Buffalo!!

JD@af · #1 10-14-2002, 11:12 PM

I first read about buffalo meat in Muscle and Fitness well over a year ago. Then several months ago, I noticed it in the local Stop & Shop for the first time. Well, tonight I decided it was finally time to try it. Cooked it up just like I would a piece of beef, and I am pleasantly surprised (I mean, it is a little tough, but I think that's more a function of the fact that I can't cook worth a damn more than anything else). Amazingly lean, with fractional amounts of the fat and cholesterol that beef has. And pretty tasty with my token soy sauce, sesame oil, and ginger.

It pays to try new things. Right on :sun:

S Brake · #2 10-15-2002, 12:30 AM

My mom is a total health freak so she cooked up some buff burgers a while ago. It was better than I thought it would be, it was actually quite sweet. But I still couldn't eat it all, didn't really taste all that great.

replicant_008 · #3 10-15-2002, 12:42 AM

Venison is good too. mmmmm Venison. Other than the fact that it's way overpriced in NZ (which I can't understand the things used to damn pests here) it's very lean and tasty.

JD@af · #4 10-15-2002, 12:49 AM

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Originally posted by replicant_008
Venison is good too. mmmmm Venison. Other than the fact that it's way overpriced in NZ (which I can't understand the things used to damn pests here) it's very lean and tasty.

I can't remember if I've had venison or not. I think I have, but I can't be sure. I did have moose a little over a year ago, and man, that was amazingly good.

Too bad that the staple red meat in the American diet, and perhaps much of the rest of the workd, is beef. Maybe it is a more sustainable source for the kind of mass consumption that we as a culture indulge in, but clearly there are healthier choices.

ci5ic · #5 10-15-2002, 01:02 AM

Vennison makes the BEST burgers! Lord that stuff is good! Very flavorful.

kicker1_solo · #6 10-15-2002, 01:06 AM

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Originally posted by replicant_008
Venison is good too. mmmmm Venison.

I just went out hunting for some of that yesterday.

Moppie · #7 10-15-2002, 02:09 AM

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Originally posted by JD@af
I Maybe it is a more sustainable source for the kind of mass consumption that we as a culture indulge in, but clearly there are healthier choices.

sustainable? your kidding me right?

replicant_008 · #8 10-15-2002, 02:20 AM

Before everyone gets confused with Moppie's comments... grain-fed beef is possibly the most inefficient and unsustainable way of growing protein.

Every year, millions of acres of rain-forest disappears to satisfy the western appetite for beef. And we also harvesting unsustainable quantities of tuna as well.

We also have the farce where countries with more efficient farming methods (eg clover and ryegrass pasture in New Zealand) are forced to compete with grain-fed beef from other countries who rely on massive farm subsidies to bridge the gap.

It's okay I still eat beef too (but not tuna).

Ssom · #9 10-15-2002, 04:21 AM

Veal is the best my friends :licker:

JD@af · #10 10-15-2002, 07:54 AM

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Originally posted by replicant_008
Before everyone gets confused with Moppie's comments... grain-fed beef is possibly the most inefficient and unsustainable way of growing protein.

Oops. Okay, have to admit that I was just assuming that the reason beef is such a staple is that it was above all else the most sustainable. But, as experience has taught me over and over again, when I assume, I make an ass out of "u," and as usual, "me" :right: Thanks for setting me straight, fellas.

taranaki · #11 10-15-2002, 08:06 AM

Alas...Iagree with Replicant,venison is overpriced.What makes it worse is that there are feral deer on Mount Taranaki not 20 minutes drive from where I sit,and it's not too hard to get a permit to hunt them...if only I still had a rifle.

As for veal.....nah.Eating bobby calves does not appeal.

NSX-R-SSJ20K · #12 10-15-2002, 08:50 AM

give me a top piece of sirloin anyday

Blazin'Up · #13 10-15-2002, 02:23 PM

My parents have been on a buffalo kick lately. My dad has been getting ground buffalo from a buffalo ranch here in North Dakota. I tried it a couple times when I was at their place for dinner, and I like it. I can't say I like it better than ground beef yet, but it has a good flavor.

I'd really like to try a buffalo steak though. They're more expensive than beef steaks, but I bet they're yummy :licker:

YogsVR4 · #14 10-15-2002, 02:33 PM

I enjoy buffalo as well. Venison rules! Opening day for rifle season here is Nov. 15 and I'm raring to go. Another good tasting meat is osterich. Lean and tastes very much like beef.

Spec2 Girl · #15 10-15-2002, 05:16 PM

I've never tried Buffalo, but Ostrich is pretty good. :licker: I never used to be a fan of Venison until recently when Moon made an awesome Venison dish. :licker:

All the meat we buy is from an organic butcher. The chicken tastes so much better.

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