Alpaca meat?

[Huntsman]

Is alpaca meat edible?

Or llama?

[Shaw Tarse]

https://www.google.com/search?q=alpaca+meat&rl...

[The Rotrex Kid]

Huntsman said:

Is alpaca meat edible?

Or llama?

Name checks out. Thought you would know though.

[mikef]

Yep, had llama empanadas at the Terraza del Virrey restaurant in the Intercontinental in BA. interesting, but not really special

[tog]

It's certainly edible, I've eaten llama several times in Argentina, most often up in the north. Can be good, as always it depends on the chef and the meat. not sure if you'll find an alpaca breeder here selling animals for meat though.

[Murph7355]

mikef said:

Yep, had llama empanadas at the Terraza del Virrey restaurant in the Intercontinental in BA. interesting, but not really special

Agreed.

I had black bean stir fry alpaca in Peru. Nice enough but nothing to write home about (unless anyone asks if its edible ).

[Robertj21a]

tog said:

It's certainly edible, I've eaten llama several times in Argentina, most often up in the north. Can be good, as always it depends on the chef and the meat. not sure if you'll find an alpaca breeder here selling animals for meat though.

I gathered they were mighty expensive anyway?

[hiccy18]

bds, why would you want too? Crocodiles are where it's at, Lidls n Aldis do that .

you can tell I walked an alpaca recently...

[tog]

Robertj21a said:

I gathered they were mighty expensive anyway?

I think they are, alpacas are bred for their wool. Llamas are beasts of burden and meat. You can also eat guanaco in Argentina, which is essentially a wild llama. (Llamas and alpacas are domesticated, guanacos and vicuña are wild animals.)

I once stopped at an ostrich farm in the Cotswolds thinking I would get some steaks for supper. They politely pointed out that they only sold whole, live, ostriches.

[loskie]

of course it is but very little meat on a carcase. Probably quite healthy as these animals are not at all fatty.

There is an Alpaca breeder( could have been llamas!) in Cumbria who was trying to market the meat. IIRC she was pretty much drummed out of the breed society as most of the keepers are smallholders who keep them for pets and were horrified at the prospect. Quite typical but irrational behaviour. once you think about it.

[mikef]

Ooh I forgot

The signature dish at El Baqueano in San Telmo, BA, where I had a celebration dinner last year was llama carpaccio with quinoa. A stunning dish as part of an amazing local tasting menu

https://www.theworlds50best.com/latinamerica/en/th...

[tgr]

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