Cindy wrote on Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:31:38 -0800 (PST):

> On Jan 26, 3:13 pm, notbob > wrote:
>> On 2010-01-26, brooklyn1 > wrote:
>>
> >> passing USDA inspection... many such products do, that's
> >> why there is no Italian mortadela in the US. Lamb and
> >> mutton is pricy for the same reason other foods that most
> >> folks won't buy... some folks love it but neither is all
> >> that popular in the US... actually goat is more popular in
> >> the US.
>>
>> I remember when lamb/mutton was cheap. Buck and a quarter a
>> pound. Now, can't touch it fer less the $5lb, even for fatty
>> leg. As for goat, not as plentiful as you think. Mexicans
>> love goat, but even in CA, at my local carniceria, goat was
>> unheard of.

> I had goat biriyani at a local Indian restaurant last
> Saturday. No idea
> where they got the goat.

> >> to those willing to pay the price over synthetics...

> I prefer synthetics. Wool is itchy.

The very best AYCE Indian restaurant around here (in Rockville, MD), the
Minerva, often has goat curry on the table. I'm pretty sure it is goat
since it's different from mutton and I like it!

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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