Buffalo, bison and other unusual meats

blades said:
I suppose those are wild versions of the cow and pig. We eat a lot of pork here but, luckily, we don't have to hunt it first.
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Well buffallo isn't quite the same as beef...and their buffalo isn't shaggy like our buffalo (looks more like water buffalo?), which again isn't the same as beef. But females are still called cows.

Edit: sent me on a Google trip and our "buffalo " in America are bison, not buffalo, but I think I knew that and had forgotten. They're pretty much (incorrectly) used interchangeably here.
 
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JAS_OH1 said:
Well buffallo isn't quite the same as beef...and their buffalo isn't shaggy like our buffalo (looks more like water buffalo?), which again isn't the same as beef. But females are still called cows.

Edit: sent me on a Google trip and our "buffalo " in America are bison, not buffalo, but I think I knew that and had forgotten. They're pretty much (incorrectly) used interchangeably here.
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Yes, we have bison and Asia and Africa have buffaloes. The buffaloes are genus syncerus in the family bovidae (bovines) just like our domestic cattle. Bison (genus bison) are also members of the bovine family and closely related to cattle (genus bos) but more distantly related to buffaloes.

I can't guess what buffalo meat tastes like but I would bet it is far more "gamey" than a beef prime rib. The taste is something you would have to take up with a lion I suppose. Or perhaps Badjak can tell us.
 
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blades said:
Yes, we have bison and Asia and Africa have buffaloes. The buffaloes are genus syncerus in the family bovidae (bovines) just like our domestic cattle. Bison are also members of the bovine family and closely related to cattle but more distantly related to buffaloes. I can't guess what buffalo meat tastes like but I would bet it is far more "gamey" than a beef prime rib. The taste is something you would have to take up with a lion I suppose.
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I was reading earlier, and I read that it is actually sweeter than beef and not gamey, but is very lean so requires less cooking time than beef.

I've got some bison meat (and some elk) in my freezer I have been meaning to cook for burgers but just haven't gotten around to it yet.
 
Buffalo tastes good.
But it is not easily available as almost all game meat requires you to buy a license.
The buffalo we got here is part of the big five.
Not because it is close to extinct or anything, but because it is a very dangerous animal. Unlike the domesticated cow.
 
JAS_OH1 said:
I was reading earlier, and I read that it is actually sweeter than beef and not gamey, but is very lean so requires less cooking time than beef.

I've got some bison meat (and some elk) in my freezer I have been meaning to cook for burgers but just haven't gotten around to it yet.
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I've never had bison but I understand it is tasty. I have nothing to report on the taste of a savanna buffalo.
 
badjak said:
Buffalo tastes good.
But it is not easily available as almost all game meat requires you to buy a license.
The buffalo we got here is part of the big five.
Not because it is close to extinct or anything, but because it is a very dangerous animal. Unlike the domesticated cow.
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Dangerous and powerful to be sure. I'm told the African animal that his caused the most human deaths is the hippopotamus. The crocodile is only in second place. I wouldn't recommend tangling with any of these all of which inhabit the Zambezi river area. Glad to hear that, apparently, all the bovines are tasty.
 
blades said:
I've never had bison but I understand it is tasty. I have nothing to report on the taste of a savanna buffalo.
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One of my sisters worked for the Department of State for 30 years and lived in Thailand, Nigeria, and many other places...she said it's good but not as good as US beef.
 
JAS_OH1 said:
I was reading earlier, and I read that it is actually sweeter than beef and not gamey, but is very lean so requires less cooking time than beef.

I've got some bison meat (and some elk) in my freezer I have been meaning to cook for burgers but just haven't gotten around to it yet.
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I had moose burgers once. Delicious and not as gamey as other deer species.
 
badjak said:
Buffalo tastes good.
But it is not easily available as almost all game meat requires you to buy a license.
The buffalo we got here is part of the big five.
Not because it is close to extinct or anything, but because it is a very dangerous animal. Unlike the domesticated cow.
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You have to buy a license to hunt it, but not to eat it, right? LOL!
 
blades said:
I had moose burgers once. Delicious and not as gamey as other deer species.
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My DH is waiting anxiously for me to make the elk burgers. He said elk is awesome! I would imagine that moose is similar. I don't like venison though.
 
A family of turkeys has inhabited our woodland. They come out into the hay field every morning to pick through the seeds on the ground. There is a big male, two smaller females and 4 poults. My wife can't get enough of watching them. I don't think turkey season falls near Thanksgiving, though.

Whitetail deer are common in our hay field as well. We get foxes, racoons, skunks and, rarely, coyotes and an amazingly varied collection bird species in addition to the turkeys. I've seen vultures, owls, hawks, ducks and geese, storks and nearly any North American song bird you can mention. No buffaloes, however.
 
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badjak said:
Buffalo tastes good.
But it is not easily available as almost all game meat requires you to buy a license.
The buffalo we got here is part of the big five.
Not because it is close to extinct or anything, but because it is a very dangerous animal. Unlike the domesticated cow.
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We have a commercial buffalo farm near by. We can buy it at a few places around the area. I find it a bit bizzarre that they have a tour where you can bring your family to see and learn about the buffalo, then enter the gift shop and by butchered pieces of them. Such is life..lol
 
blades said:
A family of turkeys has inhabited our woodland. They come out into the hay field every morning to pick through the seeds on the ground. There is a big male, two smaller females and 4 poults. My wife can't get enough of watching them. I don't think turkey season falls near Thanksgiving, though.

Whitetail deer are common in our hay field as well. We get foxes, racoons, skunks and, rarely, coyotes and an amazingly varied collection bird species in addition to the turkeys. I've seen vultures, owls, hawks, ducks and geese, storks and nearly any North American song bird you can mention. No buffaloes, however.
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I think it's a little cold for buffalo in Indiana, LOL! I know it would be here though they might be at the zoo or something. There are some bison in Ohio, though. I was just reading an article that there are about 200,000 bison in central OH. Who knew.

Also, it appears that there are 90 bison in Northern Indiana at Kankakee Sands. I did not know that, either.
https://www.wthr.com/article/life/a...ancy/531-4b65df31-c836-4e7f-b432-de0b88fcf13d
 
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