Reminder to buy bison meat and support North America's native species as a replacement for environmentally destructive and ill adapted cattle.
by adopting Bison as a core meat source we can not only restore the environment of the great plains (which have been devastated by foreign cattle) but also raise much larger/healthier meat for significantly cheaper as Bison are far more well adapted for free range living here
How does it taste?
Roger that
very good, a bit more gamey than beef though very savory
a bit like horse but better imo.
great for burgers
Texan here. A lot of ranches around DFW are raising bisin, and almost every market carries it in at least ground form. I've yet to see actual cuts. The ground is very lean; like high 90% lean by default. Makes good burgers and chili, as it has nice texture and tastes like beefier beef.
That said, I'd buy it and cook with it a lot more if the price would drop down from 50% higher than beef prices. I suspect that has a lot more to do with all of the "grass fed" "organic" "gluten free" "hormone free" "antibiotic free" and "non-gmo" stickers on every package than it does the actual logistics of raising food bison.
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i found ground bison for a buck a pound at a tom thumb in fort worth when i lived there
it was all approaching the sell by date so it was crazily marked down. great shit.
its just a market thing
Bison ranchers are still small time compared to Cattle ranches, here in Canada I know there are some large attempts but still nothing close to the scale of cattle.
really Bison just needs to be marketed better towards the average middle class burger munchers rather than just to snooty yuppies.
ground bison is fairly cheap, I imagine a specialised burger chain could do well with helping it gain mass appeal.
I had a bison burger once. I couldn't tell it wasn't beef.
Sure thing Chief Shitposts-on-Internet.
Had a lean bison burger, I could taste it was less fatty but it pushed all the buttons
Bison look and smell weird.
Sounds good, I wholeheartedly support this venture.
I encourage people to do the same thing with kangaroos in australia (which also tastes heaps like beef but slightly more gamey).
>there is a shortage of Kangaroo in Straya
fuuuuuuck that was hardcore
>when you get choked out by a roo
I'm down for this, would love to try bison one day, also kangaroo.
I heard that the alligator population has boomed to insane levels in america and that their meat is protein rich, anyone tried one?
well, there's Ted's Montana Grill
I have family in Gulf-side Florida and gator is common there. It's some good shit. You use it a lot like you would chicken or catfish. I've never seen it offered as fillets or cuts, but breaded and fried is common and delicious.
The Rodeo Team at a local college got some bison a few years ago as a gift. They put them on grass trying to bring them up to market weight. After a year and a half, they finally gave up and butchered them -- they hardly grew at all.
I had some deep fried at Jazz Fest once. It was really light, tender, and flaky, like catfish, but with more flavor. Pretty good.
I found bison at Wal-mart of all place.
Absolutely incredible. There's this place in Denver called Tocabe that makes bison ribs. Your life will never be the same. I also like swapping ground bison for ground beef in everything I cook, and it always comes out incredible.