Don't Eat Goat
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (339591)
Rockingham, Australia
April 17, 2017 10:33pm CST
I liked this sign at one of the market stalls at Donnybrook Apple Festival in Western Australia. The stall was selling lamb rolls with gravy as well as some other foodstuffs. There isn't a lot of goat meat eaten in Australia and I don't often see it in our supermarket.
There is plenty of lamb, hogget and mutton available but it is relatively expensive. For those who don't know, in the sheep world, 'lamb, hogget and mutton' equates to 'very young, adolescent and mature'. Some people think hogget has more flavour than lamb.
We had roast lamb last night at a friends' place. We stayed the night with them after returning 'the man who might have bought the bus' to the airport for his flight home. For those who have been following the story, we don't think he is going to buy it. But it is as it is.
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
18 Apr 17
Dave the Goat. That made me laugh.
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@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
18 Apr 17
Here mutton is easily available and many people like to eat mutton, although it is costlier than broiler chickens, which is the second preference for non vegetarians here.
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@JudyEv (339591)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Apr 17
We eat mostly chicken and pork as they are the cheapest meats. But I love lamb roast.
@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
18 Apr 17
@JudyEv I feel lamb roast will have better taste than any chicken and pork dish.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
18 Apr 17
Very few people eat sheep in the Philippines and is completely unknown to most Filipinos but goat meat is a delicacy here and a lot of eateries serve them, so many different ways the meat is cooked and prepared.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
18 Apr 17
@JudyEv I suppose so, goat is one of those foods in the Philippines where almost every part is eaten except perhaps for the bones and fur which is blow torched and scraped off.
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@JudyEv (339591)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Apr 17
@louievill Possibly your climate isn't so conducive to raising sheep.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
18 Apr 17
I don't plan on eating goat - it might be one of the neighbors!
The photo was shortly after we moved in - the gate was left open and in they came. My husband had a hard time getting the to leave.
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@JudyEv (339591)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Apr 17
Haha! That is so funny. They came to welcome you to the district no doubt. The dog looks like a Maremma, a breed that is often used to stay with other livestock day and night. It bonds with its flocks and protects them from predators.
@JudyEv (339591)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Apr 17
@AbbyGreenhill Is that the sign on your place or theirs? It is criminal when people let their animals stray.
@andriaperry (116936)
• Anniston, Alabama
18 Apr 17
I have ate goat once about 30 years ago and it was nasty.
We have a chik filet the signs have cows and the words " eat mo chickin"
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@JudyEv (339591)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Apr 17
That's clever too. I don't think I've eaten goat but I'd be happy to try it.
@allknowing (136100)
• India
18 Apr 17
I have stopped eating red meat for years now.
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@JudyEv (339591)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Apr 17
@allknowing So obviously they have sheep in India.
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
18 Apr 17
@JudyEv I have not had Goat meat.I agree with @dpk262006 here.
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
19 Apr 17
@JudyEv Here people eat more chicken.These days many sellers sell goat meat as mutton.Mutton is very expensive .In our state there are people who raise sheep in farms for this purpose.So if you buy from them you can be sure it is muton.
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@LadyDuck (471355)
• Switzerland
18 Apr 17
In Italy young goat is served on the Easter table, not lamb, roasted is very good. I have eaten goat in the Caribbean, it was a goat stew and it was good too, but you must know how to prepare it or the meat is tough. I do not eat baby animals, I cannot, I feel too bad eating baby animals and I see the lambs in the field in front of our gardens, they are cute little things.
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@RichardMeister (5328)
• Otis Orchards, Washington
18 Apr 17
I have never eaten lamb, hogget or mutton. (My spell checker pointed out hogget as not a word. I looked it up and it's British so that is probably why it's pointed out.) I have heard of people eating goat but I've never eaten that either.
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@RichardMeister (5328)
• Otis Orchards, Washington
20 Apr 17
@JudyEv People here do eat it and I've seen it in stores, but I've never eaten it. I think someone told me at one time it was very dry and not very tasty. I've been told the same thing about duck–but I've never eaten that either.
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@JudyEv (339591)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Apr 17
@RichardMeister I find duck is dry too. I rarely eat it and never choose it in restaurants.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
18 Apr 17
goat meat is good, but there are just a few butchers here for goats. i think goat meat here is cooked as appetizers or for those who take hard liquor.
i believe goat meat is the cleanest of the meats, because goats only eat grass, same with the sheep.
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@JudyEv (339591)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Apr 17
@ridingbet I know I've eaten it but I don't remember the taste or consistency.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
18 Apr 17
@JudyEv goat meat is hard in consistency, if i am not mistaken.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
18 Apr 17
Sorry I was away...are you going to sell your bus?
Here both lamb and goat is called mutton
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@JudyEv (339591)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Apr 17
@responsiveme Thanks very much. Any buyer at all would probably be good.
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@Mass_Sonu (1021)
• India
18 Apr 17
@JudyEv Ha ha, Funny one. Goats are more preferable here to Sheep (meat). But I'm a vegetarian though. Btw, - So, he wasn't interested?
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@JudyEv (339591)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Apr 17
@Mass_Sonu We're keeping our fingers crossed.
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@Mass_Sonu (1021)
• India
19 Apr 17
@JudyEv Yeah, the busman. Oh, ok. Hope there'll be a new one soon.
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@just4him (317040)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
18 Apr 17
I didn't know about the different types of lamb. Thank you for that information. I had roasted leg of lamb for Easter dinner. It's very expensive here as well. I'm sorry the man didn't show interest in the bus. You will find the perfect buyer for it.
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@just4him (317040)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
20 Apr 17
@JudyEv It certainly is. I've had lamb quite a bit throughout my life. My best friend's parents in school raised sheep and I always seemed to have lamb chops or steaks or something mutton when I went to her house and stayed for supper.
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@thislittlepennyearns (62185)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
19 Apr 17
I love lamb, and goat. I don't know why but I didn't think either was very population or prevalent over there,
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@JudyEv (339591)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Apr 17
It seems it's not all that common. Certainly not a staple meat as it is in Australia.
@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
18 Apr 17
I am sorry to hear that he might not buy it after coming all the way to see it. I like the goat sign!
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@JudyEv (339591)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Apr 17
He has hasn't he? There looks to be the ocean behind him and I'm thinking he has seaweed over his head. That's what it looks like.
@manasamanu (3746)
• Bangalore, India
18 Apr 17
that's too bad, no worries you will get another buyer.
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