>> Finding /real mutton/, not LAMB, would make my decade! <<

I have on occasion, but not often.

Similarly, what is sold as goat is more often chevre (kid meat) and the two are not identical. Recipes designed for mature goat or mutton will overwhelm kid or lamb.

>>cabesa (cow brains), but stopped that during the last mad cow disease scare. <<

Sadly, I came to the same conclusion.

>>My kids don't balk at things like head cheese or braunschweiger. <<

<3 head cheese.

>>Frankly, I may or may not be willing to try it voluntarily, since I do love buffalo, but I resent to the ends of the Earth the fact that I wasn't given a choice in the matter. <<

That's an example of how America's food system is not based on safety or consent, but on money and power. >_<

>>So, yeah, there's bias in there, all tangled up with observed versus unexplored assumptions. I love conversations that make me THINK about those assumptions. <<

Yeah, and that's exactly why I need like-minded friends. Most people find my favorite conversations boring, scary, or offensive. I feel the same about theirs, especially when they won't shut up about the sex lives of people neither of us even know.