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Had one of my wisdom teeth pulled today. Since they considered putting me under, I was told not to eat anything after midnight last night. Since the operation, I've been on a cold-soft diet--Icecream, popsicles, yogurt, and ice. My big solid meal of the day was cottage cheese with crushed pineapple in it.
Tomorrow I am on warm-soft diet--meaning I can have oatmeal, mashed potatoes, and soup.
Oh boy.
I really want to sink my teeth into something yummy.
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Ppfffffft. Just chew on the other side of your mouth. Who listens to dentist's instructions, anyway? Posts: 7954 | Registered: Mar 2004
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Isn't it anti-PETA kill an animal week or something like that? I heard something on the news about it when I was on the verge of consciousness this morning...
You could kill a cow for steak and offend PETA at the same time. SCORE!
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Ostrich is actually a red meat and has very, very little fat. And quite good, except when you overcook it, like I just did. On the plus side, the marinade I used for it worked quite well. Just need to cook it for less time. Such trial and error. Nathan liked it, but Nathan will eat ANYthing.
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JT Stryker's parents raise ostrich's and sell the meat (I think, I haven't really discussed this with him). So yes there are farms that raise them, at least a couple in southern indiana, not sure about elsewhere.
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Well, yes and no, quid. I mean, it's good, 'cause I can make anything and he'll eat it. Bad because when he says "Wow, you're a good cook," I can't bask in it because he thinks finding a three day old piece of beef jerky crammed in between the sofa cushions is culinary heaven.
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But Bison is actually a highly recommended meat for women, especially. It's much leaner than beef, and has more iron. Chicks usually don't get enough iron. And the fat is more of the good-fat lower-cholesteral (sp?) type.
I usually buy it at the farmer's market, but there's a guy at work that farms bison on the side, and he's about ready to start selling it. His herd hasn't been larger enough yet. So when he starts butchering, I'm planning on getting it straight from him.
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You're still in school, right Teshi? So you probably haven't strayed too far away from the food your parents and/or the university food service got you accustomed to? (I don't know if you love on campus or in an apartment.)
Anyway, I think it's pretty normal to expand your culinary tastes in the first couple of years you're on your own. That's certainly when I did it. So you're only missing out if you never try ostrich/bison/gator/whatever going forward.
But truly, I can't say enough good things about bison. I especially love grilling bison burgers in the summer... even though it's leaner, for some reason they always taste juicier and, well, richer than hamburgers. More flavorful.
Man, I'm starting to get hungry... I wonder what I'll have for dinner...
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You're right. My family's not adventurous meat-wise, and University meal-plan is even less so (Chicken, beef, veal, pork, sole. That's it *sigh*)
So yeah.
But I've never even seen these meats sold...
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But Eljay, if you correct that in your post, I'll . . . I don't know, hit you or something!
My sister made caribou stew when I visited her in the North West Territories. Definitely good, and has me wanting more.
I'm not sure if I've had bison or not, but I have had elk and moose and enjoyed both. Very different flavors from cow. Yum! *smacks lips*
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Oooops. I swear that wasn't freudian. I won't fix it, too funny.
Teshi, you probably haven't looked for different meats, I bet. If you're not regularly doing the grocery shopping, you probably wouldn't notice. My snootier local grocery store has them, but they're kinda off to the side, and they only carry them frozen since they don't sell as much of them. The co-ops and natural food stores have a better selection, and are a little cheaper. But farmer's markets or direct from the farmer is the best way, as far as price and quality. Go poke around in stores when you're home this summer, I bet you can find all sorts of stuff you wouldn't have thought to look for. It's fun.
quids, I've had reindeer and elk, but never moose.
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Haven't had reindeer. Although when I was on a helicopter ride in the NWT, we flew over a large herd. Didja know there's a reindeer sanctuary in the north? It's HUGE!
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Ostrich is a wonderful red meat... anything you can do with beef, you can substitute ostrich in.... it's got all the nutritional facts of turkey, but it tastes like beef...
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Sorry for taking so long to respond back to all of your great suggestions, your sympathy, and your flying cow paranoia, but I got good reasons...
I mean the diet the dental work put me on is not good...
but the drugs they gave me for the pain...
they are good.
Very good.
I mean Wowwwwwwwww....
Like feel the colors man.
I mean, whooopeeeee. I can just imagine you folks were talking about eating Ostrich. I mean, how much of a dillusional state must I be in.
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