Rodney Myrvaagnes wrote:
>
> On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 16:11:03 -0500, Kate Connally >
> wrote:
>
> >aem wrote:
> >>
> >> Peter Aitken wrote:
> >> > [snip] The end result
> >> > was that after spending a few minutes watching two gentlemen cut up
> >> > a goat, I went home with 5 pounds of goat meat. I am eagerly
> >> > anticipating trying it my own recipes - bones and all!
> >> >
> >> And you'll give us recipes, right?
> >>
> >> > I know that the bones that most goat meat comes with put some people
> >> > off. But it is really tasty, and I find that the bones are a help in
> >> > forcing one to eat at a leisurely pace that is more conducive to
> >> > enjoyment.
> >>
> >> Yes, it's like benches around the table instead of chairs -- somehow
> >> gnawing on bones promotes greater camaraderie.... -aem
> >
> >Yeah, but the bones in goat curries are lethal. All kinds of
> >sharp edges. And there only a miniscule amount of meat and
> >a ton of the damn bones! I've cut my mouth trying to eat
> >goat curry with all the bones in it. Camaraderie, schmamaraderie.
> >If I'm eating with others I don't eat that fast anyway as we
> >are always talking. Don't need the bones to slow me down.
> >
> I am baffled. Is the skeletal anatomy of a goat that different from a
> sheep? Or is it incompetent bandsaw butchery? What bones are these
> that everyone is talking about?

Well, it's usually the vertebrae. But I think the meat
is cut with a saw into chunk so there are sharp edges to
the pieces of bone. If the bones were just disjointed
it wouldn't be such a problem.

Kate

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Kate Connally
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