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Shiv Ramdas

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more people worldwide eat goat than sheep this is about as silly a taboo as it gets

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David Bowman's avatar David Bowman @dlbowman76.com
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Goat is delicious. You've reminded me of a tremendously odd argument I had with a colleague from Hyderabad who was adamant that "mutton" was always goat.

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His Bark Materials🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🌌's avatar His Bark Materials🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🌌 @oneiriccanid.bsky.social
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TIL there’s a taboo against eating goat in the US!

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Wait there's a goat meat taboo in the US for white people (is white, eats goats) Huh. Wild

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Diabolical Plots's avatar Diabolical Plots @diabolicalplots.com
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I don't think it's a taboo per se, I have never seen it for sale anywhere, and I think people think it may be unappealing without having tried it, but I don't think it rises to a level of taboo like it would be for horse or dog or guinea pig

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Laura J Mixon's avatar Laura J Mixon @laurajmg.bsky.social
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What?? There’s a taboo against eating goat? How did it take me 40 years after leaving Kenya to notice this? (wags finger at self)

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Catherine Bannister's avatar Catherine Bannister @cbannister.bsky.social
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We have an entire restaurant here (Stephani Izard’s Girl and the Goat and its offshoots) that specializes in goat. It’s good! (And this comes from someone who abhors goat cheese). (Also, goat biryani in India was fab)

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Taco Bell's Cannon's avatar Taco Bell's Cannon @jamtoday.bsky.social
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I disagree with her characterization of it as a taboo. We just don't like it. There's no cultural attachment to goats that put them out of bounds, we just tend to avoid really gamey meat (see also: venison, which some people really love but is not commonly eaten for similar reasons).

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