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- LilJimmyNordin, on 06/15/2009, -0/+21I wish MY forgotten meat would make a comeback. :(
- fluidfoundation, on 06/15/2009, -0/+10I'm in the south, pigs feet haven't gone anywhere. Wake me up when rich folk start eating the canned pork brains in gravy.
- DangerCollie, on 06/15/2009, -0/+10Part of the meat discussion are parts of animals normally rendered out as non-edible. The other side is meats that you normally can't find in the market. I originally got goats because I was paying $100 just in shipping charges to get goat meat flown in from California. Some places you can buy it in stores, some places you can't.
Goat is the most widely eaten animal on the planet, can be raised on vines and brush that other grazing animals can't eat and can be raised on small farms without antibiotics or hormone treatments. The meat tastes great (not everyone agrees) and has 1/3 the fat and calories of skinless chicken. But try to find it in the grocery store. I'm sure the stores would argue there's no market but there never will be a market if it's not available. Catch-22 of the meat world. - TheStrangeBrew, on 06/15/2009, -0/+8Spam FTW
- FishThePirate, on 06/15/2009, -0/+8Forgotten meats? Yeah, I think I found some forgotten meats under my computer desk once.
- MasteRR, on 06/15/2009, -0/+8Living in south Texas my whole life I have come to love some of the traditional "weird" meats in Tex-Mex. Munedo (tripe (stomach) and sometimes pie feat) and barbacoa (cow face or head) are some of my favorites. I also enjoy lengua (tongue) from time to time.
- ebcreasoner, on 06/15/2009, -0/+7Detachable penis!
- Hraes, on 06/15/2009, -0/+7Forgotten Meats sounds like a low-budget porno that's been translated through a 1996 version of Babelfish.
- Wakkyweed, on 06/15/2009, -0/+7I woke up this morning with a bad hangover and my penis was missing again. This happens all the time; it's detachable.
♪ Detachable penis... ♫ - inactive, on 06/15/2009, -0/+6It all gets used regardless. Do you really think dog food has steak in it? Whether or not we eat it intact or it's been ground up or used for other purposes (eg. Jell-O), producing waste costs money and that's a good enough reason for any company to find alternate uses for their waste.
- meandnips, on 06/15/2009, -0/+6I'm English, so eating kidneys and liver is not odd to me, but I really don't like pigs feet. And brain? well, not, not ever. Even the sight of it is queasy making for me.
- plainOldFool, on 06/15/2009, -0/+5Goat is amazing. I find it very similar to lamb, and I loves me some lamb. Paterson, NJ has a very middle eastern section with a bunch of Halal butchers. I am thinking on taking the trek to see what I can find.
- fluidfoundation, on 06/15/2009, -0/+5Not even Zombies?
- dizmoz, on 06/15/2009, -0/+4do you eat jell-o?
- centran, on 06/15/2009, -0/+4The FDA is the problem with... "unique" meats. They are either banned all together, automatically has lower grade and marked as unfit for human consumption, or need special permits and inspection to sell.
That being said, just because humans don't normally eat everything doesn't mean it is wasted. Everything gets processed into something. Nothing goes to waste. - Acqua206, on 06/15/2009, -0/+4Nobody should be eating any kind of brain. The cholesterol in those things is out of this world.
- NBCLocal, on 06/24/2009, -1/+5This is the best way to continue to eat meat. By eating and using all parts of the animal, there is so much less waste.
- plainOldFool, on 06/15/2009, -0/+3Pork Shoulder, a forgotten meat? You can't have pulled pork without shoulder. That cut is a major staple of bbq.
Now pork jowl, now that is some uncommon and tasty eats. Fette Sau in Williamsburg makes some dang tasty barbecue jowls. Their pork bellies are also divine. - novenator, on 06/15/2009, -3/+6As appealing as pigs feet are, nothing beats the Road Kill Cafe: 'you kill it, we grill it' http://www.roadkillcafe.com.au/public/index.php
- askantik, on 06/15/2009, -0/+3Dude pokeweed is good. Hominy is gross, but not weird. Okra and grits are hardly strange-- they are typical southern foods. Sassafras tea is good when I'm camping. As for the other stuff-- I have no desire to eat animals at all, so head cheese (which my grandmother ate, too, though I don't know about the calf fries), and other stuff isn't any grosser to me than "regular" meat.
- MuadDave, on 06/15/2009, -0/+3I recently got my wife to try curried goat - she liked it! We both think the taste is somewhere in between beef and lamb. In short, it's fantastic.
- twinklyJesus, on 06/15/2009, -0/+2I grew up eating pickled pigs feet, head cheese, calf/lamb fries, calf brains and scrambled eggs.
My immediate family included my Great-Grandmother who was born in 1884 as well as my Grandparents who were adults during the depression. We ate all sorts of odd things. Poke, hominy, parsnips, venison, squirrel, okra, grits, sassafras tea and other strange home-style foods...
Head Cheese is a "sausage" made by boiling the meat off of the head of a pig. The collagen boils into the meat and broth, which is put into a loaf pan and allowed to "jell". It is sliced like lunch meat and made into sandwiches with mustard and onions. It sounds gross, but it's actually pretty good. - Coffeedemon, on 06/15/2009, -0/+2I could be wrong but I don't think you'd want to eat meat if the various internal organs have been ruptured by a major collision like that.
