I almost got a baby goat today

I've never even seen goat meat in the grocery stores. Doesn't mean they don't have it, but you'd think I'd have seen it in the meat case if it was there...like, goat chops...next to the pork chops. Supposed to be a lot better for us (healthwise) than beef, though.

Mutton is common in India. They don't eat beef and presumably because of it's moghul past, pork isn't an option.
Goat is big with certain diets, like Jamaican or Greek. Where I live, it's really common, especially in halal butcheries. I'm not a big fan if it's just roasted or cooked without a lot of spices. I do like a good goat curry. Yummy.

Reminds me of the Andy Griffith show when the goat ate the dynamite

Mutton is also popular in Puerto Rico, I had it a few times when I was a kid, don't care for it now though

I always thought mutton was lamb. The most exotic we've ever gone is bison (which we like) and once, in Australia, we had kangaroo (which tasted like beef). We're apparently not that adventurous...culinarily speaking lol.

lol it is, I was thinking about goats, they are a popular dinner dish in Puerto Rico

It can be sheep or goat, but I think mutton refers to an old sheep, not a lamb.

Aha, thanks. I think I'll stick with bacon lol.

These goats we saw at the pet store were not eatable, they were much too cute for that.

I really have to stay out of pet stores.

Oh, I'd totally be a vegetarian if I lived on a farm or had animals (other than our canine). I, too, avoid pet stores and animal shelters. I'd really love to have another dog or two, though.

Lamb has a much stronger flavor than mutton. I like mutton--lamb, not so much.

Well you could try to get their milk, and sell their cheese Personally I don't like Goat cheese too strong for me. But any "babies" well I am with you, cute, can't eat them...

My personal dream jcboy is to have a spider monkey I know that won't happen

It might, I haven't seen one though lol

I just got back from the pet store. I had to buy some pig ears for the dogs and hay for the tortoises. The goats are gone. Somebody’s got my goat!

The dogs love pig ears!

Thats mostly imagination. They must remove all the fell on mutton and much of the fat, otherwise it would be gamey as goat. Lamb mustbe served when the rib bones are circular in cross section and not flat ike a sheep. Fresh lamb is like veal with a mild flavor.

mutton is usually good for only one thing, boiling or braising the hell out of it with vegetables and or sliced from a meat chunk in gravy.

First. i did not compare mutton to goat. Second, you've said much the same thing here before. You may be expert in many subjects, but you don't get to claim that you're expert in matters of taste.

The chemicals responsible for the taste of both goat and mutton are in abundance for mature sheep and goats. Its a hormonal thing that isnt present in lambs , when butchered at weights younger than their maturity (usually a market definition for a "lamb" is anything under 110 lbs hanging weight). Its not at al a matter of taste , i8ts a matter of fact . MAybe you are not a genetic "taster" of he mutton "tallow". Im not sure of the actual chemical name but I suppose , if I spent some time< i could find its name.

We have mature sheep made into a kind of "sweet lebanon" baloney. When I take some od sheep to the butcher, the bitcher will carefully debone and remove ALL fat and fell from the met cuts and then cook them with spices. That is blended with about 50% pork and sweet cure. The result is a baoney that is so spicey as to kil any remnants of the tallow taste. Its quite good but was made after many attempts at cooking the meat without careful cutting and removal of any grictle and tissue and fat.

Without any spirit of rancor, nor do I wish to stir any pots of verbal retribution, Im only stating a fact. DO with it as you please.

I will do as i please--because you are not the arbitrator of my taste.

I got an extra baby goat today, how do you want it shipped?

What's "fell"?