| Wild game meats are becoming increasingly popular | | | | a white meat with roughly the same consistency as |
| on dinner tables and restaurant menus, not only due to | | | | chicken breast but denser in flavor and somewhat |
| their lower fat and cholesterol content, but also | | | | more chewy, but not tough. |
| because they are easy to cook. More and more | | | | Elk are a part of the deer family, and elk roasts, |
| people are trying such wild game meats like buffalo | | | | burgers, and steaks are now available. Elk, like most |
| meat, ostrich meat, alligator meat, and even rattlesnake | | | | wild game meats, is extremely low fat. Elk meat is |
| meat, which are all available via online specialty | | | | dark, usually a deep amber color, and offers a |
| sources. However, the big question most consumers | | | | pleasant somewhat sweet taste. Some say it tastes |
| have is - how do wild game meats taste? As | | | | similar to venison. Pheasant: Most have heard of |
| developers of one of the top online websites about | | | | pheasant under glass, but pheasant meat can be |
| wild game meats, we've tried just about every type | | | | prepared in the same manner as any poultry. |
| imaginable, in various recipes. While you won't hear us | | | | Pheasant is very mild, similar in taste to a cornish hen. |
| utter the phrase "it tastes just like chicken", we'll give | | | | The meat is pink-white and very lean. Ostrich is a very |
| you our own personal taste descriptions for 6 popular | | | | lean meat with low fat content. We likened our ostrich |
| wild game meats. Buffalo (bison) meat is much like | | | | burgers to lean ground sirloin burgers. Best cooked |
| beef with a few notable exceptions. | | | | under low heat to medium rare, ostrich burgers are |
| Buffalo meat is considerably leaner than beef and | | | | also very low in cholesterol. Lastly, rattlesnake meat. |
| contains 30% less fat. Buffalo burgers and buffalo | | | | Rattlesnake is often found on southwestern menus as |
| steaks benefit from cooking at lower heat levels, and | | | | you might expect. In fact, rattlesnake chili is quite |
| tend to be a denser texture vs. beef. What that | | | | popular although rattlesnake can be prepared several |
| means is a serving of buffalo meat will tend to fill you | | | | ways. Rattlesnake is slightly chewy, similar to chicken |
| up faster than a regular burger, for example. Buffalo | | | | breast and the same type of white meat. You |
| meat is just a bit sweeter than beef as well. It can be | | | | shouldn't be intimidated of wild game meats at all. |
| cooked exactly the same way as beef, and can easily | | | | These meats available to consumers have been |
| be substituted in recipes. Alligator meat has been a | | | | raised under specific state regulated conditions and are |
| staple of Florida menus for years, with good reason. | | | | intended for individual consumers. In addition to their |
| Alligator meat tastes great! It's usually served as | | | | savory taste and healthy qualities, wild game meats |
| tenders or nuggets, but is also available to consumers | | | | are easy to prepare and increasingly available via |
| as steaks. With a taste similar to veal, alligator meat is | | | | online shipment. |