My go to local grocery mart tends to be Sprouts. Recently I noticed they had stepped up their game meat game. Antelope, bison, lamb and wild boar, all ground and frozen. I’m loving that they give an option to the standards. E
specially the boar…boar is friggin’ delicious.
I’ve been toying with game meats quite a bit the past few years. Kangaroo is great and so are frog legs, (both found at Iowa Meats/Siesels). Windmill Farms had some options as well. With people looking to deviate from the mechanized meat industry, all these choices are great for the Tuesday switch up. Although it’s great to switch it up, these meats run leaner then the normal ground round, so make sure your recipes have fat and or moisture.
That means meat loafs and balls, which have moisture holding additives. Although fine when cooked in a pan like tacos, I’d rather use them for something like sloppy joes or ragout. We had broccoli, mushroom and antelope stir-fry. It was good, but not because, of the antelope ;-)
Notice in this picture there isn’t a whole lot of broccoli florets. This was leftover broccoli stems from a party and I put a lot of effort into not wasting any of my trimmings.