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    Well, you used to be able to get buffalo meat (sometimes) at the
    Natural Grocer in Framingham - although I'll admit to not having
    tried the stuff, I used to buy their lamb, which was especially
    tender.  Since they closed, I don't know where to get it, either.
                                                   

    .....and as far as prairie oysters go, ifn' Im not mistaken they
    are testicles of bulls/cows or something like that....
    
    Rick

    re;-1 Yup your right, that why I want to call my tough western friends
    bluff with a side order of rattlesnack too!  On the buffalo, I remember
    having a beef jerky like piece on a stick out in CO, and it was
    very good.
    
    -D

Being from New Mexico (and I'm NOT a rough, tough cowboy), I will suggest
you find a gourmet, yuppie-type butcher shop for the buffalo, or try a
hybrid called beefalo - truly lean and delicious (either one).  You will
sometimes find rattlesnake meat, canned, in specialty food stores, but I
doubt fresh rattler is available anywhere except on a ranch in New Mexico,
Arizona, or Texas where it is sometimes killed and roasted over a camp
fire.  About "mountain" or "prairie" oysters....they don't travel well,
as they have to be really fresh to taste good.  Very few get off the 
ranch at which the young bulls become steers - if you get my drift.  
They are indeed a delicacy if prepared properly (sorry, I've eaten them, 
but don't know the secrets to cooking them) but if you don't personally 
know a beef rancher, you won't find them for sale.  Mountain oysters 
are one of the side benefits the hands get during branding season.

	You might try mail order...  Check with Fred Belanger in the
catalog notes file BARNUM::CATALOGS (type kp7 to add it to your notebook).


					Al

    Bread and Circus has beefalo; they have a few stores in the Boston
    area.
    Beryl

	 Is Savenor's  in  Cambridge still in business? Ten years ago, they
    were  *the* butcher/grocer in the Boston area, receiving the imprimatur
    of  no less than Julia Child herself.  You name it, they had it - llama
    loins,  elephant,  buffalo.   I  looked  into the freezer once and came
    face-to-face with a frozen rattlesnake.  Game birds of all kinds.  They
    used  to  be  near  the  corner  of Kirkland and Beacon, right near the
    Somerville line.  As far as I know they're still going strong.

	 Berenson's in  Faneuil  Hall  has  game  birds,  they  might  have
    exotic meats, too.
  
	 BTW, I  heard that the exotic meats came from game preserves where
    they were raised to be eaten.

	 JJRitz

    
	Tnx, I'll try some of the suggestions for buffalo around here,
    framingham is close.

    rep ;4
    	You mean they are a delicacy?, jeez now my curiosity is up.
    the ranch hand snack makes sense, this guy knows how to handle a
    lariot and rope which he learned out there, so much for finding them in
    New England. 

    Try the Hilltop Steakhouse on Rte 1 in Saugus.  They have
    an excellent butcher shop at the back of the resturant.
    Maybe you should call them first.
    
    Paula
    

    In NYC there is a store called BALDUUCI (6th avenue around 13th st)

    They have the type of food metioned in .9. So, perhaps you could
    call them for an idea as to where you can get similar fare in N.E.
    Take a trip to NYC - Restraunts in NYC:
    	Silverbirds - American Indian - wonderful Buffallo Bugers.
    
    	Tommys Red Cadillac (Houston St) - holds an annual Rattlesnake 
    	feastival. Call them for rattlesnake infor perhaps.
    
    Rattlesnake recipes: Tommy's have (a) chilli, (b) mesquite grilled
    and (c) pan fried.
    
    oh yeah,  it tastes like chicken  :-)
    
/Jeff

       Whilst we are talking about exotics: my wife and I were watching
       a National Audubon Society special on TV the other night and they
       showed a segment on King Crabs coming ashore (Chesapeake Bay?)

       She immediately asked me if we could buy them anywhere because
       they are good to eat... so has anybody got any ideas? (It's a bit
       far to drive down to Chesapeake to catch my own :-)

       /. Ian .\

    
    
      I live in the Worcester area, and I've been looking everywhere
    (but the right place) for *GOAT* yes *GOAT* meat --- fresh or frozen---
    but preferably fresh. I haven't had any success. 
    
      Does anybody know of place(s) I can get my goat meat? The winter
    season is upon is and I need my Goat pepper soup.
    
      Thanks in advance.            
    
    -I.B.
    

    Try Watson's Market in Fitchburg, Ma.  It's at 214 Pearl St.
    508-345-5332
    

  Also, you might try butchers in the North End, or in Dorchester, where
  there are Jamaican communities where they make goat in a curried stew.
  A friend made this for us once, and he used fresh meat, so I know you
  can get it in Dorchester.

    You may also try Springfield Ma.  If you feel like the drive there
    are several west indian stores there.

Driving east on Amherst Street in Nashua this AM I noticed a sign in
front of that place that used to be the beef market in the little
strip mall at the corner of Amherst and Thornton (across from the
Voc Tech) which read "NH Exotic Meat Headquarters". The place is
called "Golden Streets Deli" or some such. I dropped in to see what he
had. He keeps Alligator in stock ($11.95/lb, prepackaged from Louisiana),
rabbit sausage and fresh venison (probably other stuff I didn't recognize).
He says he can get just about anything and has carried rattlesnake, bison,
antelope, carribou, rabbit, ostrich and kangaroo.

    Oh! That reminds me!
    
    Watchi this space for a bunch of kangaroo recipes  in the near future.
    
    ~Sheridan~
    :^)
    Skippy Pie - didn't kno
    w you could get dem critters over dere ... kewl!
    
    

I have seen, but not eaten, 'roo carpaccio (sp?).  It's supposedly quite nice.


Chele