Kids are delicious bill - especially those cuddly little ones - great on the spit roast!!!!!
Croc pie??? interesting - might taste good with corn and leek - yumm!!
Ma said
02:08 PM Oct 6, 2011
I like kids but I don't think I could eat a full one though
Gerty Dancer said
02:22 PM Oct 6, 2011
Seems a perfectly reasonable thing to do with Crocodiles....
Beth54 said
03:41 PM Oct 6, 2011
The little chubby one's would be the tastiest. As for the crocs, I'd like to try some one day.
Ma said
03:54 PM Oct 6, 2011
Must admit, I was very hesitant when it came to tasting crocodile when we were at Mindl Markets in Darwin last year.
Was pleasantly surprised tasted quite nice and not at all like fish as I imagined it would have been.
Blue said that it wasn't the best he had tasted and if you get the meat and cook it yourself it is way nicer.
Beth54 said
04:13 PM Oct 6, 2011
I'm not much of a connoisseur of non traditional meat. I know a lot of people will have a go at anything. I remember having Kangaroo tail stew at Grandma's, but these days I can't come at eating kangaroo, goat, veal or venison. I've had quail but think that's just silly, trying to eat that tiny little bird!
Ma said
04:18 PM Oct 6, 2011
Beth, unless you have tried goat how do you know you wouldn't like it.
I could cook it and dish it up to you as roast lamb and it is highly unlikely that you would be able to tell the difference.
It is much healthier for you too as there is minimal cholesterol as there is very little fat on goat meat.
If you are ever down this way, let me know and I will arrange to do a baked dinner for you.
Mind you, you have to have a young one as the older they are the stronger the taste.
-- Edited by Ma on Thursday 6th of October 2011 04:19:14 PM
pauline said
04:57 PM Oct 6, 2011
Agree with Ma young goat is very much like lamb and very tasty, I found croc quite bland and very much like chicken in texture. Needs a nice sauce with it me thinks.
Beth54 said
05:03 PM Oct 6, 2011
It's not the taste Elaine, it's the thought of eating them. We had them for the milk when I was a kid, but they were like pets to me. I've had plenty of opprotunities to try it, but just can't. Same with veal,,, I ate veal once mistakenly and when I was told afterwards, I felt ill. It's silly I know, but it's like anything that's cute, I can't bear the thought of eating it.
I can understand the way vegetarians feel about eating meat, although I'm no veggie myself. I eat fish, beef, chicken and even lamb..don't ask me why I can eat a cute little lamb! It's okay, I won't be offended if you laugh at me.
Crocs would be different..they're not cute, they're ugly!
Boroma577 said
05:10 PM Oct 6, 2011
Ma wrote:
I could cook it and dish it up to you as roast lamb
Ok, it's definitely off the menu for me then.....I very much dislike lamb.
I'd have a go at croc though.
-- Edited by Boroma577 on Thursday 6th of October 2011 05:11:06 PM
Ma said
05:24 PM Oct 6, 2011
I used to breed goats, mostly just for colour, and when it was time to have goat for dinner, I would take the kids to the market, sell them and then buy some others and have them killed for dinner.
Couldn't stand the thought of eating something that had been running and jumping all round the paddock at home. The ones I bought I didn't know, so that was alright
Beth54 said
05:27 PM Oct 6, 2011
Ma wrote:
I used to breed goats, mostly just for colour, and when it was time to have goat for dinner, I would take the kids to the market, sell them and then buy some others and have them killed for dinner.
Couldn't stand the thought of eating something that had been running and jumping all round the paddock at home. The ones I bought I didn't know, so that was alright
See! I'm not crazy after all!
Boroma577 said
06:21 PM Oct 6, 2011
Beth54 wrote: See! I'm not crazy after all!
Of course you are not Beth
Nicholstones said
07:56 PM Oct 6, 2011
I've bought goat occasionally and usually find it tough and difficult to cook. Was talking to someone recently who grew up in northern wa and she said that they lived on goat, but it had to be castrated before killing to make it tender. Have tried fruit bat in Vanuatu (a bit like rabbit, way too many tiny bones) and zebra in Tanzania (may as well eat shoe leather).
Ma said
08:08 PM Oct 6, 2011
I would say that the goat you have eaten either hasn't been cooked properly or hasn't been castrated early enough to stop him from sowing his wild oats.
It doesn't take as long to cook as lamb and the chops only take a couple of minutes each side as they are really small.
Beth54 said
08:35 PM Oct 6, 2011
Nicholstones wrote:
I've bought goat occasionally and usually find it tough and difficult to cook. Was talking to someone recently who grew up in northern wa and she said that they lived on goat, but it had to be castrated before killing to make it tender. Have tried fruit bat in Vanuatu (a bit like rabbit, way too many tiny bones) and zebra in Tanzania (may as well eat shoe leather).
eeewww...fruit bat? zebra? No way!
Ma said
08:37 PM Oct 6, 2011
Think I would draw the line at fruit bat, zebra maybe.
I am nearly convinced that we ate dog when we were in Thailand some years ago.
The bones in it weren't exactly familiar...........tasted good whatever it was.
pauline said
08:37 PM Oct 6, 2011
I have to agree with that.
Beth54 said
08:45 PM Oct 6, 2011
I'd be no good going to another country. Besides being a little fussy about meat, my digestive problems means there's a lot of food I can't eat, particularly spicy. My daughter and s-i-l went to Thailand and s-i-l ate everything offered to him. I saw photo's of the strangest looking food.
