Thread: Getting back to living off the land.....

@grandpamac That fork is my gran's (she was born in 1902) Mum passed away about 18-months ago and I have a lot of her kitchen stuff here. The billy leg was as nice as hogget; albeit, leaner. I'm a qualified butcher (did my time from 79-83) and eating these older billies has blown away my preconceptions about eating their meat. As long as it's not rutting and piss covered; you're pretty good to go.

You also have to be careful skinning them. I always have 2 buckets of water; 1 soapy and 1 clear; to keep my hands and knife scrupulously clean when skinning. I think the "myth" of not eating older goats comes from people eating stinky rutting billies and passing judgement on that. And of course it becomes a "true fact" after years of re-telling.