http://www.offalgood.com/site/blog/opinions/ Chef Chris Cosentino's guide to all good guts. Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:53:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 http://www.offalgood.com/site/blog/opinions/#comment-79038 Sherri Sat, 29 Mar 2008 01:25:26 +0000 http://www.offalgood.com/site/blog/opinions/#comment-79038 I was raised on the 'meat comes packaged from grocery stores' and only eating the muscle parts, and got slightly queasy the first time I tried deer. I've eaten more game since then -- some I cooked myself, and now we're raising rabbits in the backyard. My husb .and will have to slaughter and dress them, at first anyway. If he does manage to get me to slaughter, he'll have to get me used to it in baby steps. My grandfather raised a small herd of beef cattle, but sent it into the butcher to be processed. My father said he sometimes cried; that side of my family has always bonded quite easily with animals. I'm being careful not to bond with the rabbits. I'm going to have blood tests done soon, and the lab is down the street from a butcher shop. I'm going to drop by there on the way home to see what all they have, and if the prices are cheaper than muscle meat. I wonder if the prices will only be a little cheaper than muscle meats since we live in a multi-cultural area. Hopefully they'll have chicken feet (I've heard they make great broth); if not, then I'll try the Asian market for those. I subbed to your blog 8^) I was raised on the ‘meat comes packaged from grocery stores’ and only eating the muscle pa