[Sca-cooks] Two food allergies

[Susan Browning]

All the emu I have had was farmed.  It was very similar to vension in taste,
but a little moister.  Definitely not as gamey as wild duck anyway :-)

Eleanor

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From: "Phil Troy/ G. Tacitus Adamantius" <adamantius.magister at verizon.net>
To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 3:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Two food allergies


> Also sprach Susan Browning:
> >The emu here is all farm raised.  Probably not as gamey as it is in the
> >wild.
> >
> >Eleanor
>
> I believe this came up on this list fairly recently: "Emu is game and
> therefore gamy, and must be well-done," versus, "Emus are farmed and
> not much, if any, more gamy than domesticated ducks, and probably
> quite safe to eat rarish."
>
> I suspect it depends on where you are, ultimately, and where, and
> how, you get your emu.
>
> All the emu I have ever eaten has been on the rare side, hasn't been
> really gamy, and has caused no ill heath effects in anyone involved.
> But then, I don't hunt emu in their native habitat.
>
> Adamantius
>
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