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#116766 - 11/28/03 03:04 PM goat meat
wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858	There was a post recently in which goat meat was called mutton. This started me hunting for a word for "goat meat". It took me several days, but I have finally found one. Not in French where I thought it would be, but in Mexican Spanish, apparently: "Cabrito". "For more than twenty years, the central Texas town of Brady has staged the World Championship Barbeque Goat Cook-off on Labor Day weekend. Cabrito is a delicacy that has its ardent admirers--and many detractors. To those who have failed to see the merit in a crunchy yet tender piece of goat meat, the blame must be placed squarely on the way it’s been cooked and on the fact that the goat you got probably wasn’t a ten-to-eighteen-pound, suckling kid slaughtered at thirty to forty days of age. Older goat is often passed off as cabrito, but once they start browsing on grass, goats develop an unmistakable mutton flavor. "
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#116767 - 11/28/03 03:14 PM Re: goat meat
Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11582 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky	Thank you, Dr. Bill. I was wondering about that myself. I knew there was a good reason I've never eaten mutton...
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#116768 - 11/28/03 03:25 PM Re: goat meat
Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/06/00 Posts: 2788 Loc: Seattle, Washington, USA	I think the proper term for goat meat is chevon.
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#116769 - 11/28/03 03:53 PM Re: goat meat
wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858	Dear Father Steve: Thanks for that. Here's a URL to document it: http://www.cestoscreekranch.com/Page 2 - Meat Facts.htm Dear Jackie: I ate a lot more mutton in the Army than I wanted to. We called it mountain goat.
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#116770 - 11/28/03 04:06 PM Re: goat meat
Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/06/00 Posts: 2788 Loc: Seattle, Washington, USA	Jamaicans do wonderful things with goat meat. I don't know if there is a unique Jamaican word for it. Many cultures curry goat meat. This is likely to mask the unpleasant flavour of mature chevon. By far the best goat meat is that of the kid, taken while it is still being milk fed and before its flesh begins to taste like mutton. The best defense a sheep ever had against slaughter for culinary use is what happens to its flavour when it leaves the teat and heads for the grass. Likewise goats.
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#116771 - 11/28/03 04:19 PM Re: goat meat
wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858	Dear Father Steve: I just had a sad disappointment. That new French dictionary did not have "chevon". It had chèvre = she goat, and chevreau = kid, but sob,sob,sanglots - no "chevon". And I could find no way to inform the webmaster of this tragic discrepancy.
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#116772 - 11/28/03 09:52 PM Re: goat meat
Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11582 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky	From a commercial site: At the present time there are two relatively new products for Queensland markets and these are Capretto (Italian for young kid) milk fed at approximately 3 to 5 months of age dressing between 6 to 12 kg and with pink flesh. Chevon which describes a heavier carcass dressing between 14 to 25 kg and showing no more than 2 permanent teeth.
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#116773 - 11/28/03 10:57 PM Re: goat meat
sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel Registered: 07/20/03 Posts: 3230 Loc: Te Ika a Maui	Goat is a traditional favourite among Rarotongans, and as a child, I used to occasionally nip out of school at lunchtime to the home of some Raro friends two doors down, for roast (feral) goat and Raro dougnhuts. Abso-capri-lutely delicious! _________________________ noho ora mai http://maxqnzs.com/References.html
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#116774 - 11/29/03 12:03 AM Re: goat meat
Capfka Pooh-Bah Registered: 06/28/02 Posts: 1624 Loc: Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok	Bill, "chevon" is a term coined by marketers, as is cervena for deer meat. The French root was used and abused, as is often the case!
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#116775 - 11/29/03 03:52 PM Re: goat meat
consuelo Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/11/01 Posts: 2636 Loc: Caribbean	While living in Mexico, I had occasion to eat cabrito on many occasions. Cooked as barbacoa and served with fresh warm tortillas and homemade pico de gallo, it is just WOW
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#116776 - 11/29/03 04:48 PM Re: goat meat
wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858	Dear consuelo: this gringo had to look up recipe for pico de gallo: Pico de Gallo Salsa 4 plum tomatoes, seeded and chopped 1/2 cup finely chopped onion 2 fresh chile peppers, mild or hot, seeded and finely chopped 2 tablespoons chopped red or yellow bell pepper 1 1/2 teaspoons finely chopped fresh cilantro 1 teaspoon lime juice salt and pepper, to taste
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#116777 - 11/30/03 09:11 AM Re: goat meat
consuelo Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/11/01 Posts: 2636 Loc: Caribbean	WooHoo! a food thread
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#116778 - 11/30/03 09:17 AM Re: goat meat
wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858	No, just explaining something you did to tease me.
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#116779 - 11/30/03 09:25 AM Re: goat meat
consuelo Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/11/01 Posts: 2636 Loc: Caribbean	hehheh
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