I came across with an article that says that every year massive amount of kidling( baby goat) have been killed. I try to understand why?
by Kotkas1652
I came across with an article that says that every year massive amount of kidling( baby goat) have been killed. I try to understand why?
by Kotkas1652
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Bit circular, not super popular so demand is low. Because demand is low, there aren’t any big economies of scale, so it’s fairly hard to find and expensive, thus keeping demand low.
That’s my understanding as a non farmer living in the city anyway.
IDK honestly…I wouldn’t mind trying it at least once but there’s just certain animals you don’t find in the grocery store very often…
Can’t even use the excuse of “I don’t wanna eat a cute lil goat!” since they’re dying anyway… but if they were raised for meat they’d at least get to live for a while longer instead of getting euthanized soon after birth…. and not a ton of people want goats as pets…
Bad taste
Because it tastes like goat. Just try it once and you will understand why beef, pork, chicken, lamb is preferable.
Most Norwegians don’t even eat lamb. The local grocery tells me they have stopped ordering lamb because nobody buys it. I think both lamb and goat come with a smell many Norwegians find unappealing.
If the price was half of regular meat they would sell tonns and tonns. As it is really expensive people buy a better tasting animal.
How many that say its because of the taste has actually tried it? Or put i tiny bit of effort in to picking where to use it. Just like beef, lamb and chicken all have there own uses and what works for one offten doesn’t for the others. Goat can be pretty good.
My reasons for why people don’t eat goat
1 hard to find in stores
2 heard it tastes bad so is hesitant to even try
3 doesn’t know how to cook it so even if they try it taste just okay.
4 not used to the taste so it tastes a bit strange even when cooked right.
C’est parce qu’ils ne connaissent pas le gigot d’agneau au péteux avec des gousses d’ail pour puer de la gueule après.
As mentioned in the article, approx 20.000 is a small amount compared to other types of meat.
The farmer also loss money if it goes to the slaughter.
The only way to make it profitable would be to brand it as a ‘niche’ type of meat at a higher price than other types of meat.
The question the farmer has to ask themselves: are people willing to pay double price, maybe more for goat meat? Likely not, and the farmer doesn’t want to take that risk.
Norwegian goats weren’t healthy due to inbreeding, so the meat and milk used to taste awful. However, there’s been an effort to change this the last years by introducing healthy goats (healthy, new genes) and now the meat and milk tastes so much better!
Source: [https://www.melk.no/Melkefakta/Melk/Slik-har-norsk-geitemelk-blitt-](https://www.melk.no/Melkefakta/Melk/Slik-har-norsk-geitemelk-blitt-mildere-pa-smak)mildere-pa-smak
This is in Norwegian, but just read it through google translate.
I’ve bought and eaten goats. It usually involves meeting a farmer at a cash station, and the transaction feels like a drug deal.
In my opinion, goat has a very distinct flavor that doesn’t really lend itself well for steaks or cutlets, but it’s absolutely amazing for pot meat. Let it sit in a pot with a great stock and vegetables for 6 hours. Absolutely amazing food.
I don’t like goat meat. Nor do I really like sheep or lamb, only in a few dishes.
I don’t like goat cheese either. No, I’m not a picky eater, I eat almost anything and will eat the above if I’m served it. But I have strong preferences about these meats.
Wait what?! We’re not supposed to do that?!
I do if I can get my hands on some! 🤩
Even salted and dried my own goat pinnekjøtt a few years ago!
I’ve had young goat meat, from upper Telemark, it didn’t really taste of anything specific so you could flavor it however you liked.
If you find yourself in the mountains of Telemark go to Rauland and visit the Lega cafe, they have great buns and are specifically a goat fromagerie (ysteri). Get some goat milk, goat cheese, and they probably have some goat meat. It was one of her goats I ate.
Mainly because it’s not available for purchase. Same as hens, rabbits, hare etc.
It is difficult to find the goat meat in the store, and the price is too high. Probably they should use it in sausages to increase the sale and lower the price?
It is so difficult to find.
People won’t cook anything that takes more than 20 minutes. Goat meat needs to be stewed.
I do 🙂
It’s much more popular in Sweden, we don’t have as many Muslims here
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