Post by ladyhawk on Jul 6, 2012 17:00:41 GMT -5
The Grocery markets here are very Typical, everything very commercial. Even the Old time Butchers are getting the chickens from Tyson. Most ALL the rabbit or quail I could order is in some kind of Marinade.
So I took a 2 hour trip to much bigger town with real malls and stores. I Google 2 Asian Markets, find and got to both. Only 1 had a some frozen whole Duck that was expensive and who knows how old. They had some 6 packs of quail only in a broth. I DID buy those. I love the size of the quail! But all in all the only stuff I seem to have available to me in my Markets is : Chicken gizzard, livers. Calf liver, beef liver. Hog Maw, pig tails and feet, chicken wings, Lamb shoulder or ribs.
I will be ordering a LOT on line. Only good news I have found a guy they will prepare quail and rabbit for me (gutting them). He sells the quail and I can buy the rabbits from a local lady.
I am a little concerned about 1 thing on the rabbit. I read that Rabbit fever actually comes from the rabbit being bitten by a infected mosquito. Im in the south so the Mosquito here are like state birds in a flock! How safe is buying a live rabbit from a person who breeds them for pets (knows the ones I get are food), and getting them semi processed, freezing for say 3-6 weeks, THEN feeding??
So I took a 2 hour trip to much bigger town with real malls and stores. I Google 2 Asian Markets, find and got to both. Only 1 had a some frozen whole Duck that was expensive and who knows how old. They had some 6 packs of quail only in a broth. I DID buy those. I love the size of the quail! But all in all the only stuff I seem to have available to me in my Markets is : Chicken gizzard, livers. Calf liver, beef liver. Hog Maw, pig tails and feet, chicken wings, Lamb shoulder or ribs.
I will be ordering a LOT on line. Only good news I have found a guy they will prepare quail and rabbit for me (gutting them). He sells the quail and I can buy the rabbits from a local lady.
I am a little concerned about 1 thing on the rabbit. I read that Rabbit fever actually comes from the rabbit being bitten by a infected mosquito. Im in the south so the Mosquito here are like state birds in a flock! How safe is buying a live rabbit from a person who breeds them for pets (knows the ones I get are food), and getting them semi processed, freezing for say 3-6 weeks, THEN feeding??
Sooo Rabbit also will have to come Hare today!
;D