even if you raised a wild turkey in a farm it would still be gamier than a modern farm turkey.
all farm turkeys are artificially inseminated because the toms are too overgrown to have sex.
The only appreciable difference comes with the texture (this doesn't happen with fish, though). A wild turkey actually uses the muscles you end up eating. Therefore, they're a tougher bird. Same with a bunny. Deer, hogs and the like also use the muscles you eat. While not tougher, they're much, much leaner than a cow or pig. When cooking, you must allow for this reduced fat content. When making ground meat, for instance, you have to add a little beef or pork to the wild meat in order to make sure it isn't too dry after it's cooked. This is also why this meat is better for you. Less fat content and no chemical or hormonal enhancers.
I've eaten a decent amount of non-traditional meats and I have no clue what people mean when they say something tastes "gamy".
What does "gamy" mean?
I've eaten a decent amount of non-traditional meats and I have no clue what people mean when they say something tastes "gamy".
It tastes like dice and hit points.
It tastes like dice and hit points.
Maybe that's why I like "gamy" food =d
Less fat content and no chemical or hormonal enhancers.
that's the tip of the iceberg. Wild animals eat a much better diet. They're much higher in vitamins Omega-3s are such. To the point where Eskimos can eat nothing but meat (and blubber) and suffer no health consequences (try that with farm meat).
Farm rabbit is pretty much the worst of both worlds, the rabbit uses the muscles (which leads to darker meat also known as gaminess) but doesn't have a great diet so it's not all that nutritious.
For easter I had a rabbit in Mole, that's right chocolate bunny
For easter I had a rabbit in Mole, that's right chocolate bunny
Mole, like, the burrowing animal?
You stuffed a rabbit in a mole and cooked it?
Is that some sort of variation on the fabled turducken?
What does "gamy" mean?
I've eaten a decent amount of non-traditional meats and I have no clue what people mean when they say something tastes "gamy".
that white meat chicken breast you get in a store never once got used to flap a chicken's wings. The legs did, though not very much, and not very long.
So the farm chicken has WHITE meat and darkish meat. A wild bird uses both wings and legs so their breast meat is darker than a poultry factory chicken's leg meat, and their leg meat is a whole different thing. You don't even have to to taste it, just looking at the cuts of meat you can see that they're completely different animals.
Gaminess is darkmeat, on a whole other level.
Less fat content and no chemical or hormonal enhancers.
that's the tip of the iceberg. Wild animals eat a much better diet. They're much higher in vitamins Omega-3s are such. To the point where Eskimos can eat nothing but meat (and blubber) and suffer no health consequences (try that with farm meat).
Farm rabbit is pretty much the worst of both worlds, the rabbit uses the muscles (which leads to darker meat also known as gaminess) but doesn't have a great diet so it's not all that nutritious.
For easter I had a rabbit in Mole, that's right chocolate bunny
Yep. The high content of Omega-3s in ocean king salmon (typically caught in Alaska) is in such demand that the price for such fish is absolutely astounding. And that, of course, can lead to all sorts of problems for the fishies.
For easter I had a rabbit in Mole, that's right chocolate bunny
Mole, like, the burrowing animal?
You stuffed a rabbit in a mole and cooked it?
Is that some sort of variation on the fabled turducken?
I still need to know about this.
Remove the rabbit pieces from the broth. Whisk in the mole sauce. Taste and adjust seasonings if needed. Return rabbit to pan. Simmer until thick, about 15 minutes. Serve with white rice or warm flour tortilla.
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Unfortunatly, mole sauce does not appear to contain any mole, but rather, chocholate and tomatoes. Sounds rather like pasta sauce with hersheys syrup. (Lookout, my lack of culinary refinment is showing.)
Rabbits eat their own dropping as they get extra nutritional content the second time around.
And that is one of the reasons some don't like rabbit.
Here's an interesting fact about rabbit that you must likely do not want to know.
Rabbits eat their own dropping as they get extra nutritional content the second time around.
And that is one of the reasons some don't like rabbit.
Wait, there's people that don't know that? Heck, I spend as much of my time away from nature and I knew that. It's common enough in animals that I distrust any of them licking me.
Here's an interesting fact about rabbit that you must likely do not want to know.
Rabbits eat their own dropping as they get extra nutritional content the second time around.
And that is one of the reasons some don't like rabbit.
