually a lot milder than you'd expect (maybe something about the environment they live in?)  They're an invasive species here that destroy native plants and habitat, so hunting of them is somewhat encouraged.  Wild boar meat is also fairly prevalent (you see them everywhere, even in town), but I haven't had the opportunity to try it.



Arpig -> RE: Moose meat (7/18/2009 10:01:52 PM)

quote:

I'd have to say that your description of moose is fairly accurate Arpig, it's like heaven on a plate. 
If you ain't eaten moose, then you ain't eaten in heaven yet.  

OK  a little over the top. but  not by much, damn it its good...ps I have a line on a recipe for moose lasagna that according to a person who hates moose is "Ohhhh so good" If I ever get the recipe I will post it.



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