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Eat That Ram!!!
« on: October 21, 2007, 11:08:17 PM »
"This is better than hamburger ever thought of being. Hamburger doesn't even compare".

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It was unanimous. Barbados Ram is some mighty fine eatin'!! Still have five packs of steaks and 4 packages of hamburger left. That bit on the left of the grill was all the tender loin I had, though.
I cannot believe the bad reputation this meat has. I told my friends it is known to be "not so good" and nobody could see how that is possible from what we were eating.


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Re: Eat That Ram!!!
« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2007, 01:34:59 PM »
Man...you and I shoot entirely different  animals....all of the sheep I've shot (that's 7) were awful.  Power to'ya and buon appatito!!
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Re: Eat That Ram!!!
« Reply #2 on: October 22, 2007, 01:53:31 PM »
Description and Cooking Instructions.


It's a little sweeter than beef, not as grainy or sinewy, no gristle or grease in the meat, takes merrinading much better than beef as it just sucked it up in 15-20 minutes even with the steak, 1/2 hour could be to much (I recommend a good Balsamic Vinagrette), if your not careful you will over-marinate them, a joy to cook, a little salt and pepper and that is all you need for the best burgers you'll ever eat.
After you eat this meat it doesn't sit like a rock in your stomach; highly digestable!
When forming patties you will want it almost frozen because they will want to fall apart if you don't. Making them a patty is tricky and can take some effort but it is WELL worth it. Squeeze off excess liquid with hands into sink a 1/3lb patty at a time before forming as this dries it out a bit and allows the meat to stick together better. Take about a third pound ball and press from middle while rotating patty in your hand. The patties are the same size after cooking as before; no shrinkage! Add a little drizzle of cooking oil directly to the meat on the side first cooked, because the meat will definitely stick without it. Then add oil to the other side before flipping. Cook slowly on low heat. A fast-cooking meat; DO NOT OVER-COOK!
15 minutes on first side, 10 on the next, no more than five again on other side (add cheese now).
Can't beat it with a stick!!! Cool
BBQ sauce is strong on this kind of meat as it takes-up the flavor so easily. Use BBQ sauce sparingly.
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Re: Eat That Ram!!!
« Reply #3 on: October 24, 2007, 09:00:20 AM »
Okay now I'm hungry.  We had success making smoked sausage with sheep before, made 70%/30%, like we have with deer meat, but I ahd never considered burgers...  Haven't shot sheep in a good while, but next time I do, I will give that a try..
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« Reply #4 on: October 24, 2007, 09:01:43 AM »
I have had bighorn,stone and dall sheep,they all taste like crap.
If it aint fair chase its FOUL,and illegal in my state!
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Re: Eat That Ram!!!
« Reply #5 on: October 24, 2007, 09:10:45 AM »
I don't eat sheep no time, no way, no how not even from the grocery store.


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« Reply #6 on: October 24, 2007, 09:11:15 AM »
I've tried Rocky Mtn and desert bighorn, the desert was far better than the Rocky, mountain goat was the most flavorable, chewed on one peice for 2 mins., spit it out, couldn't find a tooth mark. Works better to cube or crockpot the stuff.

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« Reply #7 on: October 24, 2007, 09:15:40 AM »
     Well I guess shoot a Black-Bellied Barbados Ram next time and try that.  I will shoot one every chance I get to make some more of those burgers and the tenderloin was amazing.
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« Reply #8 on: October 24, 2007, 09:49:47 AM »
Sure I do I'm just a picky eater. I don't eat whitetail deer meat either. Taste's HORRIBLE to me. I like axis, fallow and even mule deer meat fine but not whitetail deer. Elk is also excellent. It's a matter of taste and what tastes good to you doesn't necessarily to me.


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Re: Eat That Ram!!!
« Reply #9 on: October 24, 2007, 10:47:59 AM »
If the butcher ground it fine enough and added enough pork suit it MIGHT be edible,sheep meat by itself is nasty.
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« Reply #10 on: October 24, 2007, 10:48:50 AM »
Sure I do I'm just a picky eater. I don't eat whitetail deer meat either. Taste's HORRIBLE to me. I like axis, fallow and even mule deer meat fine but not whitetail deer. Elk is also excellent. It's a matter of taste and what tastes good to you doesn't necessarily to me.

     I understand.  I just figure the meat has a bad rap in general as the three of us that ate it all really liked it a lot.
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« Reply #11 on: October 24, 2007, 06:04:55 PM »
My wife's Barbarosa tasted like old tennis shoes smell.
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« Reply #12 on: October 24, 2007, 06:10:51 PM »
Thats how every sheep i have tried tasted,i dont think you could get me to eat a sheep burger unless it was 80% pork.
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« Reply #13 on: October 24, 2007, 06:38:51 PM »
My wife's Barbarosa tasted like old tennis shoes smell.

