Any butchers in the Taipei area sell this? Any supermarket?
Thanks.
Quite a few restaurants sell ostrich meat dishes. Maybe ask them? I heard that all the ostriches in Taiwan are from South Africa. I thought that the S. African ESL teachers here looked creepy. It all makes sense now…
ostriches?!? Probably taste like Chicken.
[quote=“wolf_reinhold”]Any butchers in the Taipei area sell this? Any supermarket?
Thanks.[/quote]
Breeze Center–frozen and expensive.
YI FONG ENGINEERING CORP.
Address: 12F-2, 50 Cheng Kong Rd., Tainan City, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Tel: 886-6-2261286, 2261287
FAX: 886-6-2212990
Import: Ostrich and ostrich meat.
台北市安和路二段171巷9號1階
02-8732-1069
http://www.tabitabi-taipei.com/html/data/10036.html
Looks like a hot pot place, close to the Da An MRT station.
Actually, it doesn’t. Ostrich meat is very lean and VERY tasty. It has the texture of beef with (my opinion only) a faint taste of calf’s liver. I love it. I might give it a try as a special, if the quality is up to par.
Bob Marshall
General Manager
Carnegie’s Taipei
You are quite obviously one of the biggest assholes to post on Forumosa for quite some time.
Bob, if you get it then please let us know, i love ostrich meat, but so far have not been able to find any here at ll, same for Kangaroo meat or even alligator, and i am serious.
Ostrich is a meat that requires careful cooking, it can become very tough quite easily, the dividing line between good and bad is not that great
Used to eat it a lot as a kid
[quote=“Traveller”]Bob, if you get it then please let us know, I love ostrich meat, but so far have not been able to find any here at ll, same for Kangaroo meat or even alligator, and I am serious.
Ostrich is a meat that requires careful cooking, it can become very tough quite easily, the dividing line between good and bad is not that great
Used to eat it a lot as a kid[/quote]
I’ll try but can’t promise. At the very least it should be ‘chilled’ and not frozen, if toughness is the issue. I love the stuff myself. The best I had was in Belgium (major ostrich farming country believe it or not) courtesy of the Hoegaarden / Interbrew people and it was gently cooked in beer… getting hungry now…
Bob
Believe it or not, Ireland also has a large ostrich farming industry, most of the meat avaialble in UK used to come from there.
You are quite obviously one of the biggest assholes to post on Forumosa for quite some time.[/quote]
No.
Anyway, ostrich meat is said to be the healthiest red meat out there - I love the stuff when I can get it.
Actually, it doesn’t. Ostrich meat is very lean and VERY tasty. It has the texture of beef with (my opinion only) a faint taste of calf’s liver. I love it. I might give it a try as a special, if the quality is up to par.
Bob Marshall
General Manager
Carnegie’s Taipei[/quote]
I only had it once, but I thought it tasted like goat. It was cut into strips and stir fried with some vegetables. Very tasty.
I’ve just been told that Jason’s in 101 has some.
There’s an ostrich farm above the small town of Otley in the foothills of the Yorkshire Pennines. It’s quite a surprise for hikers as they come puffing and panting up the hill to see a field of ostriches in front of them.
I think it tastes a bit like wild goose, lots of which this avid bloodthirsty wildfowler has eaten.
Cooked gently in beer? RRRRRrrraugh! I’ll be there for sure.
OK, I’d love to try ostrich meat, but suppose I go to Jason’s and buy some. How on earth do I cook it? Does anyone have a surefire recipe?
Maybe another poster can give you a good recipe, but in the meantime just Google for ‘ostrich recipe’. There’s quite a lot of info.
I’ve never cooked ostrich, but in general the cooking with wine or beer thing is good, especially when you are not sure how long to cook a meat to prevent it from getting tough. The liquid keeps it tender. I would brown the meat and some garlic or onions, chuck in a load of wine or beer and maybe some veges, cover and simmer for a fair while and see what happened.
Ah but Bob:
Can you get the gooseberry or wildberry sauce that needs to accompany it?
freddie
[quote=“fred smith”]Ah but Bob:
Can you get the gooseberry or wildberry sauce that needs to accompany it?
freddie[/quote]
Well, Fred,
Should you be out horseback riding later today could you gather some up, bring them back and we’ll make up the sauce. Better still, should you happen to come across a Russian ostrich farm…
Bob
Did a yahoo search for ostrich recipes and there are heaps!
For your info, 100g of ostrich meat contains:
140 calories
26.9 grams protein
0.0 grams carbohydrate
2.8 grams fat
0.0 grams fibre
3.2 mg iron
(Source: Costco web site)