Meat

[Eckauskas]

I've just sat through the episode of The Simpsons where Lisa becomes a vegetarian and it got me thinking about the kinds of meat I've eaten and that I'd like to.

 

The most exotic kind I've had is probably ostrich, which was really nice. There's obviously chicken, pork, lamb and beef in there too, but that's about it.

 

I'd like to give kangaroo, pheasant and rabbit a go in the future. Has anyone already tried these? What did you think?

 

And do you have any recommendations?

 

I haven't really applied fish/shellfish to this, but I'm open to suggestions there too.

 

Haggis can **** off, though.

[Scotland]

Shark's lovely. As was Crocodile. Kangaroo tasted like a juicy steak.

 

See what a holiday to Oz does to you.

 

I ate like a savage

[Cigaro]

Kangaroo is great.

 

Pigeon is ok.

 

Swordfish is nice.

[Quagmire]

Shark's lovely. As was Crocodile. Kangaroo tasted like a juicy steak.

 

See what a holiday to Oz does to you.

 

I ate like a savage

 

this is obviously not the right thread, and i really don't want to come across as preachy, but i just wanted to point out the shark fishing industry is utterly sick - they literally saw off the fins of the sharks, then dump them back into the water while still alive. anyone interested should watch a film called shark water. it's brilliant, won a **** load of awards. not easy viewing though.

[Scotland]

Kangaroo is great.

 

Pigeon is ok.

 

Swordfish is nice.

Oh aye, Swordfish is great!

[The Doctor]

If we weren't supposed to eat cows they wouldn't be made of meat.

 

Meat is great, I can't get enough of it, I can't walk past a field of cows without jumping in and licking the cows.

 

Would you eat dog though? Or horse? Or squirrel?

[The Doctor]

this is obviously not the right thread, and i really don't want to come across as preachy, but i just wanted to point out the shark fishing industry is utterly sick - they literally saw off the fins of the sharks, then dump them back into the water while still alive. anyone interested should watch a film called shark water. it's brilliant, won a **** load of awards. not easy viewing though.

 

Where are sharks fished like that?

 

I've seen many sharks (basking sharks) on sale at the fish market in Newhaven and you buy the whole fish, I've seen them as big as 10'.

 

You have to steep them for 24 hours though to draw the ammonia out of the flesh because they pee out of their skin, through their muscle and skin. If you don't steep them they taste rank.

 

Shark steaks don't come from fins.

 

In saying all that, I don't think they are deliberately fished around the UK, I think the ones I've seen at the fish market have been caught accidentally when the trawlers have been fishing for something else...

[Scotland]

this is obviously not the right thread, and i really don't want to come across as preachy, but i just wanted to point out the shark fishing industry is utterly sick - they literally saw off the fins of the sharks, then dump them back into the water while still alive. anyone interested should watch a film called shark water. it's brilliant, won a **** load of awards. not easy viewing though.

Yup, have swam with the great animals myself. Totally agree, it's terrible what they do to them. But, I felt that, as I would only ever be there once, I couldn't resist the offer. But it is sickening that it has to be done on such a large scale as it does. There is no need. It could wipe out the whole species. I could never eat it on a regular basis as it seems that some do.

[Tazio]

Most exotic I've had is horse. To be honest not that far off beef. I only eat it for the novelty of eating a bit of horse.

[Scotland]

Most exotic I've had is horse. To be honest not that far off beef. I only eat it for the novelty of eating a bit of horse.

So that's what happened to shergar....

[RoyCropper]

Speaking of exotic meats, anyone here been to Khublai Khan in Leith.

 

Its fantastic.

 

http://www.khublaikhan.co.uk/edinburgh_restaurant_khublai_khans.html

[portobellojambo1]

If we weren't supposed to eat cows they wouldn't be made of meat.

 

Meat is great, I can't get enough of it, I can't walk past a field of cows without jumping in and licking the cows.

 

Would you eat dog though? Or horse? Or squirrel?

 

Had a horse steak the first time I went to Mostar to watch HMFC. It was probably the best steak I've ever tasted. Tried rattlesnake when I was in the States, nothing great, alligator too, again not too taken by it.

