Viewing post #720764 by Newyorkrita

Skiekitty said:Rita - You can't find bison there? Pretty common here. Pricy, very pricy, but common enough in grocery stores (Safeway carries it at all times). And we have enough ethnic grocerers that you can get goat (halla) if you want. But what I haven't seen in years & years is ostrich. Never tried it.. couldn't afford it. And do see oxen sometimes, but that's more of an exotic and you'd have to go to a butcher & not a grocery store for that. But many butchers or ethnic grocerers carry more unusual meats such as rabbit, elk, venison, pheasant, silkies... but haven't found anyone that carried snake yet. But as far as seeing horse meat as listed as a source of meat for pet food.. there's petfood that just says "meat". Mystery meat, kinda like what's in bologna. For instance, what's "meat meal"? I just picked Old Yeller dog food as I know that's a really crappy dog food. http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/... Obviously they're not using prime meats like what Dave's beef would be...
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We can get Bison Hamburgers but that is all. No other parts. Chicken and Turkey meats but no other birds. Nothing like Duck or pheasant even. And certainly not ostrich.

Maybe you can get some of these things at a real butcher shop but none of those around here. I do all of my shopping at the Supermarket. So if the Supermarket doesn't carry it then I can't get it.

As to pet foods, yes you are correct as to meat meal or meat by products meal. It really is mystery meat and I didn't think of that. The dog kibbles I buy don't contain any such mystery thing as meat meal. They list the meat, they list the parts of the meat used in the kibbles.