Oryx dinner

Last night we dined on oryx I prepared as a pot roast. Quite tasty. Taste is similar to beef or mild venison. There's virtually no fat, so there's a tendency toward dryness. But I didn't think about larding it until it was done (I coulda had a V-8!).

If you wonder what an oryx looks like: http://www.exzooberance.com/virtual%20zoo/they%20walk/oryx/Oryx%20408048.jpg

How and why?

A friend just happened to slaughter their pet oryx? An exotic butcher opened up down at the mall...?

Not your normal weekly roast beast, for sure.

Oryx is hunted in southern New Mexico. Someone gave me a few cuts from one that was bagged.

Oryx is hunted in southern New Mexico. Someone gave me a few cuts from one that was bagged.

I did not know that (putting on his Johnny Carson hat)

And when you're finished eating you can use the horns as toothpicks!

Last night we dined on oryx I prepared as a pot roast. Quite tasty. Taste is similar to beef or mild venison. There's virtually no fat, so there's a tendency toward dryness. But I didn't think about larding it until it was done (I coulda had a V-8!).

If you wonder what an oryx looks like: http://www.exzooberance.com/virtual%20zoo/they%20walk/oryx/Oryx%20408048.jpg

Would that be the Scimitar Oryx? A breed that may be extinct in the wild?

No.

This kind of oryx is far from extinct in NM: http://www.hcn.org/issues/213/10797

A couple of friends opined last evening over a glass of venerable wine that one thought there was nothing quite so tasty as a nice bit of warthog, and the other had a yen for some coatimundi.

We live among exotic foodies!

Ok, just what does one have to do to be able to hunt an Oryx? I expect to have plenty of wall space in my planned new home.

Ok, just what does one have to do to be able to hunt an Oryx? I expect to have plenty of wall space in my planned new home.

Robert, check out the link below.

http://www.trophyridgeoutfitters.net/oryx.htm

Way too much money for me.

Way too much money for me.

Maybe you could "jack" one?

Way too much money for me.

Maybe you could "jack" one?

Um, do I look like the kind of guy who would jack a game animal?

Way too much money for me.

You find $3,616.00 too much for an oryx steak? You piker!