goats head soup

vegans and vegetarians read no further but if you are paleo or just eat meat and/or care about the environment and sustainability then read on.

yes, i am a stones fan but no, their album titled "goats head soup" did not start me thinking about eating goat meat (history on the stones below). like many, my introduction to this meat (people here do consume goat cheese but little of the meat) was outside of the usa. this is not unusual as goat is the most widely eaten meat in the rest of the world. i had a tasty experience my first time with a goat meat stew-not head soup!- in the caribbean although many tourists get turned off by goat that is not  prepared well and ends up dry and tough.

but give it another chance. goats are not raised (yet) in huge factory farms and are not given growth hormones. it has more flavor, more protein and iron than beef (see the chart below), is low in calories and has less fat than chicken. sounds pretty good. but because of the low fat content it benefits from recipes that add moisture during cooking such as stews or curries.

with a little searching you can probably find goat meat in your locale. i'm actually searching right now and plan to experiment with some recipes. will let you know.

 comparisons:                 calories               protein
3 ounces of goat                122                   23 gr.
       "            beef               180                   22
        "     chicken               162                   21

so back to the stones. goats head soup was the stones 13th album and their 3rd number one album. we're way back in the 70"s here. they began recording in jamaica so it is thought that that is where the title came from. but i think there is a little more to the story as goat heads soup is thought by some to be an aphrodisiac.