- StigNordas, on 06/15/2009, -0/+2Poor folks are usually the one stuck eating the innards, it's nice to see they're making their way onto fancy palettes.
- MuadDave, on 06/15/2009, -0/+2Lungs are a particular no-no. Us USians can't enjoy a decent, proper Haggis without lungs!
- Jascol, on 06/15/2009, -0/+2Don't know why you were getting dugg down for that, Road kill is a perfectly viable food source.
I mean, if you're hungry you can't really afford to be too choosy, why not eat a rabbit (or even better a deer) that's just been killed in a car crash. As long as it's not rotten (you can tell easily) it's just like any other meat.
In fact I'd go as far to say that road kill is the most ethical way to eat meat, since the animal led a good life (in the wild) and was (more than likely) killed instantly. - YorMom, on 06/15/2009, -0/+2I live in PA. They still sell all that in the city's farmer's market. It never left here, either.
- MuadDave, on 06/15/2009, -0/+2Tripe is also a big part of Vietnamese 'Pho': http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ph%E1%BB%9F
We've got a bunch of 'numbered' Pho places up and down the East coast, like this one in Richmond: http://www.yelp.com/biz/pho-79-richmond - lostinseganet, on 06/15/2009, -0/+2Zombies gotta watchout for clogged artieries too ya know.
- Travelsonic, on 06/15/2009, -0/+2Many a hunter - and millions of human beings would strongly disagree with you, s0nicfreak.
We are omnivores, we eat both plant and meat. - Wakkyweed, on 06/15/2009, -0/+2Too true! And don't forget the cowboy pièce de résistance, Calf Fries! (a.k.a. Mountain Oysters, a.k.a. fried calf testicles.)
- KingGorilla, on 06/15/2009, -0/+2I love bone marrow
- Eddie Temple, on 08/12/2009, -0/+1Dugg for pigs feet.
If your from the south, You know its good. - Hraes, on 06/15/2009, -0/+1haha, i dug you
- killj0y, on 06/15/2009, -0/+1I suppose that since the wealthier people are now eating these "waste" meats, the prices will rise. I guess the poor will have to be vegetarians.
- Tyrant505, on 06/15/2009, -0/+1For those interested in pursuing the wonders of taste
The Whole Beast: Nose to Tail Eating: Fergus Henderson
Great book - blackcloud333, on 06/15/2009, -2/+3An even more interesting comment!
- askantik, on 06/15/2009, -0/+1I'd rather do some foraging in the wild, thanks :P
- askantik, on 06/15/2009, -0/+1I know what they are, I just meant I don't know if she ate them or not. My grandfather was an avid fan of cow tongue, though. Not sure how he ate it-- I never really cared enough to ask, heh.
- MuadDave, on 06/15/2009, -0/+1I'm a very adventurous eater, but I recently came across a delicacy I won't be ordering again. In the Cayman Islands, they eat what's called 'Cow Foot'. It's exactly what is sounds like, except it ain't the whole foot, just the toes - nothing about it resembles muscle tissue. It consists of an extremely firm, gelatinous mass of goo that was the toe (after being boiled for days, it seems). The taste wasn't particularly bad, but the texture/mouth feel was a little off-putting. I could feel the layers on gelatin building up on my lips, and no amount of napkin-wiping would remove it.
- kaiteng, on 06/15/2009, -2/+3Animal get killed for you to eat. So don't waste, eat every single edible parts.
- sealink, on 06/16/2009, -0/+1Huh. I had no idea barbacoa was made out of cow head. Is the brain/mucosa removed first?
- twinklyJesus, on 06/15/2009, -0/+1Calf fries are testilces roasted, fired or grilled. The only way I have had lamb fries is battered and deep fried. Very tasty, though.
- YorMom, on 06/15/2009, -0/+1I tried that in Jamaica. I found the taste just fine. It wasn't my favorite, but I'd eat it without complaint if it were served. I was a little put off with the texture but it made a great meal.
- laofmoonster, on 06/15/2009, -0/+1Maybe it's just because I'm Chinese-American, but this article was pretty tame.
American food probably contains just as much miscellaneous animal parts as "ethnic" food; it's just processed beyond recognition. - Jascol, on 06/16/2009, -0/+1You're opinion doesn't count for *****. It's food, end of story.
Count yourself lucky that you can afford to CHOOSE not to eat meat. Not everyone can be so picky about what they eat. - sealink, on 06/16/2009, -0/+1You can buy fairly cheap ham steaks that come with the bone in the center. In the center of that bone is a small round bit of marrow, which, when fed to a cat, earns you a friend for life. I imagine it works the same way with dogs.
- sealink, on 06/16/2009, -0/+1Pork belly is everything that's awesome about bacon, magnified.
- sealink, on 06/16/2009, -0/+1I think recognition is the key here. I know too many people that won't eat boiled crawfish, because they feel like "they're looking at me." (To which I say, "Oh well, more for me.")
To be honest, I would have serious problems eating something's face. Especially if it was in one of those "the Little Lamb" books I had when I was a kid. I can watch animals be slaughtered and not have a problem eating me, but eating their face is a little too much of a guilt trip. - dragon76, on 06/16/2009, -0/+1Dear is pretty gamy. It's like if beef tasted like fish is the best way I can describe it. Really, if you're hard up for money for meat, don't eat any. You can get all the amino acids your body needs to make proteins from vegetables and dairy.
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