Looking to buy goat meat for my wife to try

[Vette Eaterr]

I'm still a few years out from getting the herd started, and still trying to get the wife on board the whole idea...She asked a good question, what if we don't like the taste?
I live in the Dayton, Ohio area and I've been trying to find a sorce of goat meat (chevon) and I can't find anything. I bought some lamb at the store and we made it up and I said it tastes like this, but she really wants real goat. I found some places online that I can order mail order but I'm looking at $7/lb for stew meat and $30 for shipping. Does anyone know where I can pick some up, wink-wink, without driving to Oregon? I'm just looking for a few chops or a roast.

Thanks Bob

[mamajohnson]

well, lots of places in Texas to buy goat meat. But that might be too far to.

[kwagner21]

i wish i could help. i am in a similar situation. would love to try both goat meat and milk, but have no place to get it.

[suzyhomemaker09]

Not knowing where you could find it in your area either...but I really don't think that goat tastes at all like lamb. It would be like comparing beef to venison. Honestly...cooked properly you'd not be able to tell the difference between goat and beef...hmm maybe more appropriate to say goat and veal as it's mush leaner.

[Jim S.]

Go to your local auction barn and ask if they know anyone who processes goat from whom you could get some meat. I would leave "sell" out of it, since to sell it, it must be at least state inspected, and across state lines must be USDA inspected. That's why it is so hard to find public sales of goat meat. Lots of private ones, though.

[APPway]

http://www.ohiogoats.com/
Might be able to help

[Loda Farm]

I live near Findlay, and I will have some wethers born in Feb/Mar. If you are interested, PM me your info, and I can get a hold of you when they are ready.

Laura

[Wingdo]

I have a 70-80 lb. wether I will be butchering just as soon as the weather allows, and I'm about 100 miles south of you. If you'd like, I'm sure I can spare enough, in the interest of promoting the meat goat, to get you folks enough for a good meal or two.

[homesweethome]

Halal Market
7320 Kingsgate Way Plaza
Westchester, OH, 45069
513-777-2555
Owner: Ahmad Abraham
Halal Market is one of the largest Muslim grocery stores in the greater Cincinnati area, if not the largest. It is located in Westchester Ohio, which is in Butler County. Halal Market sells only fresh meat. They believe that fresh meat tastes much better than frozen meat and they also believe that their customers are willing to pay premium price for better meat.

Jungle Jim’s International Grocery Store
5440 Dixie Highway
Fairfield, Ohio 45014
(513) 674-6000
Jungle Jim’s Old Fashioned Gourmet Meat Shop is as famous for exotic and specialty meats as it is for quality beef, lamb, veal, pork and poultry. Goat is also sold there. The goat meat that is on the shelf is frozen and is imported from Australia and New Zealand.

[homesweethome]

Those places may not be exactly what you're looking for, but it's closer than Oregon!! (Those addresses came off a website that I had saved a long time ago)

[bob clark]

I will overnite you a roast. just PM me

[Charleen]

I did not find that goat meat tastes like lamb at all. I think chevon is more similar to venison, but it's really all in the way that you prepare it. A young goat (50-75#) is very good when roasted whole. A tough, old culled goat needs to be cut up into smaller selections.

Look for asain markets in your city areas. Or ask at your local feed store who raises goats. Or call the cooperative extension and ask for the 4H goat leader.

[moopups]

Check your nearest ethnic grocery stores, Spanish or Arabic. Garlic is desired conserning goat cooking.

[Vette Eaterr]

Thanks everyone, Fairfield isn't to far from me. Thanks for the free offers, but I'm really starting to learn what it REALLY takes in sweat and money to get to a butchered animal in the end. I wouldn't want to take anything away from you.

I think this weekend my wife and the kids will take a trip down to Fairfield and pick some up. But I may have to make a trip down to Kentucky and just how you guys are doing it, get a sense of the entire system involved. Thats the engineer in me. Once I see it running I'll feel better about then just reading it out of a book..lol

Thanks a ton again,

Bob

[Filas are Prima]

Processing goat is really not too bad a project. That's one reason goats are such a good homestead animal-one person can handle the project easily, and the meat is enough to do you some good without being too much meat to spoil should you not have freezer space.
Now, on the other hand, whack an 1100# canner cow-THERE'S a PROJECT!

[Laura Workman]

I have to say, too, that from everything I hear, a young goat tastes different than an older goat. I raised up a nice wether, 18 months old, and can't eat the meat, though my DH and DD love it. I'm looking forward to trying one that's just two or three months old, but so far, I keep finding good homes for them. I guess that's OK too.

[pheasantplucker]

my neighbor raises meat goats...she lives in eastern Ohio. If you pm me, I'll give info to her to pass along.