 

Swordfish is the business, ate it regularly while on holiday in Crete, it is like eating chicken, doesn't taste like fish.

 

Venison is nice too if grilled properly, although you have to enjoy the darker red meats.

[PsychocAndy]

Ostrich is no bad but kept repeating on me later

Venison was ok

Horse was great.

[bighusref]

Pheasant is fantastic. Just had a really nice Pheasant meal at Joseph Pearces last week. As for Rabbit and Partridge, they are both very nice.

[Boof]

Conger eel is absolutely rank - or at least the bit I had a few bites of was.

Also a seafood platter with a massive hangover is another no-no.

[Guest juvehearts]

well as some people know i am a chef.

 

all your usual cuts of beef/pork are expensive examples: rump, sirloin, rib, sholder, loin ect.

 

then the not so often cuts of meat you wouldnt assosiate with cooking.

these meats are now becoming the norm & places like scotbeef are now sruggling to shift the prime meat to insdury because of the resession & it is cheaper to sell, brisket, ham shank, lamb shank, pork belly ect.

 

ive tried everything to whale blubber to shark fin & bluefin tuna. along with squid, octopus & jellyfish (deep fried) ,veal, reindeer & sharks egg!!!!.

 

i recently went to Kyzyl in NE Asia, on the Yenisei River, its in russia (republic of Tuva) on holiday for 2 weeks & it was an experiance that'll live with me for the rest of myday's, i had yellowfin tuna & whale blubber! the locals go out hunting whale's, tuna & sharks for their fins ect & chinese law allows them to do it for 'scietific purpose' - unbelieveiable that they can do that, but they dont eat the meat. & IMO it is really nice.

[neave]

I'm struggling to come up with things that I wouldn't eat.

 

I think I would hesitate to munch on dog (I just can't see a part of a dog that looks edible). I would definitely eat horse, kangaroo, zebra etc, though. I would probably feel guilty eating shark/whale/tiger et al..

 

I ate rabbit for the first time in the summer as part of a massive platter of paella for 4 (there were three others, I promise) and it was pretty nice: quite rich and tasty, not as stringy as you'd imagine.

[Radio Ga Ga]

Had a camel Kebab in Dubai a few years ago, it was OK but nothing special, tried loads of meats over the years but you still can't beat a bit of Moo Meat, a nice char grilled fillet steak medium-rare, yummmmmy

[chester copperpot]

Most people who have had a hot dog in a ****'s fairground would have tried Horse.

 

I've only ever eaten Chicken, Beef and Pork, and would rather starve than eat anything exotic.

 

Never ever had Lamb, except a couple of times when I've been minced and had a kebab.

[heartgarfunkel]

Rabbit is hugely under-rated. I shoot, prepare and cook my own, absolutely delicious, and very low in cholesterol. A wee .22 pellet to the napper, instant Goodnight Vienna for the wee pest and unspoilt fresh meat. Tremendous. The occasional wood pigeon is a bonus.

 

Haven't tried Labrador yet, unlike that radge that specialises in roadkills.

[Guest juvehearts]

Most people who have had a hot dog in a ****'s fairground would have tried Horse.

 

I've only ever eaten Chicken, Beef and Pork, and would rather starve than eat anything exotic.

 

Never ever had Lamb, except a couple of times when I've been minced and had a kebab.

 

most people now that eat a hot dog from anywhere are fool's lol.

 

ever heard of mechanically recovered meat before?

its enough to turn you vegetarian.

 

is a paste-like meat product produced by forcing beef, pork, turkey or chicken bones, with attached edible meat, under high pressure through a sieve or similar device to separate the bone from the edible meat tissue. Mechanically separated meat has been used in certain meat and meat products since the late 1960s. This product can be contrasted with meat extracted by advanced meat recovery systems. The most common use of MSM is into hotdogs

 

What do you think is in your kebab, Hotdog, Your value chicken burgers, econimical value burgers, Brine, Corned beef, Spam, most beef in brine, popcorn chicken, chicken nuggets. & so on.

 

now thats just meat, im not going to even tell you lot about fish OR dairy (save that for another day)

 

here is a video on you tube of the device in action.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgPNC5sdoIg

 

Guys, its in B&W for a reason. if you are squirmish for any reason then dont watch it.

