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Goat slaughtering.... — Brooklynian

Goat slaughtering....

precious williams
precious williams
edited November -1 in Park Slope
Last week a friend drove me to a sort of meat market somewhere near or in Sunset Park. There, you could pick out a live lamb, goat, chicken, rabbit etc and they'd slaughter it in front of you and then you could take the meat home. Its a not place I feel the need to visit regularly. i'm looking for a more local supplier of goat meat. Anyone know of one?

I like to make a Nigerian palm oil stew, called Alapa, that contains goat meat. I could also use a more local supplier of palm oil - if anyone knows of one.

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  • carnivore
    carnivore

    Subject: Re: Goat slaughtering....

    Precious Williams wrote: Last week a friend drove me to a sort of meat market somewhere near or in Sunset Park. There, you could pick out a live lamb, goat, chicken, rabbit etc and they'd slaughter it in front of you and then you could take the meat home. Its a not place I feel the need to visit regularly. i'm looking for a more local supplier of goat meat. Anyone know of one?

    I like to make a Nigerian palm oil stew, called Alapa, that contains goat meat. I could also use a more local supplier of palm oil - if anyone knows of one.
    Most halal butchers carry it, but I don't know of any in the immediate vicinity (there are tons on Coney Island Ave). I bet any of the limited number of local butchers would special order it for you if you gave them some notice (maybe the 5th ave pork store).
  • grandzu
    grandzu
    If you want a halal butcher go to Atlantic Ave. Next to the Dunkin Donuts, across from the new condo construction by Flatbush are two. One is Fertile Crescent, and the other is next to the food place/restaurant next to Fertile Crescent. Both butchers are in the back of the stores, but some of their English takes patience. If you know Arabic, you'll have it made.
    I've been buying meat there for a while now.
  • precious williams
    precious williams
    grandzu wrote: If you want a halal butcher go to Atlantic Ave. Next to the Dunkin Donuts, across from the new condo construction by Flatbush are two. One is Fertile Crescent, and the other is next to the food place/restaurant next to Fertile Crescent. Both butchers are in the back of the stores, but some of their English takes patience. If you know Arabic, you'll have it made.
    I've been buying meat there for a while now.
    Thanks!
  • linusvanpelt
    linusvanpelt
    Compare Foods on 5th Avenue carries goat meat, though (since it's a supermarket) it's shrink-wrapped and not cut to order and I don't know how much variety there is in the cuts of meat. But besides the halal places, I would think any butcher or decent butcher counter would be able to order it for you--it's not like you're asking for polar bear steaks. If they can order game, they can order goat.
  • precious williams
    precious williams
    linusvanpelt wrote: --it's not like you're asking for polar bear steaks.
    not yet. But I wouldn't mind having kangaroo steaks available.
  • raw
    raw
    Where and what is this place? I want to go. As sick as it sounds, I feel I could grow from the "farmboy" experiece.
  • precious williams
    precious williams
    raw wrote: Where and what is this place? I want to go. As sick as it sounds, I feel I could grow from the "farmboy" experiece.
    It's definitely worth a visit. Its a bit smelly though. I'll ask my friend the exact address. I'm pretty sure you'd need a car to get there.
  • grandzu
    grandzu
    Reminds me of the times I have been to a slaughterhouse. Now there are some sights and smells you never forget.
    Like shelves of cow heads and barrels of guts.

    Good times, good times.
  • precious williams
    precious williams
    grandzu wrote: Reminds me of the times I have been to a slaughterhouse. Now there are some sights and smells you never forget.
    Like shelves of cow heads and barrels of guts.

    Good times, good times.
    Ewwww. At this place the strong smell is of the live animals not their carcasses.

    They sell goat's heads there though and you can make goat's head soup :(:wink:
  • 8thandprez
    8thandprez
    Aside from this being gross, I doubt it's a legal operation. Facilities where animals are slaughtered are only permitted in M3 zoning districts. The only M3 district in Sunset Park exists along the waterfront.
  • anonymous
    anonymous
    8thandPrez wrote: Aside from this being gross, I doubt it's a legal operation. Facilities where animals are slaughtered are only permitted in M3 zoning districts. The only M3 district in Sunset Park exists along the waterfront.
    Have we verified the place is in Sunset Park and not on the waterfront?
  • grandzu
    grandzu
    Some slaughterhouses are illegal, but they hardly ever get in trouble unless its an election year and some local politician needs press.

    Just FYI--
    The slaughterhouses that fall solely under the jurisdiction of the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, Division of Food Safety and Inspection are operations that slaughter smaller animals such as rabbits, turkeys [fewer than 250 per year], pheasants, poultry [fewer than 20,000 per year] guinea hens and deer.
    The slaughter of cattle, calves, goat and lamb are all regulated at the federal level under USDA/FSIS, (Food Safety and Inspection Service).
    Because different agencies on different level monitor and police slaughterhouses, one dept. always defers it to the other and so on, resulting in businesses never having a problem.

    There are 125 small animal slaughterhouse operations in the state, 70 of which are located in the five boroughs of New York City.

    And thats one to grow on.
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