Exotic meats ...

[ice4ice]

In response to an interesting thread, I'd thought it would be interseting in what exotic meat/food you have tried.
I know a couple of them are not really exotic but can be found around these parts.
I love buffalo meat. They are much, much leaner than the ground beef found in stores and they do cook faster. I haven't tried bufflao steaks yet though.
Venison - THE BEST meat ever !! Especially the jerkys.
These I would love to try :
Elk
Alligator
Shark
Raccoon - saw an episode on deep southern food on the Food Network.
Possum - ditto
Bear - I've heard they're stringy to eat.
Moose
Ostrich - I know we can get them but never got the chance to try them.

 

[t316]

Shark is very good. Right out the ocean, clean it but don't skin it. Cook it slow on the grill w/ lemon juice.

 

[natemd]

I've had a couple, some probably aren't really exotic, just stuff you don't eat everyday.
I love buffalo, it is so lean and tender.
Alligator isn't bad.
Shark is ok.
Elk is really good. So is deer.
Not a huge fan of quail.
And I know its blasphamey but I love raw tuna and raw scallops

 

[mie]

Smoked sturgeon, oyster's, yum. I think opossum would be nasty. Some bear meat is very oily it depends on there diet. i.e. salmon diet oily meat.

 

[miaheatlvr]

I went to south america and had the GUINEA PIG,, what a deliscious treat.. excellent! Highly recomended!

 

[reefraff]

Buffalo (A tender young one I shot, good eats

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Elk Can take or leave it
Deer Same as elk
Antelope Good Stuff
Alligator Pretty good but wouldn't go out of my way for it again
Bear kinda nasty
Moose OK but was a little tough
Blue Shark Yummy
Quail Great if you have like 10 of them
Sandhill Crane Excellent
Rattle Snake Tasts like chicken
Dove Excellent
Don't know if I would want to be eating possum, those things are nasty

 

[dragonladylea]

Venison - Backstraps for dinner tonight!!
Elk - love it
Bear - kinda tough
Caribou - another kinda tough
Shark - love it
Alligator - one of my fav's
Grouse - love it
Pheasant - love it
Duck - ok
Goose - ok
Squirrel - not enough meat but my husband loves them!
Rabbit - Another one of my fav's
Buffalo - love buffalo
Woodcock - tastes like liver
Mule Deer - liked it

 

[tangman99]

Venison steak and sausage - Great
Black Bear Stew - tough
Shark- ok
Rattlesnake - Taste like chicken
Alligator - Great
Squirrel - Didn't like
Escargot - Delicious!

 

[ophiura]

Unfortunately I pretty much love almost everything

buffalo
elk
duck
goose
quail
kangaroo
ostrich
sea urchin
squid
octopus
snail (also conch)

 

[wattsupdoc]

What I've had:
Venison of course....The food of gods!

Rabbit, good stuff
Buffalo, second to venison
Frog legs, fighting venison for first choice.
Dove, awesome grilled wrapped in bacon
Squirell, not for me
Flathead catfish...the best FW fish...even better than Walleye
Walleye, second best FW fish
Crappie awesome
Sharks.... blacktip,swordfish not too thrilled
Many flavors of SW are yummie, Amberjack is tops
Mahi Mahi comes up there too.
Anything SW is awesome EXCEPT the Calamari I had. YUCK!
Duck, not for me.
Goose, shoot 'em give 'em to your enemy, tell 'em their GOOD!
Will not eat possum or coons...they have thumbs!
Ferrel hog, better than any farm raised pig.
Goat.... awesome
Pheasant, OK
Escargo...best invert I've ever had

Gator is awesome if not overcooked.
Sqaub (pigeon)... Same as goose...
Wild Turkey..Store bought cant touch it,
Spoonbill, good if dreesed right.
BTW.. I preffer to "Hand Catch" my catfish......

 

[ice4ice]

Dang !! I almost forgot about rattlesnake. LOL !!!

 

[stdreb27]

Originally Posted by Ice4Ice
In response to an interesting thread, I'd thought it would be interseting in what exotic meat/food you have tried.
I know a couple of them are not really exotic but can be found around these parts.
I love buffalo meat. They are much, much leaner than the ground beef found in stores and they do cook faster. I haven't tried bufflao steaks yet though.
Venison - THE BEST meat ever !! Especially the jerkys.
These I would love to try :
Elk
Alligator
Shark
Raccoon - saw an episode on deep southern food on the Food Network.
Possum - ditto
Bear - I've heard they're stringy to eat.
Moose
Ostrich - I know we can get them but never got the chance to try them.
how is this exotic? The only thing you won't find in the back woods is an ostrich. Squirrels taste pretty good too.
Who didn't know that there is techincally an O infront of possum?

 

[stdreb27]

Originally Posted by wattsupdoc
BTW.. I preffer to "Hand Catch" my catfish......

That was fun thing to do as a little kid, Till the catfish wouldn't let go of my hand, or come out of his hole, and I was underwater... It was a battle, he tasted sooo good we cooked him on an open camp fire.

 

[wattsupdoc]

Well, I'm 40 years old and still love doing it. .....Try getting ahold of a 70= pounder....NOW thats a fight.....

They'll cut you up, break fingers, nearly drown you.....AHHHH the memories

 

[bronco300]

Originally Posted by ophiura
Unfortunately I pretty much love almost everything

buffalo
elk
duck
goose
quail
kangaroo
ostrich
sea urchin
squid
octopus
snail (also conch)

sea urchin??

 

[michaeltx]

the roe is a delicasie in japanese cooking. never tried it but would love to.

 

[stdreb27]

Originally Posted by wattsupdoc
Well, I'm 40 years old and still love doing it. .....Try getting ahold of a 70= pounder....NOW thats a fight.....

They'll cut you up, break fingers, nearly drown you.....AHHHH the memories

Something that big would break your arm! You really hand caught that?

 

[sepulatian]

Wow Doc! You ate him???

 

[ice4ice]

That's sick, Doc ! Should have called Mike Rowe from Dirty Jobs to help ya.

I saw that episode when he hand caught catfish !!

 

[m0nk]

I wouldn't consider some of the stuff mentioned here as exotic.... but I've personally had some exotic stuff at sushi bars around the country (note that most of this was raw):
octopus
sea urchin
snails
squid
eel
fish roe (from various species)
tons of standard raw fish species, though most of which I wouldn't consider exotic
I've always wanted to try fugu, but alas, because of our laws in the states, that'll have to wait until I make the journey to Japan.