 

I'm warning you this is what is in your hot dog's

 

BTW see the next time you lot are out in the supermarket, pick up a value burger/chicken/hotdog/kebab packet & read the meat content.

 

the FSA put a minium requirment of 'meat' that you are allowed to pass to call it a 'meat product'.

 

guess how much it is??.......... no, youre wrong its 30%!!!!!!!!!!!

and that can be fat & connective tissue's (yeah the bits that connect the meat to the bone) dont think about it too much, please.

 

and this all law.

 

so go to the supermarket & check the ingeridents of a value burger, (theyre normally 42%) ive seen them at %30 BTW. you know the one's im talking about, your asda/tesco/morrisson's economical value burger's/chicken/popcorn chicken/nuggets ect.

 

anyway think ive said enough on that & if it makes you think again as to what YOU put in your gub then ive helped at least 1 person realize & be more aware!

 

cheers for reading

 

juve

 

p.s lesson's in fish & dairy could come very soon, only if requested

[Groot]

Had reindeer steaks in Norway absolutely beautiful, pishes over beef steaks IMO

 

Had horse too and that was quite good

[The Old Tolbooth]

Speaking of exotic meats, anyone here been to Khublai Khan in Leith.

 

Its fantastic.

 

http://www.khublaikhan.co.uk/edinburgh_restaurant_khublai_khans.html

 

Exactly the place I was going to recommend if you fancy trying "different" meats, the place is superb!

 

On another note, we had goose on xmas day and it was lovely, much nicer than the ever so boring turkey.

[Brian Whittaker's Tache]

I like offal, happily got stuck into a plate of lamb's brains at a restaurant in London, oxtail's another favourite as are ham hocks and shin of beef.

 

Rabbit's tasty, I'm waiting to out ferreting with a mate to get a few tasty bunnies for the pot.

 

Got no time for "exotic" meats, kangaroo and alligator you can keep, really wasnt that good and only seemed on the menu for novelty value.

[barbankboy]

I used to quite often go to a Kazakh restaurant and have horse sausage, naan, and tea with salt for breakfast when living in Urumqi.

 

Now, dog is sometimes on the menu here in Xi'an, and it's pretty good. You can buy it dried in packets. Donkey, too (the animal, not the HMFC journo).

:santa1:

 

But were you able to eat a whole one?

[Currahee!]

I had horse in Russia. I thought it was much the same as beef tbh. I'd give anything a try.

[Alan_R]

Kangaroo and Buffalo are really nice. Both, buffalo more obviously, are very beefy. Quite a rich flavour. Kangaroo is somewhere between beef and venison.

 

Crocodile is disgusting.

 

Also don't really get what point you are trying to prove juve? If it tastes good I'll eat it. I wouldn't eat value burgers etc but thats only because fresh burgers taste so much better and are more succulent. Couldnt give a toss what it is made from or how it is made.

[Bindy Badgy]

Kangaroo is just like really lean beef. It's great medium rare.

[I P Knightley]

In Nairobi, I was taken to a meat restaurant where the menu was full of game meat.

 

I was told I was eating zebra and that deer type thing whose name escapes me but is in the same enclosure in Edinburgh zoo. Fair made me homesick.

[hughesie27]

most people now that eat a hot dog from anywhere are fool's lol.

 

ever heard of mechanically recovered meat before?

its enough to turn you vegetarian.

 

is a paste-like meat product produced by forcing beef, pork, turkey or chicken bones, with attached edible meat, under high pressure through a sieve or similar device to separate the bone from the edible meat tissue. Mechanically separated meat has been used in certain meat and meat products since the late 1960s. This product can be contrasted with meat extracted by advanced meat recovery systems. The most common use of MSM is into hotdogs

 

What do you think is in your kebab, Hotdog, Your value chicken burgers, econimical value burgers, Brine, Corned beef, Spam, most beef in brine, popcorn chicken, chicken nuggets. & so on.

 

now thats just meat, im not going to even tell you lot about fish OR dairy (save that for another day)

 

here is a video on you tube of the device in action.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgPNC5sdoIg

 

Guys, its in B&W for a reason. if you are squirmish for any reason then dont watch it.

