Pandemic Nilgai Burgers

"Shane Moore" (snakesm13) 03/19/2020 at 20:10 • Filed to: None

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I m ade room in the freezer for some more Wagyu and thought “might as well thaw some ground nilgai for burgers tonight”. Was a good thought. Saturday will be a meat smoking  day.

gin-san - shitpost specialist > Shane Moore 03/19/2020 at 20:40

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I had to look up with nilgai was; funny that it ended up in Texas of all places.

Is it an easy to find meat in the southern US?

SmugAardvark > gin-san - shitpost specialist 03/19/2020 at 21:56

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Never actually eaten nilgai. Would you say it’s closer to beef or to elk?

Junkrat aka Rick Sanchez: Fury Road Edition > gin-san - shitpost specialist 03/19/2020 at 22:38

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They were imported for hunting on the King Ranch. I went to an executive retreat at a hunting lodge on the King Ranch and the chef fed us nilgai fajitas. They were excellent and reminded me of elk.

*I am not an executive and just went with the group to fix the network. I was not allowed to mingle with the oil executives.

gin-san - shitpost specialist > SmugAardvark 03/19/2020 at 23:18

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Maybe you meant to ask Shane, but I have no idea. I just found out this animal exists.

Shane Moore > gin-san - shitpost specialist 03/19/2020 at 23:19

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Yup like mentioned below the largest herd outside of Asia resides on the King Ranch in South Texas. It is $2100 to hunt one off of the king ranch but if you know someone sometimes they need to cull a few and it’s cheaper. They are large animals and produce a lot of meat. I can’t count how many times I’ve been given the meat to make room in a friends freezer. Long way to say it isn’t readily available at a store but you hang around long enough someone is bound to ask if you want some. 

gin-san - shitpost specialist > Junkrat aka Rick Sanchez: Fury Road Edition 03/19/2020 at 23:20

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King Ranch? Like the truck? I guess that would make sense.

I wonder what an oil executive party looks like. Did you get to hunt anything, even if you weren’t able to mingle with execs?

Shane Moore > SmugAardvark 03/19/2020 at 23:21

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Cooks closer to wild game like elk but tastes and texture of lean beef.

Shane Moore > Junkrat aka Rick Sanchez: Fury Road Edition 03/19/2020 at 23:27

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Don’t know if true or not but the story goes that a local zoo had illegally imported them from India and was being prosecuted to pay for the removal/return of the animal. The King Ranch made a deal with the right people to purchase the small herd and release them in south Texas. Now it has over 1500 Nilgai in the herd, the largest outside of Asia. 

Junkrat aka Rick Sanchez: Fury Road Edition > gin-san - shitpost specialist 03/20/2020 at 00:03

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No hunting for me did some salt water fishing off the pier and caught a few reds. They did use full on safari jeeps to take the clients out, chair out front and all. 

Junkrat aka Rick Sanchez: Fury Road Edition > Shane Moore 03/20/2020 at 00:09

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Sounds like Texas to me. I didn’t know what they were and was quite surprised to see them. 

SmugAardvark > gin-san - shitpost specialist 03/20/2020 at 02:05

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You are correct.

SmugAardvark > Shane Moore 03/20/2020 at 02:05

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So...buffalo-ish?

Shane Moore > SmugAardvark 03/20/2020 at 08:46

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I think you hit the nail on the head, the ground meat is very similar to buffalo. I will say the backstrap and other cuts of meat are closer to that of venison in flavor/texture but still very mild as far as gamey taste goes.

SmugAardvark > Shane Moore 03/20/2020 at 14:23

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Sounds great, I'm going to have to find me some one day!