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Alpaca
Jul 28, 2014 3:07:26 GMT -5
Post by wombatrois on Jul 28, 2014 3:07:26 GMT -5
Has anyone eaten Alpaca?
I had the opportunity to buy some on Saturday so I'm cooking it tonight. First of all I brined it for 4 hours, then I'm slow cooking it for 4 hours with a chilli, onion and garlic paste.
Dr W3 is under instructions to put it in the oven at 3pm.
I have a back up dish for me if I suddenly decide I can't eat it (which is a distinct possibility - I'm funny like that).
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Post by HalcyonDaze on Jul 28, 2014 3:10:30 GMT -5
The pub at Berry does alpaca burgers.
They are very, very yummy - even if they are one of my favourite animals and I think they are just so cute and fluffy, it didn't stop my trying the burger!
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Alpaca
Jul 28, 2014 3:22:51 GMT -5
Post by wombatrois on Jul 28, 2014 3:22:51 GMT -5
They are cute and fluffy indeed.
I'm a bit funny with meat full stop. Although I will happily eat crispy bacon until the cows (pigs?) come home.
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Post by sophie on Jul 28, 2014 10:15:39 GMT -5
Had it lots in South America, very tasty..much better than llama.
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Alpaca
Jul 28, 2014 14:54:36 GMT -5
Post by Raised_By_Wolves on Jul 28, 2014 14:54:36 GMT -5
What is the cut? I had it as steaks but I didn't do the cooking myself. In Peru it was reasonably tender, in Bolivia however it was hard! They tend to eat very well done meat in south America, even if the cut is most tender.
The people and the alpacas made my trip special but I have no problem eating alpacas.
Just try it. Then yak next (tough and has a very strong smell!).
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Alpaca
Jul 29, 2014 4:15:25 GMT -5
Post by wombatrois on Jul 29, 2014 4:15:25 GMT -5
It was a leg, so long slow cooking was the recommended method. It's the only way I can eat meat, so that's why I got that cut.
I didn't end up eating any, but Dr W3 did. He said don't bother buying any again - it's just meat.
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Alpaca
Jul 29, 2014 4:15:58 GMT -5
Post by wombatrois on Jul 29, 2014 4:15:58 GMT -5
Sophie - did you eat any guinea pigs? What do they taste like (chicken?)!
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Alpaca
Jul 29, 2014 7:04:18 GMT -5
Post by vinnyd on Jul 29, 2014 7:04:18 GMT -5
I've cooked camel, a distant relative, and did it pretty much as you are. wombatrois.
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Post by sophie on Jul 29, 2014 9:24:16 GMT -5
Wombatrois, I did.. But not the usual way.. The usual way is fried and whole.. I have see tourists turn green when presented with a whole guinea pig this way (head and all). I had it with meat only with a cherry sauce in a fancy restaurant in Arequipa..easier to enjoy, but really not a unique taste. Just one more protein source which tastes like chicken.
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Post by Tulipana on Jul 30, 2014 3:15:57 GMT -5
So Alpaca is fabulous all around: they have lovely yarn, lovely meat... so you can use everything Alpaca! Nifty animals! (Suck thát pandas!) And Alpacas make such a cute sound.
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Alpaca
Jul 30, 2014 3:28:31 GMT -5
Post by HalcyonDaze on Jul 30, 2014 3:28:31 GMT -5
And they poo in piles. Go Alpacas!
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Alpaca
Jul 30, 2014 5:10:04 GMT -5
Post by Tulipana on Jul 30, 2014 5:10:04 GMT -5
I bet you could house train them and make them purrr too!
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Alpaca
Jul 30, 2014 5:20:30 GMT -5
Post by HalcyonDaze on Jul 30, 2014 5:20:30 GMT -5
They do hum.  |
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Alpaca
Jul 30, 2014 7:33:22 GMT -5
Post by Tulipana on Jul 30, 2014 7:33:22 GMT -5
Whadda ya mean 'hum', like chant?? OMG, that would be so wrong!
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Alpaca
Jul 30, 2014 7:41:07 GMT -5
Post by HalcyonDaze on Jul 30, 2014 7:41:07 GMT -5
Google alpaca hum and various you tube links come up. Or fly back out to Oz, and I'll take you to some alpaca farms not too far from us and you can hear them. |
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Alpaca
Jul 30, 2014 8:05:34 GMT -5
Post by Tulipana on Jul 30, 2014 8:05:34 GMT -5
We have Alpaca farms here ;-) Would they be balcony proof?
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Alpaca
Jul 31, 2014 2:53:50 GMT -5
Post by wombatrois on Jul 31, 2014 2:53:50 GMT -5
Have you ever heard them when they're being shorn? OMG it sounds like a small child is having its throat cut - truly a horrible sound. And they have to tie them up (loosely) so they're strung out with there forelegs above their head.
Anyway, I'm wearing an alpaca jacket today because it's freezing and I'm a warm as, well, an alpaca I suppose.
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