interesting meat.

[sempronialou]

You can try all sorts of exotic meats from this place: http://www.exoticmeatsandmore.com/

We had ostrich burgers at restaurant a few years ago, and it was very good. Sadly they stopped serving them and only have buffalo burgers now.

[Velocivixen]

I live in Beaverton, so where did you find yak?

[Brandi]

I have never tried yak. SOmeone offered us snake a couple weeks ago. I couldn't do it. I have a hard enough time with weird food as it is. Still going to do my month long experiment on cooking nothing but Indian food though.

[smilingcat]

Hi Velci,

We normally go to the open air market on Saturday in Hollywood area. 43rd SE between Sandy and Halsey. There is an organic/holistic butcher.

Yak is in the same genus as cow so its very close to beef. Whereas true American buffalo, Bison belongs to a different genus of Bison. A lot of bison have cross bred with European cattle so if you look into bison information, its a hot topic. Anyway, Bison meat does taste different than beef or yak meat. More gamey.

We didn't try yak just to say we eat exotic meat. But rather we want to stay away from CAFO/grass finished animals. The bison meat came from a rancher near Reno Nevada. His herd are range raised on 100+ acre. We had an invite to visit his operation.

The yak came from an organic/holistically raised farm.

Thanks Oak. Scary to find that Bison being treated just like steers. That is horrible.

If I learned anything from raising our own chicken is that, chickens do have feelings. They get mad, they get happy/excited, and they get sad/depressed. It's not a way to raise an animal in CAFO (Concentrated Animal Feed Operation). Or to raise chicken in battery cages.

We do notice the superior taste of the meat when it is free ranged or raised in more natural manner. Because of this we use far less meat for our dishes so it makes up for the premium price we pay for the privilege of having more holistically raised animals.

[Owlie]

DBF says rattlesnake was actually pretty good. We also had fried alligator in New Orleans. It wasn't bad, just weird--it has the texture of chicken, but tastes vaguely fishy.

[OakLeaf]

Yeah, I don't much like 'gator. But everyone thinks they have to try it when they visit Florida for the first time. Never had any kind of snake.

[wackyjacky1]

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