     Barbarosa and Barbados are pretty different in taste as well as appearance from what I gathered; the Barbarosa being a wool sheep while the Black BellyBarbados is a hair sheep.  I read somewhere that the lanolin in wool sheep can adversely effect the taste of the meat.

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Re: Eat That Ram!!!
« Reply #14 on: October 24, 2007, 10:59:10 PM »
Friend killed an Aoudad. Gave me a roast. Crock potted it all day using a recipe for mutton.
The taste was, shall we say, interesting. Edible, but not something I would run out and kill just for the meat.

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Re: Eat That Ram!!!
« Reply #15 on: October 25, 2007, 03:07:55 AM »
tn_junk,  that sounds like the way I describe eating armadillo.  Interesting, didn't taste like chicken, and never again, unless I am REALLY hungry.   LOL
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Re: Eat That Ram!!!
« Reply #16 on: October 25, 2007, 04:22:07 AM »
Armadillo is a poor man's pork.  I cooked some and you would have thought it was pig.  My son killed one in the Croom(Fla) that was the size of Shaq's foot.

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Re: Eat That Ram!!!
« Reply #17 on: October 25, 2007, 03:06:23 PM »
     To my knowledge there was no pork in the hamburger.  The steak and tender loin tasted great, too (no pork in there).
     Wow I must have shot the Golden Ram from what you all are saying.  Nobody noticed any kind of gamey taste or anything.  Sweeter than beef.  Must be how we prepared it (which wasn't anything to special, really).
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« Reply #18 on: November 25, 2007, 03:42:06 PM »
we cooked a aoudad hind quarter in the smoker and it was pretty good. but then we are hillbillys and will eat most anything that dont bite on us first. it was from a game farm but didnt notice any off taste or nuttin.

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Re: Eat That Ram!!!
« Reply #19 on: December 06, 2007, 03:16:17 PM »
I have killed quite a few rams and sheep, Black Hawiian, Corsican,Texas Dall, Marino and eaten all of them.  I dont care for the steaks and roasts as they are not very tender but the burger is very good.  It seemed to have a very mild lamb flavor, which I enjoy anyway.  If I shoot another the entire critter will be ground into burger. 
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« Reply #20 on: December 27, 2007, 10:02:35 AM »
I took some Mouflon Ram, wild pig and ground it up putting 50% brisket.
I was very good.  Now I know i added Brisket, but I will do it again with the Texas dahl and paint I am going to hunt with my son in Feb 2008.

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« Reply #21 on: March 01, 2009, 03:32:04 PM »
I took a ham off of the Desert Paint that my son shot.  I put it in the oven at 200 degrees for 8 hours.  I served it to  9 people today.  The ram was eaten faster that the ham and fried turkey!

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« Reply #22 on: March 12, 2009, 08:18:08 AM »
I was always told ,that goat meat tastes like the south end of a north bound skunk !
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« Reply #23 on: March 12, 2009, 12:54:25 PM »
I was always told ,that goat meat tastes like the south end of a north bound skunk !

Goat meat is excellent. I don't eat sheep.


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« Reply #24 on: March 12, 2009, 01:03:04 PM »
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I don't eat whitetail deer meat either.

I wouldn't eat anything else, if I could keep enough on hand.
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Re: Eat That Ram!!!
« Reply #25 on: March 12, 2009, 02:28:38 PM »
im with GB on the goat meat thing. dang its good! i wish more people thought it was nasty, then goats would be cheaper.

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« Reply #26 on: March 22, 2009, 05:25:02 AM »
I have raised Barbados sheep for years and they are fine eating.  Even rams 4 and 5 years old are good with no strong flavor.   I can't say about the other breeds but true Barbabos are great.   I know several guys who can screw up good beef.

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« Reply #27 on: June 26, 2009, 12:39:33 PM »
I like both sheep and goat, but if I had my choice; goat rules, both wild and domesticated.  It used to be the poor man's beef years ago and my mother said they ate it all the time growing up in Louisiana in the 20's. Today it's a gormet meat and fetches royal prices.

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« Reply #28 on: June 30, 2009, 09:35:00 AM »
GB is right here.
sheep is meant to make wool clothes, not to eat ever, no way
Goat is very good espically if one of those south Texas Mexican goat
cookers has had hold of it.
Elk is on par with beef with me
Mule deer is ok
White tail is not eteible to me.
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« Reply #29 on: July 01, 2009, 01:14:29 PM »
I may go ahead and shoot a goat next spring.....lemme know where to send it......yuk....and...I'm italian...we eat almost anything...... :D
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