Showing posts with label goat. Show all posts
Showing posts with label goat. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Meaty Morsels


A rose by any other name, etc. etc. Well, the same can be said for meat on a stick. Living in foreign cultures, I have come to truly appreciate meat on a stick as quick, easy, tasty, and typically cheap. Call it a shish kabob, call it a brochette, hell, call it Ralph. It doesn’t matter because it is still delicious.

I have had many varieties of meat on a stick: chicken, pork, beef, fish, hotdog (not sure which category that falls in), elk, ostrich, venison, crocodile. And, thanks to Rwanda, I can now add goat to that ever-growing list.(Seriously, for a former vegetarian of a decade it's a pretty long list.)


As in many developing countries, meat quality here is a complete gamble. Sometimes it’s incredible, other times it is like meat-flavored chewing gum, all fat and tendons, a struggle to choke down. But, with the right spices and sauces, when the quality isn’t horrible, goat’s not half bad. In fact, I have had some that was downright scrumptious. Whoda thunk it?