Food (Game!)

[jbsegal]

A) Is it still 'game meat' if it's from farmed animals?

B) Is yak generally available anyplace? Yum.

C) Farmed bear is very tasty. Dark, but not, well, gamey...

D) It's possible for sausages to be too low fat.

(http://www.studentprince.com/Menus/gamefest.htm )

Comments

[magid.livejournal.com]

A) depends on whether they played poker around the farm.

[dsrtao]

A) maybe.
B) www.exoticmeat.com
C and D aren't questions.

[foldedfish.livejournal.com]

(D) is absolutely true. My grandfather takes the deer he hunts to a guy who turns them into cube steaks and sausage, and for the latter he mixes the venison with pork, because otherwise the sausage is too crumbly.

[luckylefty.livejournal.com]

When is the gamefest menu available? Is it just one "game day", or some period of time or day of the week?

[dancingdeer.livejournal.com]

It's all of February.

[jbsegal.livejournal.com]

Every February, all month.

It's still the longest distance I've ever traveled for just one meal.

[randomenvy.livejournal.com]

Hmmm... I keep forgetting that you two know each other.

D) Yes. Same thing applies to meatballs. When I was on a low-fat kick I tried to make some with lean meat. Not so tasty. Too dry.

D) The three of us at our table agreed that the sausages weren't up to par. They didn't use enough other ingredients, notably fat and spices. So, instead of tasting like sausage, or game sausage, they tasted like ground game in a casing.

A) Either way, still tasty.

B) Yes. Tibet. But on a more serious note, I have seen Yak available at Tibetan restaurants. I've also seen it at Mongolian BBQ, but I'm not sure if that chain has any restaurants nearby.

C) It'd be interesting to compare and contrast farmed game vs. wild game.

[lionofgod.livejournal.com]

How cool. I may need to check that out. ;)

B: the NYTimes had a Dining and Wine piece on yak a few months ago,
which included a website reference (for a yak specialty site, which would happily ship you some) and reviews. Sadly, I did not actually bookmark it. It was a neat article, though.

C: I don't suppose you know where to get *that*, do you?

[jbsegal.livejournal.com]

Hm. Ok. I'll look for the NYT article...

And no, no idea on where to get bear, either. Sorry. :) (Best suggestion - and one I should take myself - is to call the restaurant and ask who their supplier is.)

[jbsegal.livejournal.com]

http://events.nytimes.com/2005/08/07/travel/07ctdine.html?ex=1140670800&en=f85de1a01459195b&ei=5070

[jbsegal.livejournal.com]

Never mind... that's just a review...

[kimberlogic.livejournal.com]

yeah, but we're going to blow that out of the water for your 40th :)

[dpolicar]

As a friend to the children commend me the Yak.
You will find it exactly the thing:
It will carry and fetch, you can ride on its back,
Or lead it about with a string.

The Tartar who dwells on the plains of Thibet
(A desolate region of snow)
Has for centuries made it a nursery pet,
And surely the Tartar should know!

Then tell you papa where the Yak can be got,
And if he is awfully rich
He will buy you the creature --
or else he will not.
(I cannot be positive which.)


-- Hillaire Belloc

[jim-p.livejournal.com]

(B) If you're looking for some meat to prepare yourself, you can always ask at Savenor's...

[foms.livejournal.com]

You asked me, once, whether we know each other. Given that you beat me to quoting the Belloc, I'm no longer so sure that we don't.

[dcseain.livejournal.com]

A) Not in my book.

B) It is here in DC, but we have lots of people from places that eat stuff like that here.

C) We farm bears for food now. Fascinating.

D) Well, duh!

[dpolicar]

Well, you continue to not be who I thought you were when I asked (assuming you haven't mysteriously become someone else in the interim)... but, it does seem like we ought to.

[jbsegal.livejournal.com]

B seems to be a domain squatter's page.

[dsrtao]

Sorry, misspelllllled it.

www.exoticmeats.com

Also:
www.yakmeat.us ($3.77/lb for ground yak. Yakloaf! Yakballs!)