Ostrich

[Reynard]

Ostrich is lovely. Meat is dark and very lean, and if cooking in one piece, ideally wants to be larded.

Kangaroo is equally lovely.

Aligator is an acquired taste. It's a bit like fishy chicken, but I rather liked it.

Zebra. No. Tough as old boots and the flavour wasn't worth the chewing effort. You're far better off looking for a good horse steak.

My local butcher occasionally has squirrel in.

 

[mistyoptic]

Had ostrich in New Zealand some years ago. One of those places where you cook it yourself on a hot stone. It was lovely.

Had a crocodile kebab last year in South Africa

 

[Ian H]

We tried an ostrich instead of turkey for Christmas once. It was a disaster. The amount required to stuff it nearly bankrupted us. It wouldn't fit in the oven so we had to cook it outside over an open fire. Father-in-law died of food poisoning not long afterwards and all the children were sick.

 

[Dave7]

We tried an ostrich instead of turkey for Christmas once. It was a disaster. The amount required to stuff it nearly bankrupted us. It wouldn't fit in the oven so we had to cook it outside over an open fire. Father-in-law died of food poisoning not long afterwards and all the children were sick.

2 questions.
A. How do you decide who gets a leg ?
B. How do you fit it on the plate ?

 

[Ian H]

2 questions.
A. How do you decide who gets a leg ?
B. How do you fit it on the plate ?

The lack of suitable crockery probably contributed to the food poisoning.