Unusual meat suppliers

[RizzoTheRat]

Having tried Horse, Minke Whale, Puffin and Shag while on holiday the other week, I'm tempted to give a few other unusual meats a try.

Found these 2 suppliers online, anyone got any experience of them or suggestions of others?
http://www.keziefoods.co.uk/default.aspx
http://www.exoticmeats.co.uk/index.php

[Rick101]

Tescos?

[HD Adam]

Aldi?

[anonymous-user]

most exotic meat i have eaten tastes st.

shark, kangeroo, crocadile. I would spend the money on wagyu beef.

[Cheese Mechanic]

RizzoTheRat said:

Having tried Horse, Minke Whale, Puffin and Shag while on holiday the other week, I'm tempted to give a few other unusual meats a try.

Found these 2 suppliers online, anyone got any experience of them or suggestions of others?
http://www.keziefoods.co.uk/default.aspx
http://www.exoticmeats.co.uk/index.php

Not used exotic meats myself, but know somebody who has. Reckons they are fine and would recomend.

Have no intel at all regarding the other site.

Winding myself up to get an order myself, spoilt for choice

[Shaolin]

The Spruce goose said:

most exotic meat i have eaten tastes st.

shark, kangeroo, crocadile. I would spend the money on wagyu beef.

Agree, there's a reason we farm the animals we do. Other than bragging rights there's not much point. Kudu is good but not especially unique.

[russy01]

Shaolin said:

The Spruce goose said:

most exotic meat i have eaten tastes st.

shark, kangeroo, crocadile. I would spend the money on wagyu beef.

Agree, there's a reason we farm the animals we do. Other than bragging rights there's not much point. Kudu is good but not especially unique.

I feel the same, the most exotic ill go regularly is a bit of ostrich or Kangaroo. Anything else I have tried has been a bit naff or just very similar to chicken or beef. In which case ill stick with Chicken and beef and save some pounds.

Fish is a different story, with so many varieties you can always have a new dish abroad which is worthwhile.

[RizzoTheRat]

There's stuff we don't tend to eat in the UK which is bloody lovely though, horse for example, so it would be nice to find a few good ones. Never tried ostrich either.

[Gingerbread Man]

Osgrow.com

[Gruffy]

I agree with the general theme. I've eaten my way through Namibia's wildlife and the only thing that was tasty enough to order again was warthog. It was very similar to wild boar though, which is much easier to source. Nice to have eaten it all but it was really only ticking boxes and I'd not be in any rush to eat any again.

[Bill]

Gruffy said:

I agree with the general theme. I've eaten my way through Namibia's wildlife and the only thing that was tasty enough to order again was warthog. It was very similar to wild boar though, which is much easier to source. Nice to have eaten it all but it was really only ticking boxes and I'd not be in any rush to eat any again.

I really rate springbok, and kudu droewors is lovely but would agree otherwise. Crocodile is particularly unpleasant.

[Chris Type R]

Kudu slow cooked is very nice. My local butcher has this from time to time to make into biltong.

[anonymous-user]

I've tried Reindeer, Shark, Ostrich and Buffalo. Next on the agenda is crocodile and zebra meat

[markh1973]

I've tried reindeer, zebra, ostrich, giraffe, wild boar, crocodile, baby shark and various antelope.

Next up would like to try horse.

Years ago I had the opportunity to try bear but to my regret didn't.

[Gruffy]

I was once in KL with a connected Singaporean friend who offered to take me to an 'underground' restaurant where we could eat monkey, lion and a bunch of other illegal meats. I declined at the time but I wonder if curiosity would trump my ethics if I was given the same opportunity today.

[AJS-]

Shaolin said:

Agree, there's a reason we farm the animals we do. Other than bragging rights there's not much point. Kudu is good but not especially unique.

I disagree. We farm the animals we do because they are/were the easiest to get a reliable food source from at the time we developed farming. Wild foods have a whole host of flavours that we wouldn't normally get from "normal" meat.

In order of preference

Camel - Absolutely delicious, dry, tender.
Horse - Beef with a slight sweetness.
Kangaroo - Not even exotic in Australia, sweet and a bit chewy.
Frog - st chicken.
Crocodile - st frog.

[smack]

AJS- said:

Frog - st chicken.

There was something on tv the other night saying because of EU law, most frog legs are imported from Indonesia.

[Mobile Chicane]

AJS- said:

Shaolin said:

Agree, there's a reason we farm the animals we do. Other than bragging rights there's not much point. Kudu is good but not especially unique.

I disagree. We farm the animals we do because they are/were the easiest to get a reliable food source from at the time we developed farming. Wild foods have a whole host of flavours that we wouldn't normally get from "normal" meat.

In order of preference

Camel - Absolutely delicious, dry, tender.
Horse - Beef with a slight sweetness.
Kangaroo - Not even exotic in Australia, sweet and a bit chewy.
Frog - st chicken.
Crocodile - st frog.

Agreed. (Although I've never tried camel - no opportunity.)

Also excellent is bear, stewed in red wine and berries, as I had it in Tallinn. They know how to use their wild meats out there - wild boar korma and moose vindaloo were also excellent.

Frog's legs 'work' in the garlicky ambiance of a provincial French brasserie in the society of a chilled bottle and a sunny afternoon.

Crocodile, on the other hand, is disgusting. Fishy-tasting and 'gummy'. If there were no other source of protein available I could possibly eat it in a curry, but that still wouldn't overcome the texture.

The worst thing I've possibly eaten is cormorant. Hardly any meat on it, and what there is tastes of cod liver oil.

[LordGrover]

Shaolin said:

Agree, there's a reason we farm the animals we do.

It's cheap and profitable for the corporates.

Wild game or as natural as possible is noticeably better and very likely more healthful than the forced, express grown animals fed on grain and stuffed with antibiotics we are offered at the supermarket.

[Spitfire2]

Tried rattlesnake on a pizza once. Absolute ste.