What Exotica You Have Grilled?
 

So, you know I've grilled Kangaroo. As far as grilling exotica I've also grilled:

- Australian Crocodile: Yes, it tastes like chicken- but has an added 'sweetness' to it.

- Farmed Ostridge: Very lean- easy to over cook- very tasty.

- Captain Cookers (Wild Bore): Shot it myself-Quite gamey, marinate in a dark ale for 24 hours before grilling- divine. The bacon is great as a wrapping around standard meat loaf- yummy.

- Wild Deer: A customer of mine lives out in the wop wops & shoots wild deer from his porch! Best marinated in Red Wine (Barossa Valley Shiraz works well) before a quick grilling.

- Wild Goat: I was on a survival course- no food for 48 hours- we were very hungry- so we ran down a wild goat & roasted it over an open fire. Not the best, tough- stick to farmed goat.

- Wild Rabbit: Very lean, tastes better than farmed rabbit (which can be bland).

- Hedge Hog: Had it once. The animal is gutted, coated in clay, then tin foil & BBQ'd. Once cooked, you break open the clay & it takes the spikes away & leaves the meat. OK taste, not a favourite:no:

- Conger Eel: Dad caught one off Orewa Bridge. It was a biggy & put-up a fight, wrapping its self around Dads forearm & squeezing until I chopped its head off! Marinated in white wine overnight & BBQ'd with butter & lemon juice. Great flavour!

- Wild Turkey: Tough, very gamey. Only eat it because I shot it on the Father-in-laws Farm. Not a favourite either.

- HuHu bugs- look like large maggots & taste like cashew nuts. You are supposed to eat them live- not me, lightly buttered & cooked quickly on BBQ. Not for the squeamish.:D https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huhu_beetle

What exotica have you grilled?

Rattle snake, most of the list you have, and all 4 legged because from Antelope to Moose, and Bear.

Most all are fabulous when prepped and cooked right.

Bear I have to have prepped for me, I have a hard time skinning and cutting bear, looks like a giant human.....

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Bear- yikes?, rattlesnake- double yikes!! I assume Rattlesnake tastes similar to eel?

Cannot get Antelope or Moose in NZ, Water Buffalo sometimes available, but pricy.

Haven't tried Opossum yet- protected in Australia & a pest here- and riddled with TB.

Would like to try Wallaby, again, protected in Australia & a pest here- I'm told that they are fast & difficult to shoot.

There are many eatable birds in NZ, but most are protected. Boiled mutton bird is a favourite for the Maori (when the Germans overran a warehouse used by the New Zealand Army in Italy in WW2, they accused the white man off forcing the Maori Soldiers to eat Seagulls, not realising that it was Mutton Bird & a delicacy!) Never tried it- doesn't look to appetising to me.:no: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sooty_shearwater

I learned my lesson and stopped eating exotics after biting buckshot...twice. First time was quail in Copenhagen, then alligator in Miami. Hurt like hell both times and I'm really surprised I didn't crack a tooth. Besides, it all tastes like chicken, right? Lol

First I gotta ask......is there any other kind of deer than the wild variety? :D

Have grilled / eaten rabbit, gator, rattlesnake, moose, wild boar, black bear, elk (lots of elk, we love it), deer, quail (I think quail is my favorite meat), squab, pheasant, chicken wings :D and I'm sure other stuff some may consider exotic.

We do quail, elk, rabbit and lamb the most on the grill. The others only once in most cases.

Yep, Deer are extensively farmed in New Zealand. Farmed Venison is a lot less gamey & has a higher fat content, so is easier to grill as you are less likely to turn it into cardboard.

Yep, I've broken fillings in my mouth eating shotgun pellets- mainly eating wild duck my Father-on-law shoots during Duck Season here in May. No matter how hard I search for pellets before cooking the meat, I always seem to miss at least 1 pellet!

I don't consider any of these exotic but I have hunted, shot and ate the following

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All parts of deer meat.
quail
Pheasant,
rabbit

Rabbit is the best...

I have rotisseried numerous lambs...


blood sausage is awesome and some good cheeses on top makes it even better.

I really want to try scrapple.