Buffalo Meat
If you have never eaten bison meat, you are really missing
out. Although it is hard to figure out where to buy
buffalo meat, if
you can, you really should try it. It is not quite like
anything else I have ever tasted, but it is delicious in and of
itself.
Buffalo meat actually tastes a little bit like beef. I have
heard a rumor that buffaloes are pretty close relatives to
cows, and if this is the case, it is no wonder that organic
buffalo meat tastes so much like beef.
Unfortunately, because it is so hard to find, you often have
to use mail order meets companies to buy buffalo . In my
opinion, this takes a lot of the points out of it. It is great
to get locally grown, organic buffalo meat to cook with.
That way, the taste is preserved more completely. Unless you
live in the middle of the country, however – specifically,
certain parts of the great plains – you might have to settle
for the mail order variety. Nonetheless, it is still worth it
if this is the only way to get buffalo meats.
Although you can use buffalo meat interchangeably with beef,
there are many recipes that specifically call for buffalo.
Buffalo meat recipes take advantage of the fact that buffalo is
a little bit leaner and stronger in flavor than beef. Because
of that, it adds a lot more flavor than even beef does.
You can use it to great effect in buffalo meat loaf, But
that is not my favorite recipe. My favorite use of bison meat
is in buffalo meat steaks. For many people, buffalo steaks are
too gamy and strongly flavored, but to my taste buds, they are
just simply perfect. I have cooked them for several of my
friends, and it seems like my tastes are, slowly but surely,
catching.
Of course, the really classic bison dish is buffalo burgers.
If you like eating hamburgers, but don't like all of the fat
and find them a little too bland, buffalo burgers are for you.
They are better for you, have a more powerful flavor, and in
general beat the pants off of hamburgers. I try not to use red
meat that much, but when my kids beg me too, I always like to
feed them buffalo
meat burgers. That way, they can have all of
the fun of a hamburger with a little bit less fat.
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