Let’s see… I have had:
Quail
Pheasant
Duck
Goose
Pigeon
Ostrich
Emu
Goat
Sheep
Donkey
Horse
Frog
Turtle
Snail
Antilope
Kangaroo
Springbok
Deer
Wild boar
Hare
Rabbit
Sea cucumber
Jellyfish
Oysters and other shell-life
Huge variety of fish, from guppy size to shark
I had the chance to eat dog, but that went a step too far, emotionally.
Throw in crab, lobster, langoustine and octopus as well.
Deer, IIRC, was quite tasty. It was tough, and I loved that about it. You could just kind of gnaw on it, of course, that could of been due to how it was prepared, etc.
Forgot about the OP, but my personal opinion is that it is due simply to the “ick factor.” I have no problem eating deer, duck, rabbit, but when you begin to talk about more domesticated animals like cats, dogs, and horses I get kind of grossed out.
Wow.
You ate an antelope but eating a dog was going too far?
-Honesty
P.S How does antelope taste?
Logically I know that “meat is meat”. Eating a dog is comparitively the same as eating a herd animal or a game animal. But since dogs, cats, etc are pets, it would freak me out to eat one. I’m sure others feel the same way. I’m sure it’s a cultural thing. Other ethnic groups think we’re crazy for not considering dog as a food.
It was the way it was prepared. Deer doesn’t have to be tough, but there’s so little fat on them that if you’re not careful and cook it like beef, you’ll dry it right up.
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (the group of diseases to which so-called Mad Cow Disease belongs) occur in cats, among other animals (mink, elk, sheep, many others).
I think Kangaroo is yummy, and I have no issue with eating any flesh, as long as it’s raised and killed humanely. I’ve eaten a very wide variety of animals, including whale (although I didn’t know what it was at the time :eek: )
Where I live, goat is a common meat, and the Koean immigration has made dog meat accessible. I’m a vegetarian but I don’t see anything different between eating a chicken and eating a dog.
I have always heard it is because carnivorous animals don’t taste as good as herbivores. I could never eat cat or dog, but even though I love horses (and even own one - no, I’m not going to eat her) I can see the reasons to send horses to slaughter.
I buy my beef from a farmer, it is grass fed, no hormones, and it is the greatest. I can’t stand pork, adn rarely eat poultry - maybe twice a month.
So what meat eating animals taste better that herbivores? Plus, isn’t it cheaper to raise a grass or grain eating animal than to raise a meat eating animal for food?
The U.S. exports the bulk of the meat that results from domestic horse slaughter. Since this meat was not raised for the purpose of meat consumption, many of the animals have been given medicines that are clearly labeled “not for use in animals intended for consumption.”
For this reason alone I would not eat it – its all full of potentially dangerous chemicals.
I enjoy game meats (quail, venison) when I have a chance to get it, which isn’t too often. I hear Beefalo (cow/buffalo hybrid) is really good. I’ve had alligator… didn’t knock my socks off or anything.
Yes…that is very true, I can’t count the times I’ve seen that on various things I’ve given my horse - very scary that people end up eating that!
My feelings towards horse slaughter are more from seeing abused, neglected and starved animals - I would personally rather see them dead than like that. People who buy horses and don’t think about how much upkeep costs, and don’t get needed vet care and farrier work - some of these animals would welcome the sweet relief of death. Maybe it’s because I’ve seen some horrendous neglect cases over the past few years that my mind has changed. I used to be very anti-horse slaughter. And people who breed any old mare to the stallion down the road with no regard to faults or temperment…shudder. Horses are expensive to keep, and unusable ones have no rosy future, unless they can find someone with the resources to keep and care for them. In some cases I can support the decision to send to slaughter. If only there were big, safe farms all over where old, lame, and unusable horses could go, for free, to live out their days in peace and harmony.
What makes me angry and an argument against horse slaughter is so many horses are stolen and sold to meat buyers, people’s pets and show horses. I don’t know if that is reason enough to ban horses being slaughtered for food, but they should make certain the horses aren’t stolen.
Personally, I have not had the chance to eat many of the more “exotic” meats listed here. Ive had ostrich, shark fin, lamb, goat (i think it was goat), beef, pig, chicken, turkey, quail, rabbit, squid, alligator and thats about it.
I have relatively no problems with eating horse. Its not my first choice, but if it was all I had to eat, then I would eat it. Its just a personal thing, Ive rode horses for years, work with them weekly, and just plain love them. But I draw the line at cats and dogs. They are too common, too domestic. Its like eating the family pet… it hits too close to home. Other than cat and dog, everything else is fair game.
Ted Turner has based an entire restaurant chain on bison (buffalo) - Ted’s Montana Grill. Tastes a bit gamey to me. Not bad when blended with beef, but then we get back to the original problem.
Besides which, wouldn’t bison (being bovine, and capable of being interbred with cattle) be succeptible to BSE as well?
I recommend goat. It’s delicious barbecued.
Venison (like bison) I find a bit gamey. Has a sharp taste to it.
Alligator, properly prepared, tastes almost like lobster, IMO. (Since people are squeamish about eating dogs and cats, maybe we could use those for gator food? Just a modest proposal.)
I’ve had alligator twice and both times it was fried and frankly, not delicious. How do you prepare alligator so it tastes like lobster.
Re: venison. My sister is married to a hunter, and every year he bags a couple (it’s not uncommon for herds of deer to graze on the front lawn of their house). They give the meat over to a butcher who mixes the deer meat with beef fat and makes venison burger meat and venison sausages. Keeps it from being dry when you eat it. My sister likes it OK, but after awhile it gets tiresome. Still, it’s so cheap they end up eating a fair amount of it.
I’ve had a wide variety of things, including antelope (it was well prepared, and incredibly delicious), venison, goat, wild boar, frog, and dog (very dark meat, a bit like goat).
My wife is from Trinidad, and she says it’s very common to eat wild animals there, including Tapirs (those long-snouted huge beasts you see in zoos)!
While we’re at it, why not alternative milks? I can see mouse-milk being a really expensive delicacy, e.g., for coffee, due to the number of mice one would have to milk.
And how cool would it be to serve hot cereal with orca milk in the mornings before going ice-fishing to imbue you with the ferocity of a predator? Whale milk? Elephant milk? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?