Buffalo meat is naturally flavorful and healthy, in fact if you didn't know, you would think you were eating the most flavorful Beef steak or burger you have ever had.
~The people who sell buffalo meat
At the store the other day picking up my thanksgiving turkey, I window shopped the meat department while the butcher found me the biggest turkey in the store. I saw some really brown hamburger and thought, "Eww gross! How can they sell that?" A closer inspection revealed that it was actually bison meat. I asked the butcher about it and she explained that bison is much leaner than hamburger, tastes similar, but is not really the same flavor.
I haven't eaten beef for years, but that doesn't mean I don't crave a burger from time to time. So I picked up an (almost) pound of the gound bison meat - Expen$ive! - to give it a try. I prepared it in the style of a really fancy hamburger - mixed with egg yolk, steak sauce, a pat of butter in the center.
Served up on a toasted bun, with lots of mayo, onions, and tomato, it looked much like the burgers I used to eat. "Do you want a little burger with your tomato?" It was with mouth watering anticipation that I took the first bite... hm. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't overwhelmingly delicious either. I am not running out to buy more anytime soon.
Note: Buffalo meat is so healthy and nutritious I wish I did love it. B vitamins, potassium, Iron, and selenium, low fat and sodium!
Something else I learned: Buffalo burgers, as well as elk and wild boar burgers are on the menu at Fuddruckers.
Did you save some for pizza? I remember trying a buffalo burger many years ago...and thought it was a lot like hamburg. Your burger sounds delicious! How did the boys like it?
ReplyDeleteHow much is a pound? I tried some Bison at Cabelas years ago and I thought it was quite good.
ReplyDelete@karen rose - the boys thought it was okay.
ReplyDelete@Joe $8 for .89 lb.
Hey Beth - next time you go to the Prickly Pear, try the Buffale Enchiladas. They are always on special there. :)
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