Wombat 280 said
09:35 PM Oct 6, 2011
Once they started to farm croc's for the skin and table market they took on the taste of chicken as that was all they got fed. Wild croc back when you could catch and kill your own had a completely different taste . The ones in permanent billabongs had that fishy taste but the ones that were free range had that strong game taste like wild geese has
Elle on Wheels said
10:46 PM Oct 6, 2011
Yes farming alters the taste of various meats and fish. I cook a lot of kangaroo tail, the hunters normally throw them away so I get them for a couple of dollars. No fat and extremely nutritional with all that sinew. I love goat and have had it roasted in a wood fired oven, curried, slow cooked Italian style. It's really hard eating things you have raised although it is the most ethical way of having meat because you know you have given it a good life. I've managed to do it with chickens and ducks but not yet with animals.
03_troopy said
09:40 AM Oct 8, 2011
I've eaten the coat of arms, and they both taste pretty good. As a matter of fact the mixed grill at the Bojangles Pub in Alice Springs is very tasty, Roo, Emu, Camel and croc. But as Others have said, the Croc is fairly bland. I've tried a few strange foods around the world, but if you're a bit squeamish at all, don't even think about balut in the Phillipines.
Google it if you dare.
Ma said
10:00 AM Oct 8, 2011
Are you going to tell us what it is 03t
pauline said
10:02 AM Oct 8, 2011
Do we really want to know Ma
Ma said
10:05 AM Oct 8, 2011
yes and no I guess pauline. Not that I'm likely to ever go to the Phillipines but would be intersting
pauline said
10:36 AM Oct 8, 2011
Just looked it up on google, believe me you don't want to know.
Ma said
02:51 PM Oct 8, 2011
I believe you Pauline, wish I hadn't asked.
03_troopy said
04:27 PM Oct 8, 2011
Yes, I chickened out (excuse the pun) but a couple of mates tried it. It's amazing what alchohol does to a persons sensibilities sometimes.
Beth54 said
04:38 PM Oct 8, 2011
Yeh 03 t, I suspect that's how s-i-l got through some foods in Thailand.
Up here in NQ, we don,t worry about the crocs, we put the on the menu!And the way I read this, children are nice, also.
-- Edited by bill12 on Thursday 6th of October 2011 08:52:13 AM
Croc pie??? interesting - might taste good with corn and leek - yumm!!
I like kids but I don't think I could eat a full one though
The little chubby one's would be the tastiest. As for the crocs, I'd like to try some one day.
Must admit, I was very hesitant when it came to tasting crocodile when we were at Mindl Markets in Darwin last year.
Was pleasantly surprised tasted quite nice and not at all like fish as I imagined it would have been.
Blue said that it wasn't the best he had tasted and if you get the meat and cook it yourself it is way nicer.
I'm not much of a connoisseur of non traditional meat. I know a lot of people will have a go at anything. I remember having Kangaroo tail stew at Grandma's, but these days I can't come at eating kangaroo, goat, veal or venison. I've had quail but think that's just silly, trying to eat that tiny little bird!
Beth, unless you have tried goat how do you know you wouldn't like it.
I could cook it and dish it up to you as roast lamb and it is highly unlikely that you would be able to tell the difference.
It is much healthier for you too as there is minimal cholesterol as there is very little fat on goat meat.
If you are ever down this way, let me know and I will arrange to do a baked dinner for you.
Mind you, you have to have a young one as the older they are the stronger the taste.
-- Edited by Ma on Thursday 6th of October 2011 04:19:14 PM
It's not the taste Elaine, it's the thought of eating them. We had them for the milk when I was a kid, but they were like pets to me. I've had plenty of opprotunities to try it, but just can't. Same with veal,,, I ate veal once mistakenly and when I was told afterwards, I felt ill. It's silly I know, but it's like anything that's cute, I can't bear the thought of eating it.
I can understand the way vegetarians feel about eating meat, although I'm no veggie myself. I eat fish, beef, chicken and even lamb..don't ask me why I can eat a cute little lamb!
It's okay, I won't be offended if you laugh at me.
Crocs would be different..they're not cute, they're ugly!
Ok, it's definitely off the menu for me then.....I very much dislike lamb.
I'd have a go at croc though.
-- Edited by Boroma577 on Thursday 6th of October 2011 05:11:06 PM
I used to breed goats, mostly just for colour, and when it was time to have goat for dinner, I would take the kids to the market, sell them and then buy some others and have them killed for dinner.
Couldn't stand the thought of eating something that had been running and jumping all round the paddock at home. The ones I bought I didn't know, so that was alright
See! I'm not crazy after all!
Of course you are not Beth
I would say that the goat you have eaten either hasn't been cooked properly or hasn't been castrated early enough to stop him from sowing his wild oats.
It doesn't take as long to cook as lamb and the chops only take a couple of minutes each side as they are really small.
eeewww...fruit bat? zebra? No way!
Think I would draw the line at fruit bat, zebra maybe.
I am nearly convinced that we ate dog when we were in Thailand some years ago.
The bones in it weren't exactly familiar...........tasted good whatever it was.
I'd be no good going to another country. Besides being a little fussy about meat, my digestive problems means there's a lot of food I can't eat, particularly spicy. My daughter and s-i-l went to Thailand and s-i-l ate everything offered to him. I saw photo's of the strangest looking food.
Google it if you dare.
Are you going to tell us what it is 03t
yes and no I guess pauline. Not that I'm likely to ever go to the Phillipines but would be intersting
I believe you Pauline, wish I hadn't asked.
Yes, I chickened out (excuse the pun) but a couple of mates tried it. It's amazing what alchohol does to a persons sensibilities sometimes.
Yeh 03 t, I suspect that's how s-i-l got through some foods in Thailand.