Best mammal (for eating)

Can't see this being anything other than a three-way fight.

I've had all of these except dog & reindeer. Kangaroo I found too rich. Smoked (or was it salted?) moose was OK but a bit on the tough side. Goat I had in Portugal, didn't like it at all. You missed out wild boar (although I guess that can be filed under pig) and also hare, which is nice. I like rabbit, and since it won't get any other vote, that's what I'll go for. Rabbit stewed with prunes. Rabbit en papillote with mustard. Lots of good rabbit recipes.

Reindeer steak was amazing. so that.

'since it won't get any other vote'

i've never understood this, tbh- why not just answer the question without reacting to what you think the other votes will be? just asking!

pig was the only thing that made me even hesitate here, but not for long. cow.

oh pig-piggies, why are you so tasty?

Pig wins for its versatility alone.

Feel bad not to vote for deer, considered the Ikea elk salami in the cupboard at home (Scandinavian elk = moose, yes?), could maybe consider sheep if you could be guaranteed never to get cuts with the fat that tastes of school dinners, but really, gotta go with pig here.

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My mom sent me a bunch of cubed, cooked moose that she preserved in mason jars. It's currently hanging out in my cupboard, being scary.

Surely buffalo should be in that "dog" slot. But anyway: pig.

In the past few years I've come to love pork in a way I'd never thought possible as a kid. Seriously I eat almost every part of the pig. Recently I've fallen in love with pork belly, which is kinda a bacon steak. Chicken is the most boring of meats.

I gave up meat at 12 and went without it for 8 years. Now I can't imagine how people do it.

which is kinda a bacon steak.

for a while i used to be able to get bacon steaks in the supermarket, they were like really really thick-cut bacon, the bacon equivalent of ham steaks. they took them off the market for some reason, probably because they were incredibly unhealthy i guess? but they were as tasty as all fuck-off

I'll throw one in the hat for deer. For taste alone, I would prefer pork ribs or a good solid (beef) steak to any specific venison cut or preparation but, having grown up in a family of avid deer hunters, the freezer was always full of it & I grew to really appreciate it as a leaner, generally healthier alternative to beef. I suppose the same could be said of bison, but I'm from Michigan, not Wyoming. Ven. burger & round steaks are great to have on hand for various recipes, but its utility as a chili ingredient is the clincher. You cannot fuck w/ chili made w/ cubed venison round.

impulsively voted for cow because of bacon & pork chops & shit but should maybe have voted beef given the sheer number of hamburgers i eat.

cows are made outta beef, bro. You can have the best of both worlds!

obviously i am really high right now.

"cow cuz of bacon and pork chops" wtf

beef isn't even an option ;_;

LOL

No human no credibility!

mutton with cumin is god's dish

Anyone with a refined taste for jerky will confirm that the jerky of elk is the true jerky-man's jerky.

My dad ran out of candy one Halloween, so he started giving the trick-or-treaters this deer jerky he'd made, that we had a bunch of sitting around. (He'd used too much Liquid Smoke on it and we'd all burnt ourselves out after a few pieces.) The next year all these kids showed up requesting it by name.

See heres the thing with pork products though: everyone who loves them usually mentions bacon and ham. What is it ppl are loving in that case: the pork, or the smoke and salted preservative flavouring? Pork is unique in that regard, we dont usually go round eating smoked and cured beef or chicken.

Pillbox otm

smoked chicken rocks the house

I'm trying to imagine a bacon made from beef.

http://www.ehow.com/how_2306823_make-beef-bacon.html

I did a GIS for 'pig cow' and did not like what I saw

Tough choice between pigs and lambs for me. I've had goat a few times and it's always been tasty, but too small a sample size there. Braised wabbit is good.

...ok, I'm voting sheep.

Ham and pork chops are why I never thought I would be crazy about pork. Ham I can only eat if it's thinly sliced, otherwise I can't eat it.

i had hell of awesome ham steaks with pineapple the other day. caramelised the pineapple juice. mmmmm

I cant front with this OMG bacon thing ;_; I dont know why, but I just cannot bear to eat pork product, be it cured or regular.

not even this? http://gustavus.edu/groups/unitedway/images/Slow_Cookers_BBQ_Pulled_Pork.ashx.jpg

would sell first born son etc

Havent tried pulled pork... depends, I guess, but part of the prob is I find the overall taste of pork flesh too sweet for my liking.

I've started to go off lamb for similar reasons, which is odd cos I like it enough, but it does have quite a distinctive taste. I guess I like meats that can take on the sauces they in, like chicken.

pork sausages, grilled pork loin, thick-cut chops, pulled pork, pork ribs, my moms green chili stew..

sweet pork injection

jim i think that is pretty much the standard asking price for this: http://www.ibericofoods.com/product_images/8_35cfe3ae9ed9677f623c4ae4901ee1a8Iberico_0071.jpg

what is that??

spanish jamon iberico de bellota
http://blog.peoplenewspapers.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/760px-jamon_iberico_de_bellota_served1.jpg

in a just world would win all on its own against all other mammals

spanish jamon iberico de bellota

in a just world would win all on its own against all other mammals

You damn right.

I've never knowingly eaten dog or kangaroo. The idea of eating man's best friend is disturbing. It probably tastes pretty good. I could never willingly eat a dog though.

I voted pork. Spanish jamon, proscuitto di Parma, Vietnamese pork belly bahn mi, maple-cured bacon, pulled pork sammich. The main drawback is the slaughter of a very intelligent animal. It's frightening in a way to think that the sweet flesh of that delicious beast is closer in our DNA than any non-primate. But that's probably the reason pork so savory. We do crave and have some sort of biological impetus to ingest amino acids and proteins that are structured similarly to the human body.

Therefore, I think that pork is the best tasting mammal in the hands of the right cook/preparation. Morally, not the most acceptable mammal. But we only live once, and I shall indulge in the pig in the name of epicurean delight.

I might try to eat an aardvark. That extra 'a' intrigues my GI syst. mightily. FLAVOR COUNTRY.

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Not even a contest!

"I'm going to become a vegetarian."
"Does that mean you're not going to eat any pork?"
"Yes."
"Bacon?"
"Yes, Dad."
"Ham?"
"Dad all those meats come from the same animal."
"Right, Lisa. Some wonderful, magical animal.”

The idea of eating man's best friend is disturbing. It probably tastes pretty good.

I would never eat dog, but I also doubt that it tastes good at all.

Voted "other" because buffalo wasn't an option :(

Had some tremendous jerked goat from a Haitian restaurant yesterday.

I voted pig, but I have had deer and reindeer, and both were fantastic. Lean and tender and just mad, crazy flavorful. (One of my Mom's old boyfriends liked to go hunting in Alaska, and liked to fill everyone's freezer when he got back.)

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_does_dog_meat_taste_like

"fatty and greasy" in a good duck way or "fatty and greasy" in a bad DO NOT EAT way?

I guess I will never know.

It'as generally a pejorative,

And yet duck fat is like the pinnacle of all fat.

tbh the pork on the smoked brisket i had tonight was pretty fuckin succulent.