Who wouldn't know that? We're one of the few animals that don't do that sorta thing and stuff.
I love eatin rabbits almost as much as puppies!
For easter I had a rabbit in Mole, that's right chocolate bunny
Mole, like, the burrowing animal?
You stuffed a rabbit in a mole and cooked it?
Is that some sort of variation on the fabled turducken?
I still need to know about this.
And I think it's pronounced mo-LAY. They sell it in my local Save Mart and the product has an accent mark over the 'e'. When I first saw it I wondered if the had hamster gravy anywhere.
I don't think most people care about the origin of their food. Just look at the people that drink those exotic coffees for which one of the main ingredients came out of an animal's bum.
And why the hell should they? What percentage of your body do you figure was, at some point, human piss? Get over it.
Feeling a bit antagonistic, are we? If someone's picky about where their food comes from, it's not my place to judge. For pure gross-out factor, there are some things I'd rather not know about my food, such as the maximum number of insect heads allowed in the paste of a fig newton, but it doesn't diminish my enjoyment of them. If someone suddenly avoids them because of it, hey, more fig newtons for me! I do try to avoid insect-based foods, though. I don't care how much a gourmet item they are, I'm not eating chocolate covered ants or grasshoppers. (Put me in a survival situation, however, and I suppose I'd do whatever I had to.)
And why the hell should they? What percentage of your body do you figure was, at some point, human piss? Get over it.
That depends, is this after a night at the bar or not?
I did have breast of dove once. My brother-in-law's friend went out pheasant hunting, and in the blast he took out a dove. He gave my BiL some of the meat including the dove for a New Year's Eve dinner. He cut it into very small pieces (it would have been a shame to let the meat go to waste no matter how little) and we toasted peace in the coming year by eating a dove!
Dove is fantastic. I wish we still had a good place to hunt 'em. They're a blast to ... blast and they taste amazing.
Here's an interesting fact about rabbit that you must likely do not want to know.
Rabbits eat their own dropping as they get extra nutritional content the second time around.
And that is one of the reasons some don't like rabbit.
Yep. And that cow that your Big Mac was before it was converted to ground beef for your pleasure? Yeah, it sat around vomiting its food back into its mouth in order to chew it more. And they also drink each other's urine while they're takin' a pee. Fresher that way. Hell, I've seen it happen. And I still loves me some dead cow.
People Eating Tasty Animals
P.E.T.A.
People Eating Tasty Animals
They're a good group, but I do feel that they discriminate a li'l. I mean, what's wrong with eatin' animals that maybe aren't so tasty?
Well there is always dentures for those folk that do that sort of thing. Not my style however as I like to keep my teeth in working condition.
Yep. And that cow that your Big Mac was before it was converted to ground beef for your pleasure? Yeah, it sat around vomiting its food back into its mouth in order to chew it more.
Not quite. They have several stomachs that contain the bacteria that break down their food. They regurgitate and chew it in part to move it from one stomach to another.
And they also drink each other's urine while they're takin' a pee. Fresher that way. Hell, I've seen it happen. And I still loves me some dead cow.
Most likely for the salt content.
Not quite. They have several stomachs that contain the bacteria that break down their food. They regurgitate and chew it in part to move it from one stomach to another.
Ok. So they puke it up to move it. They still puke it up.
I had a point. You seem to have missed/ignored it for whatever reason.
Most likely for the salt content.
Again, point missed/ignored.
'Rabbits eat poo' is nothing all that different from what other, more commonly eaten animals do.
But they are still tasty and go great with potatoes.
or, with. *sings* "I like mine with lettuce and tomato, heinz 57 and french fried potatoes, big cold pickle "
I'm not much for steak but I loooove me some ground beef based foods such as burgers chili, etc. And I looove some beeftips.
That is the only time when they're good and juicy.
What's that line from "Full Metal Jacket"? "It's one big **** sandwich and we're all gonna have to take a bite."People always look at me like I'm just being facetious when I tell them that, if I'm hungry enough, I'll eat anything that doesn't manage to eat me first.
Then I show them the scar from where the snake bit me, the rat bite, and the scratches from the alleycat...
(On a different note... Most of the time the stuff I eat didn't have sufficient nutritional value to be worth eating the first time. I don't think I'd get much extra benefit from passing it through a second time.)