Would you eat or have you eaten...

[Titus2woman]

Goat?
Rabbit?
Emu?
Racoon?
Rabbit?
Opossum?
Bear?
Snake?
Other game/wild meats?

And why or why not?

Also what part of the country are you in (or did you grow up in) if you do eat game meats.

[navygoat1998]

How about gator????

[Amanah]

I've eaten: river turtle, gator, frog legs, snails, deer/stag

what I won't eat: dog, horse, veal

I ate veal once by accident in Italy, I thought I ordered scallops.

[Dedicated Mind]

i've eaten goat, veal and pig's feet. my mother has eaten rabbit. all delicacies in puerto rico. pig's feet no longer sold in supermarkets. must be special order.

[HolyFire]

Originally Posted by Titus2woman

Goat?
Rabbit?
Emu?
Racoon?
Opossum?
Bear?
Snake?
Other game/wild meats?

And why or why not?

Also what part of the country are you in (or did you grow up in) if you do eat game meats.

Probably
Yes
No
Yes
Not ever
Nope
No

I've eaten a wild boar hog a few hours after granny shot him down with a straight prejudice. And he was delicious! Also eaten plenty of deer, some squirrel, some yard chicken. Most of this was eaten in my native Arkansas.

Had veal and lamb here in B'Ham. NOT impressed with the veal.

[Margies3]

Originally Posted by Titus2woman

Goat?
Rabbit?
Emu?
Racoon?
Rabbit?
Opossum?
Bear?
Snake?
Other game/wild meats?

And why or why not?

Also what part of the country are you in (or did you grow up in) if you do eat game meats.

My dad was a hunter so I have eaten
rabbit (not a favorite)
venison (LOVE it!)
bear (too greasy)
boar (ok)
squirrel (edible, but again, not a favorite)
possum (YUCK!!)
pheasant (LOVE it!)
wild turkey (good)
duck (another not a favorite)
moose (ok)
horse (we were kids and very, very poor one winter. My parents found a source of horsemeat that could be purchased for a little bit of nothing - definitely not a legal purchase, but it got us thru. you do what you have to do to feed your family, I guess. We didn't know until years later what we had eaten)

We had a farm in our area that sold ostrich meat for a number of years. We ate lots of that at our house. It's extremely low in fat but very tasty. It wasn't cheap, but it was so good FOR you

Our church does a wild game dinner every year so because of that, I've also eaten walrus, gator, and a number of other things I would never had the opportunity to taste any other way.

Why do you ask? I'm curious

[bbyrd009]

Elk will put you off beef forever;
surprised it didn't make the list?

[Titus2woman]

Originally Posted by Margies3

Why do you ask? I'm curious

Because I'm curious too... We farm, hunt, trap, fish and do a lot of barter which has put everything on that list (and many things that aren't) on our table. Most people are totally freaked out by the way we eat. If I have something extra for lunch (we often pot-luck or trade at my job) everyone insists on knowing what it is before they eat it. Many things I eat seem to cause extreme 'gross out'... and it happened today again over some goat tacos. Lots of 'ummm... that smells delicious' until I said they were cabrito.

I also horrified everyone around me when my 1,300 pound gelding died suddenly. I wanted to process him for dog food. There was not a soul who did not think I was disgusting for that... So I paid $800 to have a backhoe bury him and the worms got all that good meat.

I'm not going to claim I liked all the things I've eaten... the bear meat was from Alaska and was greasy and fishy-not-in-a-good-way and the 'possum tasted trashy like garbage fed pork.

So I was just wanting to know if there are others like me or where most of you draw the line.

And the question about where you live... I expected this food snob attitude in my native Los Angeles but I am surprised it is so common in Texas.

[Titus2woman]

Originally Posted by Amanah

I've eaten: river turtle, gator, frog legs, snails, deer/stag

what I won't eat: dog, horse, veal

I ate veal once by accident in Italy, I thought I ordered scallops.

ooooh! One of my favorite things at fair time is the gator sausage! Love frog legs and go gigging regularly. Had softshell turtle once... it was OK, not great. Never eaten a snail but wonder if they are slimy which is the only texture I struggle with.

If you don't mind saying, why would you not eat the animals you've listed as nos (really I don't have to ask about the dog )

[bbyrd009]

Hmm, you didn't strike me as the type to waste
1/2 ton of premium dog food...

and yes, snails are slimy; they are like the softest part
of a clam.