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In reply to the discussion: Why don't we, as Americans, eat lamb and goat? [View all]pscot
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Yup. I'd guess price as well. Beef and poultry are much cheaper in the US right now.
riderinthestorm
Aug 2012
#9
I don't think you need the bang for the buck factor with sheep and goats, though
Aerows
Aug 2012
#10
I'm not sure why, but Lamb tastes like dirty socks to me - I suppose it's a matter of taste buds.
smirkymonkey
Aug 2012
#195
I generally pay around $8/pound for ground lamb - I love it as an alternative
bullwinkle428
Aug 2012
#55
Sheep farms don't enjoy the massive subsidies that the beef industry does.
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2012
#85
If that's the figures, it only makes vague statements about goats, on marginal land
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2012
#179
ITA. And since gators have made such a comeback, we should eat more gator as well. nt
raccoon
Aug 2012
#20
SC, but we also have gators. I've only tasted it once, but yes, it is delicious fried.
raccoon
Aug 2012
#54
Six foot gator and couldn't even get in the door to work, because the thing was sitting there
Aerows
Aug 2012
#97
Both Lamb and Goat can be gamey depending on the cut and the way it's prepared
Ganja Ninja
Aug 2012
#22
There's a restaurant by where I work that serves a lamb burger with feta cheese, tzatziki sauce, on pita bread.
Initech
Aug 2012
#37
Beef is cheaper to mass-produce using factory style farming. More meat yeild per animal. Goat/Lamb
Erose999
Aug 2012
#45
We have turkeys, geese, chickens, pigs, goats and wanted to raise lambs also but could not find
jwirr
Aug 2012
#65
Lamb was a staple in America until the American Beef Council started advertising and lobbying...
Tom Ripley
Aug 2012
#69
When I was a kid I used to have to drink Goats milk (allergic to cows milk)
AsahinaKimi
Aug 2012
#72
We do. Trader Joe's is one place I know that always has buffalo & beefalo.
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2012
#87
Me either, for several reasons. but buffalo tastes much more like good beef properly
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2012
#145
Americans don't eat lamb?? That's news to me. Every grocery I've ever been in carries it.
kestrel91316
Aug 2012
#74
I love veal cutles. Usually I order from Krogers Lamp for Easter. It's hard to find here in the
southernyankeebelle
Aug 2012
#77
I think it probably has a lot to do with the cute/fuzzy factor of lambs and goats
rox63
Aug 2012
#92
Thank you for the correction. Was thinking "sacrificial" did not sound right as the goat lives! n/t
ieoeja
Aug 2012
#212
There is much more history in that question than you might guess...Sheep Wars...really...
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2012
#138
I once had goat stew prepared by Jamaican farmworkers in North Yarmouth, Maine.
eShirl
Aug 2012
#148