Safari Animals on the Table

[spike.t]

It needs skinned properly to keep the oil off the skin. It’s difficult to do, but it’s not bad if it’s skinned right.

Yup...nothing wrong with waterbuck meat...as said you must make sure when it's being skinned they don't touch the meat with hands that have been holding the hair side...the musky oil in the hair is what gives it the bad taste, so every time I remind the guys not to touch the meat with hands that have been holding the outside of the hide ...all it takes....it's an old wives tale about it being crap meat....for some reason in the past they can't have put the 2 together as to what the problem was...so as I said the start of an old wives tale

 

[spike.t]

Also there is another thread on here asking pretty much the same question on favourite African game meat

 

[spike.t]

The trackers could have begged me, paid me, or beaten me, and I can't see a time I would agree to eating that. . You are braver than me.



I have never tried it, but it would be interesting to try it and compare it to alligator. I have had incredibly good alligator and downright terrible. Like so many things on these lists it comes down to how it was cooked, seasonings, etc. Are you uninterested in alligator because of the taste or because the bad spirits?

The bad spirits....no desire to eat croc as I also am in the boat of believing they could have eaten someone.....

 

[spike.t]

Surprised about ostrich meat...good stuff...only eaten one in the wild on a hunt in Tanzania I booked for a friend...the phs wife and I ended up doing the cooking as the cook was the worst I have ever come across in a hunting camp in any country in Africa....he basically couldn't cook full stop...I cooked the ostrich and if i say so myself it was very good

 

[RichD]

We had 2 excellent cooks in SA with Bushman's Quiver. Chef Gift in East Cape made great meals, bobotie and...lasagna. Nyala was good, zebra tenderloins were melt in mouth terrific. Chef Chris in Western Cape could win every cooking show competition. Every game meat was cooked perfectly, side dishes, appetizers, and deserts were insanely good. Presentation was spot-on. I took more pics of the food than of dead critters.

 

[steve white]

The bad spirits....no desire to eat croc as I also am in the boat of believing they could have eaten someone.....

Well, I haven't eaten anyone/anything that has eaten anyone, but I chuckle at one line in a Western movie where a fellow was asked if he had...."(spit into fire) Hell, meat's meat."

By your definition, you probably shouldn't eat lion or maybe leopard?

 

[spike.t]

Well, I haven't eaten anyone/anything that has eaten anyone, but I chuckle at one line in a Western movie where a fellow was asked if he had...."(spit into fire) Hell, meat's meat."

By your definition, you probably shouldn't eat lion or maybe leopard?

Had lion kebabs as snacks in Tanzania many many years ago...but only to try...( my brotherloved them)..wouldn't again due to feline aids etc ....Leopard fillet had couple times not bad....but in African countries not much in the way of leopard maneaters.....and the lion was shot in the middle of the selous back when there was even less chance of a lion finding someone to eat than now....

 

[Hunt anything]

I will say that when the critters are eating the flowers when they bloom in the desert, it makes a positive difference.
One gentleman from Germany used to go to Namibia at that time, as eating the meat then provided regression of his multiple sclerosis!! Perhaps doctors should investigate why?

I wonder if the guy from Germany could use a trip to Namibia to eat game meat could write the expense of the trip on his health provider?
If so I feel a back ache coming on that only walking in Takeri Reserve in Zambia can cure with @spike.t as the administrator of each daily walk!!!

 

[kdenn]

No one has mentioned lechwe yet. Wife shot one in Namibia that was absolutely delicious. Everything has been very tasty. Had warthog once, was very chewy but good flavor. Had camel meatballs at a wild game meal hosted by culinary program at local community college, couldn’t eat it, tasted like a camel smells!

 

[Rumrunner]

Zebra
Eland
Springbok

 

[Nyati]

1. Eland

2. Bushbuck, Roan, Impala, Gemsbok, Sable

 

[BonUm16]

I don’t recall not enjoying any game I ate during my time in Zim. Eland was easily at the top of the list but the meal of warthog done with a honey & raisin glaze we had while in Vic Falls wasn’t far behind.

 

[Doug Hamilton]

Well, I haven't eaten anyone/anything that has eaten anyone, but I chuckle at one line in a Western movie where a fellow was asked if he had...."(spit into fire) Hell, meat's meat."

By your definition, you probably shouldn't eat lion or maybe leopard?

I have sometimes wondered if any of the Dungeness crabs, rock crabs, spot shrimp or crawdads (crayfish) that I've caught band eaten have dined on some unlucky drowned fisherman.

My dad was the County Engineer when a plane crashed in a large lake. There were two or three people on.board. When the wreak was located and raised some months later my dad had to be there. He told me there were many crawfish in the plane. Franco may remember the incident.

I've decided not to think about it.

 

[Betterinthebush]

I have sometimes wondered if any of the Dungeness crabs, rock crabs, spot shrimp or crawdads (crayfish) that I've caught band eaten have dined on some unlucky drowned fisherman.

My dad was the County Engineer when a plane crashed in a large lake. There were two or three people on.board. When the wreak was located and raised some months later my dad had to be there. He told me there were many crawfish in the plane. Franco may remember the incident.

I've decided not to think about it.

Sonofabitch… I completely forgot about bottom feeders and my “no eating a man eating critter” rule. Ahh.. to hell with it. There’s no way that one crab that I’m about to dip in garlic butter ate a human! Right..?

 

[Doug Hamilton]

Sonofabitch… I completely forgot about bottom feeders and my “no eating a man eating critter” rule. Ahh.. to hell with it. There’s no way that one crab that I’m about to dip in garlic butter ate a human! Right..?

Right. At least that"s how I decided to think about it.

 

[migrabill]

My fave to eat - Blesbok
#2 Wildebeest
#3 Zebra
Inedible - I tried 9 animals and I have liked them all.