 

I'm warning you this is what is in your hot dog's

 

BTW see the next time you lot are out in the supermarket, pick up a value burger/chicken/hotdog/kebab packet & read the meat content.

 

the FSA put a minium requirment of 'meat' that you are allowed to pass to call it a 'meat product'.

 

guess how much it is??.......... no, youre wrong its 30%!!!!!!!!!!!

and that can be fat & connective tissue's (yeah the bits that connect the meat to the bone) dont think about it too much, please.

 

and this all law.

 

so go to the supermarket & check the ingeridents of a value burger, (theyre normally 42%) ive seen them at %30 BTW. you know the one's im talking about, your asda/tesco/morrisson's economical value burger's/chicken/popcorn chicken/nuggets ect.

 

anyway think ive said enough on that & if it makes you think again as to what YOU put in your gub then ive helped at least 1 person realize & be more aware!

 

cheers for reading

 

juve

 

p.s lesson's in fish & dairy could come very soon, only if requested

I fail to see your point here. It's all edible! And usually tastes fine.

Do you know how many spoonful's of sugar are in a can of coke? 7. Still drink it though don't we?

Out of interest I have a mate whose Dad is a chef, to what level are you actually qualified?

[Gorgiewave]

well as some people know i am a chef.

all your usual cuts of beef/pork are expensive examples: rump, sirloin, rib, sholder, loin ect.

 

then the not so often cuts of meat you wouldnt assosiate with cooking.

these meats are now becoming the norm & places like scotbeef are now sruggling to shift the prime meat to insdury because of the resession & it is cheaper to sell, brisket, ham shank, lamb shank, pork belly ect.

 

ive tried everything to whale blubber to shark fin & bluefin tuna. along with squid, octopus & jellyfish (deep fried) ,veal, reindeer & sharks egg!!!!.

 

i recently went to Kyzyl in NE Asia, on the Yenisei River, its in russia (republic of Tuva) on holiday for 2 weeks & it was an experiance that'll live with me for the rest of myday's, i had yellowfin tuna & whale blubber! the locals go out hunting whale's, tuna & sharks for their fins ect & chinese law allows them to do it for 'scietific purpose' - unbelieveiable that they can do that, but they dont eat the meat. & IMO it is really nice.

 

Why are some cuts more expensive than others? Is it down to the quality?

[hughesie27]

In Nairobi, I was taken to a meat restaurant where the menu was full of game meat.

 

I was told I was eating zebra and that deer type thing whose name escapes me but is in the same enclosure in Edinburgh zoo. Fair made me homesick.

Gazelle?

[Ibrahim Tall]

Speaking of exotic meats, anyone here been to Khublai Khan in Leith.

 

Its fantastic.

 

http://www.khublaikhan.co.uk/edinburgh_restaurant_khublai_khans.html

 

They serve Zebra? Quality. Didn't even realise you could get that over here, anyone know what it tastes like?

 

Strangest meat i've ever eat was lion biltong my South African mate brought back with him, it was like eating leather from what i remember.

[Gorgiewave]

most people now that eat a hot dog from anywhere are fool's lol.

 

ever heard of mechanically recovered meat before?

its enough to turn you vegetarian.

 

is a paste-like meat product produced by forcing beef, pork, turkey or chicken bones, with attached edible meat, under high pressure through a sieve or similar device to separate the bone from the edible meat tissue. Mechanically separated meat has been used in certain meat and meat products since the late 1960s. This product can be contrasted with meat extracted by advanced meat recovery systems. The most common use of MSM is into hotdogs

 

What do you think is in your kebab, Hotdog, Your value chicken burgers, econimical value burgers, Brine, Corned beef, Spam, most beef in brine, popcorn chicken, chicken nuggets. & so on.

 

now thats just meat, im not going to even tell you lot about fish OR dairy (save that for another day)

 

here is a video on you tube of the device in action.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgPNC5sdoIg

 

Guys, its in B&W for a reason. if you are squirmish for any reason then dont watch it.

