The best meat I've ever had was goat jerky.
The husband of my mother's aunt (who was
dying of cancer at the time) had made some
goat jerky from a feral goat he had shot.

Shooting goats on Kauai is a good thing,
because they're tearing up the environment
and displacing non-native species. Of
course, that wasn't his motive for shooting
the goat, it was just free meat.

That jerky was incredible. It wasn't hard
or leather-like at all. In terms of texture,
it was like the filo layers of a piece of
baklava.

I was about 10 years old at the time.
There are very few food experiences that
are so good they inspire life-long memories.
For me, that one is at the top of the list.