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

[Scootaloo]

133. More or less what 4th law says

Beef is "prestige meat," a cultural holdover from Europe. Sheep and goats are "lesser" meats precisely because they're more economical than cattle. It's conspicuous consumption in the most literal sense possible.

Goat is further hindered by some other interesting perceptions... Due to early Christian zoology, the goat is regarded as an "unclean" animal of sorts... it's associated with the devil, and is a symbol of heresy or apostasy. Popular culture holds that goats "eat garbage" which of course, isn't actually true (what's a discarded head of lettuce between friends, anyway?) And of course, there's the race factor; goat is a popular meat in the southern world; Latin America and Africa - and Americans generally believe themselves to be "superior" to people in those regions. It's why wandering goats are often a visual cue for "third world" in film.

But in all honesty? Rodents are just as tasty, and even more economical. Squirrel is probably too big a hassle to effectively farm, but cavy is fucking tasty.