I'm allergic to chillies, detest coconut and not that keen on bananas. Haven't tried Kina, but that's about it.
davidt4,
Jun 14, 10:24pm
I used to love slow roasted goat but the last time I cooked it (a forequarter from The Aussie Butcher) it had a really unpleasant musky barnyardy taste and smell. I asked the butcher about it and he said it must have been a male goat. I haven't bought goat meat since because I don't know how to tell which gender it is from.
beaker59,
Jun 14, 10:52pm
Its an issue for sure that's holding back what would otherwise be an excellent meat. They basically round up wild goats and slaughter the lot then sell it as "Goat" if you did that with Beef no one would buy it. yet if you only slaughtered young (6mths to 1 yr old) goats then they would be regarded as a sought after delicacy. I am going hunting in a few weeks and will take a few young ones for the pot for sure, Nannies are more reliably good but the males are quite good until they start getting too stinky.
I did come in though to say I don't really loathe any foods there isn't much I don't care to eat but still respect the wants of others who may quite like things like tripe to enjoy it without me taking part.
kaddiew,
Jun 14, 10:56pm
I encountered that same very unpleasant farmyard smell in pork some years ago, and it put me off cooking pork again for a very long time.
davidt4,
Jun 14, 11:03pm
That's such a shame. As you say, meat from young goats is delicious, and I remember one slow-roasted shoulder as the best meat I've eaten. I would buy it regularly if I could rely on the quality.
beaker59,
Jun 14, 11:16pm
Exactly, our local PacknSave has packs of goat chopped up, it looks like someone just chopped up a whole goat with a bandsaw and packed the pieces randomly into packs so you could get a piece of shoulder a hind shank and a piece of sirloin in one pack. Whereas with sheep meat in the same butchery I can get the choice of age animal in Mutton , Lamb and occasionally hogget, in cuts as diverse as shoulder roasts or chops, loin roasts and chops and leg roasts along with steak cuts, French cut etc etc. What would goat sales be like if you had even half that choice. Personally I solve that problem with a long walk in the countryside with a 6.5 x 55 and a Knife gives me a great selection of meat though can be difficult finding time to do that these days. (the Heart, kidneys and livers are nice too)
buzzy110,
Jun 15, 3:04am
I have that problem with pork. I only buy from places who can guarantee that the pork is from a female. They know they'll get it back if it isn't.
samanya,
Jun 15, 3:20am
How do you prove it?
kaddiew,
Jun 15, 3:54am
If you google "boar taint" it's enough to put you off cooking pork ever again.
salniamh,
Jun 15, 4:04am
Tinned baked beans and spaghetti, celery, oysters, muscles, paua and fairly much any seafood - balk!
samanya,
Jun 15, 4:39am
Yep, I do know what it means (country girl, here) . I suppose if you took tainted meat back to a specialist butcher, they would have the knowledge & accept the fact . but with a supermarket butcher would they even know (or care)?
kaddiew,
Jun 15, 5:12am
Neither, I reckon!
wasala,
Jun 15, 5:17am
Tripe. The idea of eating a stomach makes me puke!
wasgonna,
Jun 15, 5:21am
I really, really, really hate healthy food.
beaker59,
Jun 15, 6:24am
So you would object to the tribesmen in Africa who basically squeezed out the intestinal contents and BBQ'd the intestines, as is, as their treat. Not my cup of tea either but I don't loathe it only choose not to partake when I have no pressing need for nutrition.
beaker59,
Jun 15, 6:27am
Being a Boar myself, unconcerned.
wasala,
Jun 15, 7:10am
Eeewww! I've no objection if that's what they like, but I wouldn't partake of this particular delicacy myself!
dalkemade,
Jun 15, 8:10am
Caraway seeds.
nzhel,
Jun 15, 11:06am
Yuck - mutton stew which was cooked quite a lot as a child. Could stand the smell of it or the taste.
nzhel,
Jun 15, 11:07am
Add to that brain fritters.
freesia,
Jun 15, 11:59am
Cottage cheese and pumpkin soup. generally like pumpkins but not in soup, and cottage chees looks like vomit.
mjhdeal,
Jun 15, 9:20pm
Only one thing I avoid. Tamarillos. I haven't tried them in 40 years, but the childhood memory still makes me feel nauseous.
lyingnun,
May 25, 3:18am
Milk and anything milky like custard, sauces.
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