Why don't we, as Americans, eat lamb and goat?

[laundry_queen]

71. I simply don't like the taste.

I've tried different recipes with lamb. Still don't like it. I've had goat twice, hated it both times, even though it was prepared by my uncle who was of east Indian decent and grew up in Guyana and knew exactly how to prepare it. Of course the one time he made it, even he had to admit he couldn't eat it - not only was it an old, tough goat but we had just been to a petting zoo with our kids and they had the most adorable baby goats.

I also dislike moose meat and deer meat - even the good stuff that's not gamey or 'skunky' and is prepared right. With moose meat the texture is what does it for me. I've tried loads of recipes (when we lived up north friends would unload tons of moose meat on us for free) from stew to roast to burgers to meatballs and while they taste ok, the texture makes me gag after the first bite. Love bison meat though. Ate rabbit numerous times at a friend's house as a kid and loved it. But I can't eat reheated chicken, makes me gag too.

I think I'm just particular about the taste of things.