Are you sure? Goat is popular in India but rarely served in Indian restaurants.
I wouldn’t, given pork is verboten for many people.
I’ve found goat dishes at many Indian/Pakistani restaurants in Metro Detroit, even in the buffet. Maybe has to do with availability. This area has a substantial south Asian population so goat is not hard to find; Hiller’s Market in Commerce Township has it. Bought it several times.
That might be it. There is a substantial South Asian population in Chicago, too.
I see at least one goat dish, usually the halel choice, at various Indian/Pakistani buffets in Chicago and even at the regular ones I go to in Kansas City. The only problem is that it is usually a chopped-up bony cut, so you have to eat it carefully.
“Ram goat liver, good fe mek Mannish water
Billy goat teet mek de earrings for your daughter
Curry goat lunch put some bite in your bark
It mek your daughter walk and talk.”
Pluto.
Curry Goat with rice and peas is a traditional Jamaican meal.
The few times I’ve had goat was at Indian/Pakistani restaurants, and it tasted like gamey lamb. I’m glad to hear that it isn’t always that way.
shrug I’ve taken a liking to things like lamb, goat, and venison. at least they taste of something.
Agreed - I love lamb, but the goat I had was much gamier.
Since goats have been raised since biblical times I assumed they were about as domesticated as an animal can get, but it sounds like they are a lot harder to raise than sheep or cattle, which makes sense. And since there isn’t a big demand for goat, at least in places where I have lived, it makes sense that there isn’t much supply in a mainstream supermarket. Ignorance fought.
We raised Nubian goats for milk. They are beautiful creatures with long floppy ears. They are very efficient milk producers. Compared to a cow, they give much more milk per quantity of food. Feed them good groceries, and they reward you with great tasting milk. We kept or sold the females. The males were castrated soon after birth and eaten at 6-8 months. Quite delicious. The females were like pets. The males we kept at a distance, because we knew their fate.
Yea, goats have been bred enough to have dairy goats, meat-type goats, and wool goats. Although, in essence, most goats (and cattle) do end up being “meat-type” at the end of their productivity.
I’ve had goat and lamb at Indian restaurants, I love it.
I was quoting a goat book, so my source may be biased. Certainly in the middle east, Mexico, the drier parts of Africa, etc. There are many cultures that shun pork, but China of course is a gigantic consumer.
I will do a bit of research.
Goats are NOT harder to raise than sheep, or cattle. They are just a bit different. It really depends on the situation. They are certainly one of the very oldest domesticated animals.
I’d imagine that would mean goat is the most widely eaten food, not that more goat is consumed than other meats.
tastes like chicken!
I am amazed that no one has pointed out that the most likely explanation is a conspiracy by big agribusiness!
When in the Caribbean, I eat a lot of goat. I’ve never seen it for sale in western PA, but I would buy it if available.
ahem See post #17.
Interesting. I’ve actually found it less gamey than lamb, although lamb itself ranges in gaminess. It’s been reported, but goat isn’t difficult to find in Chicago, though I don’t agree that any decent Mexican place has it here. In my experience, it tends to be a specialty of birrerias (which specifically do goat). I live in a Mexican neighborhood where the restaurants are almost 100% composed of Mexican diners, and you have to know which places serve goat. It certainly isn’t even a majority of them.
Yes. Here’s an article with chart breaking down meat consumption by type for the top meat-consuming countries:
That has a link to full data for all countries, and worldwide. For “world”, they have:
Beef: 9.5
Pork: 14.9
Poultry: 12.5:
Mutton and Goat: 1.9
Those figures are Kg/year, per capita. In spite of the fact that pork is forbidden by religious stricture for many, we have populous nations like China where it is very popular, with the per capita consumption going up along with Chinese affluence. China currently produces and consumes about half the world’s pork.
In the US, you do find BBQ places serving goat on occasion.
I wish farming them would become more popular, especially sine I’ve developed digestion issues with cows milk, have the same problems with soymilk, but tolerate goat milk fairly well. however, when I can actually find it here in outer redneckistan, its 5 bucks a quart. 
If I had enough land I’d build a little shed and stop having to mow the damn lawn. maybe get me a chicken or three while I was at it. (neighbor would prolly have a stroke, though it’s okay for them to have 8 big mouthy ass hunting dogs tearing up the place all the time)