 

I'm warning you this is what is in your hot dog's

 

BTW see the next time you lot are out in the supermarket, pick up a value burger/chicken/hotdog/kebab packet & read the meat content.

 

the FSA put a minium requirment of 'meat' that you are allowed to pass to call it a 'meat product'.

 

guess how much it is??.......... no, youre wrong its 30%!!!!!!!!!!!

and that can be fat & connective tissue's (yeah the bits that connect the meat to the bone) dont think about it too much, please.

 

and this all law.

 

so go to the supermarket & check the ingeridents of a value burger, (theyre normally 42%) ive seen them at %30 BTW. you know the one's im talking about, your asda/tesco/morrisson's economical value burger's/chicken/popcorn chicken/nuggets ect.

 

anyway think ive said enough on that & if it makes you think again as to what YOU put in your gub then ive helped at least 1 person realize & be more aware!

 

cheers for reading

 

juve

 

p.s lesson's in fish & dairy could come very soon, only if requested

 

Juve should move into the public service announcement line IMO.

[269miles]

Kangaroo is just like really lean beef. It's great medium rare.

 

I had it as a starter in a pastrami/cured sort of way. Delicious.

 

Also had it as a steak - the most fat free, red meat I've ever seen. Absolutely delicious.

 

 

As for hot dog - they weren't famously decsribed as 'the sweepings of an abbatoir floor' for nothing.

[blondejamtart]

I'd never knowingly eat horse or dog -for one thing, it'd be far too much like eating a member of my own family. I'd never be able to look our black Lab in the eye again.

[hate_hibs]

Im not realy into trying all these exotic meats.. Ill just stick to my chicken, lamb and beef..

 

I do remember years ago when I was a kid, we were in a hotel in Pakistan and there was Sheeps Brain on the menu!!!

 

Didnt bother eaten anything after reading that..

[Guest King]

Haggis can **** off, though.

 

No way mate I love haggis.

[Scotland]

Well, my next meal is now sorted.

 

[Guest juvehearts]

I fail to see your point here. It's all edible! And usually tastes fine.

Do you know how many spoonful's of sugar are in a can of coke? 7. Still drink it though don't we?

Out of interest I have a mate whose Dad is a chef, to what level are you actually qualified?

 

you arnt qualified in any leval.

 

i am a junior sous chef at the roxburghe hotel. been a chef for just over 10 years.

[Guest juvehearts]

Why are some cuts more expensive than others? Is it down to the quality?

 

yes & no. its down to people's perception on beef & food in general.

 

if you are happy enough to eat it & its deemed ediable then eat it, eat away.

 

we did an experiment on the staff at work. we told 10 people the burgers we made were made using a cow's heart. and the the other 10 that it was 100% british beef.

 

the 10 we told it had a cow's heart didnt eat it!

 

all comes down to what you would & would not eat.

 

me personally i'd eat anything my body can handle, trial & error.

 

TBF tho, the way some company's get away with selling these food's to the public is criminal & before anyone else says differently that is just IMO.

[Lovecraft]

I had Guinea pig in Peru while I was there. It's called Cuy and is their national dish.

 

It tasted like rabbit.

 

Not much meat on them though, and as I was with my vegetarian girlfriend at the time; I orderded 2.

 

 

[southside1874]

If we weren't supposed to eat cows they wouldn't be made of meat.

 

Meat is great, I can't get enough of it, I can't walk past a field of cows without jumping in and licking the cows.

 

Would you eat dog though? Or horse? Or squirrel?

 

I always try to eat food from a happy animal. Would you eat a Celtic fan for instance?

[conn artist]

me and my mate ate snake done on a BBQ in cambodia a few days ago. the tuk tuk driver that was taking us around phnom penh also wanted to know if we wanted to try dog. we both drew the line at that. the snake tasted a bit like lamb BTW but was chewier.

[Acey]

Speaking of exotic meats, anyone here been to Khublai Khan in Leith.

 

Its fantastic.

 

http://www.khublaikhan.co.uk/edinburgh_restaurant_khublai_khans.html

 

That place looks ****ing incredible!

[southside1874]

That place looks ****ing incredible!

 

Its pish. Put your stuff on a plate and they'll cook it for you.