Slog - Comments on Goats Eat Grass!

Comment by Simac

Simac — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:33:00 -0800

Not just grass...they do that as a much cheaper and much greener alternative to humans with mowers and scythes. Goats eat just about anything vegetative, and you pay them less per hour, so it's good for weed control.

Comment by Abby

Abby — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:34:24 -0800

I saw them this morning on the bus! It was great.

Comment by brent

brent — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:35:15 -0800

How did you miss the approximately 9273761 stories that ran last summer about the nascent goat rental businesses popping up around here, exactly?

Comment by max solomon

max solomon — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:37:30 -0800

you can get goat at any halal market - or at the butcher at pike place that's down the stairs from left bank books.

Comment by Cato the Younger Younger

Cato the Younger Younger — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:40:21 -0800

What exactly makes that recipe "african"?

Comment by P to the J

P to the J — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:45:58 -0800

Goat tastes like goat smells. And maybe the recipe is from Charles.

Comment by who shot jr?

who shot jr? — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:48:32 -0800

why does there have to be a recipe that calls for dead goat at the bottom of this? i think it's great that the city is doing something green/environmentally-friendly/etc. why can't we thank and appreciate the goats rather than see them and think "mmm african goat stew"? we should be grateful that they are helping us out!

Comment by Enigma

Enigma — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:54:07 -0800

I saw them as I was walking home from work this morning and stopped for a few minutes to appreciate their work ethic. Hanging out with friends and family while eating our problems away. What's not to love.

Comment by Dougsf

Dougsf — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:54:50 -0800

The goat recipe would be a lot funnier if assholes in Oakland didn't keep shooting the goats the city contracts to clear the hills.

Comment by Fnarf

Fnarf — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:56:15 -0800

No such thing as "African", really. There's not likely to be a ton of similarity between Tanzania, Egypt, and Burkina Faso in the cuisine department.

If you watched the most recent Anthony Bourdain, you can watch a goat being slaughtered right there on the sand in southern Egypt. Head towards Mecca, sharp knife, get every drop of blood out.

Comment by michael strangeways

michael strangeways — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:02:47 -0800

Abby, why were there goats on the bus?

That's the REAL story!

Comment by josh bomb

josh bomb — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:09:25 -0800

does this mean from now on we can refer to Matt Hickey as "Goat Expert, Matt Hickey"??!

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:12:45 -0800

Only if he gets on the Daily Show, josh.

Comment by scary tyler moore

scary tyler moore — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:13:50 -0800

for someone who throws around the word 'retarded ' quite a bit, jonah, i must say it describes your adding a recipe for african goat stew to this otherwise cute post. and no, i don't feel like letting it go.

Comment by Matt Fuckin' Hickey

Matt Fuckin' Hickey — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:13:50 -0800

Yes. And that's "Marvelous Matt Hickey" to you. Read the post.

Comment by elenchos

elenchos — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:17:33 -0800

You eat meat? How edgy.

Comment by elswinger

elswinger — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:20:09 -0800

Give me cows, pigs, chickens, and turkeys to eat! I've had deer, elk, bear and wild boar and only the boar is something I would eat again. I have never had a hankerin' for goat, sheep, lamb, veal, rabbit, dog, cat, monkey, or squirrel. If I'd have it as a pet I don't want to eat it.

Comment by Bellevue Ave

Bellevue Ave — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:26:29 -0800

elenchos makes a wisecrack about someone being edgy. Ironic?

Comment by kinaidos

kinaidos — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:27:10 -0800

Free range goat, yes! Freeway goat, well.. It just doesn't seem like such a good idea as a food source.

Comment by Fnarf

Fnarf — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:32:19 -0800

That's the whole point of goats, and to a lesser extent all ruminants -- converting stuff we can't eat (grass) into stuff we can (delicious meat). Goats are fantastic nutrient conversion machines. You wouldn't want to eat the grass by the freeway, but the goats'd be fine. Goat is delicious.

Comment by blinders

blinders — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:39:00 -0800

fuck jonah do you read any other seattle sites?

Comment by Matt Fuckin' Hickey

Matt Fuckin' Hickey — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:42:03 -0800

Again for anyone who's curious about eating goat meat for the first time I feel I must point out that the goat tacos at Taco Gringos is one of the best tasting things in Seattle. Especially if you're walking home wasted at 3AM. In the last two months I've had their goat, rabbit, tongue, duck, crab, fish, tacos. All but the tongue were great. I hear they're getting whale soon.*

* Trollbait

Comment by Abby

Abby — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:48:15 -0800

@22: I really liked the tongue, personally. It's one of my favorites and I'm always excited when I see it on the menu as I'm walking/stumbling past...

Comment by ohtacoma

ohtacoma — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:11:02 -0800

But where did they come from? And how the hell did they end up on the side of the highway? Perhaps even more pressing, where did they go from there?!?

Comment by CommonKnowledge

CommonKnowledge — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:11:47 -0800

When I was very young, my grandparents had a small farm with a goat near the vegetable garden. We called him Billy, of course. One day Billy was not there near the garden nibbling on the grass. We ate him for Sunday dinner.

Comment by mint chocolate chip

mint chocolate chip — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:21:32 -0800

Circle of life.

Comment by keshmeshi

keshmeshi — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:22:03 -0800

@22,

Dolphin is better bait. They're cuter, they can perform tricks, and they get caught in tuna nets so serving dolphin at a restaurant seems more plausible.

Comment by the stranger

the stranger — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:25:56 -0800

dear jonah. if you can't read other seattle blogs, please at least read slog occasionally.

http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/goats_downtown

Comment by Jonah S

Jonah S — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:49:30 -0800

@28� Who the fuck reads Slog?

Comment by Flinga

Flinga — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:37:29 -0800

I wish they were fainting goats! Those things are AWESOME! and HILARIOUS!!!

Comment by Fnarf

Fnarf — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:54:31 -0800

I have been informed by unimpeachable witnesses that I am an old goat. Who wants to eat me?

Comment by Non

Non — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:36:57 -0800

Jonah Die in a fire; you're the hugest hack ever. You make Eli Sanders look brilliant.