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OT - Curried Goat

bettysnephew
bettysnephew Posts: 1,191
edited April 2014 in EggHead Forum
Anna and I ate at a local Indian restaurant that had a buffet the other night. I am naïve when it comes to ordering Indian fare off the menu, but will put just about anything on my plate and try it at least once. They had a pan of curried goat on the buffet and I took a couple of chunks of meat. To my general surprise I liked it a lot. I am definitely not a fan of lamb or mutton but this did not seem to have the greasy aftertaste that I experience when eating the wool clad creatures. Since it was a new dish to me is goat not tasting of lanolin like sheep? The only other goat I had eaten was at a Mexican get together and it was cooked over an open fire so was rather smoky (and perhaps too much mescal having been ingested) and I didn't remember it being so greasy either.
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  • Chris_Wang
    Chris_Wang Posts: 1,254
    :-? Curried Goat? Wow.

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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 19,780
    Goat curry is a staple at most Indian non-veg buffets. Indians typically cook the younger goats (like spring lamb or cabrito) which is why it has a clean taste. Most Indians say mutton when they mean goat, so watch out for that at restaurants - the meat will be young goat, not sheep. It's usually cooked in a braised sort of way, or in a pressure cooker. I've had good results in a crock-pot too.

    Which/where was this restaurant? I remember you're in Iowa, but don't remember where. There was a place we used to go to in Cedar Rapids that was decent. 

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  • yzzi
    yzzi Posts: 1,843
    Young goat is fantastic. To me it tastes like a sweeter version beef. Old goat is so so. I'd rather have lamb.
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  • HDumptyEsq
    HDumptyEsq Posts: 1,095
    We have a very decent curry house nearby called The Taste of India in Cool Springs. They do goat several ways - hot, spicy Vindaloo with tomatoes and potatoes is sweet and tangy. Korma, with a creamy sauce is pleasantly mild. Their plain Goat Curry in a Madras-based brown sauce is the best ever. I can understand people being a little reticent but the risk is well worth the reward.

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  • Little Steven
    Little Steven Posts: 28,817
    Goat meat has a fair amount of fat and you will sometimes get a mouthful of it. Just spit it out and carry on. What Caliking says is truw, younger goats is mo better.

    Steve 

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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 19,780
    Little Steven said:
    Goat meat has a fair amount of fat and you will sometimes get a mouthful of it. Just spit it out and carry on. What Caliking says is truw, younger goats is mo better.
    You need a new butcher! I recently found one not too far from our house - best goat meat I've bought in the past 8+ years. 

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  • Little Steven
    Little Steven Posts: 28,817
    caliking said:
    Little Steven said:
    Goat meat has a fair amount of fat and you will sometimes get a mouthful of it. Just spit it out and carry on. What Caliking says is truw, younger goats is mo better.
    You need a new butcher! I recently found one not too far from our house - best goat meat I've bought in the past 8+ years. 
    I get great goat. I meant, although I did not verbalise it properly, that some retaurants have fat goat.

    Steve 

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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 19,780
    I figured, but I couldn't pass up a chance to needle you a bit.

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  • Little Steven
    Little Steven Posts: 28,817
    Eat my goat

    Steve 

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  • bettysnephew
    bettysnephew Posts: 1,191

    @caliking Which/where was this restaurant? I remember you're in Iowa, but don't remember where. There was a place we used to go to in Cedar Rapids that was decent. 

    I am in Cedar Rapids.  It was Taj Mahal on Center Point Road NE near 42nd Street.  I have eaten there many times and this was the first they had the goat dish.  I would definitely have it again.

    There is also Taste of India on Old Marion Road, but it has only been there for about 2 years so depending when you left the area it may have not been in business.  I also like to eat at Masala when I am in downtown Iowa City but it is strictly vegetarian.


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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 19,780
    @bettysnephew - I have eatne at Taj Mahal a number of times when we lived in North Liberty (worked in Iowa City). I liked it better than the couple of Indian joints in Iowa City. Their naans were pretty good too. We moved in 2009, before Taste of India was open. 

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  • bettysnephew
    bettysnephew Posts: 1,191
    For a while a couple of years back, the food was not as good, but they must have hired a new chef/cook about 2 years ago and the quality has gone back up. Just really good food with a nice variety.
    A poor widows son.
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