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Is Water Buffalo tasty or not so tasty? "Science only goes so far then God takes over." | ||
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The meat I had in Argentina was very good....and they sure do know how to grill it.... "When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all." Theodore Roosevelt | |||
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Un-aged steak from a bull is tough. I think it should probably best be hung in a cooler for a week. Taste is fine. Steve "He wins the most, who honour saves. Success is not the test." Ryan "Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything." Stalin Tanzania 06 Argentina08 Argentina Australia06 Argentina 07 Namibia Arnhemland10 Belize2011 Moz04 Moz 09 | |||
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Now I feel I must preface this with the statement that I've killed and eaten only one Asian Water Buffalo. But that being said, I find the meat to be very tasty. However, it does have a "different grain" than either beef, American Bison or just about any other wild game meat I've eaten. The meat either must be served medium rare at the most (if grilled) or slow cooked all day long. Otherwise, you'll end up with a product that will do double duty as new boot soles.... But I like it! | |||
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How much meat do you think a person would get out of a grown water buffalo? "Science only goes so far then God takes over." | |||
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The one I shot wasn't all that big, and I still got well over 700 pounds of pure meat.  | |||
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Where are you in the picture? "Science only goes so far then God takes over." | |||
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LOL, I'm the guy in camo on the right... That is the largest animal I've ever killed, and I took it with a bow... | |||
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Lol I meant where were you hunting "Science only goes so far then God takes over." | |||
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i shot an older cow, taste was good, not gamey, but man was it tough, even after all day in the crock pot. the philipinos say to cook it in a pressure cooker to soften it up. there was no marbling, all the fat was under the hide for insulation. | |||
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 Sorry! I was invited to hunt a game preserve in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. That's where I took the buffalo, a place called David's Hog Wild. I had arranged a wild boar hunt for a friend of mine and David (the guy on the left) told me that I should bring something "Big to kill shit with." He wouldn't tell me what it was he wanted me to shoot, so I loaded up my .45/70, my .44 Ruger and my bow. After Kevin got his boar (which took a day and a half), we went in search of Water Buffalo. After about an hour and a half of stalking, I got within twenty yards and let fly with an arrow. 137 yards later, I had a buff on the ground.... | |||
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The taste is very good ,but you must cook it very few ,i usually eat the lions ,make empanadas ,and sausages with the rest ,we cook the ribs too ,they have a lot of inersticial fat ,i love buffalo if its too hard you must cook it in a steel pot . www.huntinginargentina.com.ar FULL PROFESSIONAL MEMBER OF IPHA INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL HUNTERS ASOCIATION . DSC PROFESSIONAL MEMBER DRSS--SCI NRA IDPA IPSC-FAT -argentine shooting federation cred number2- | |||
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Juan....amigazo....this is how you cooked my buffalo ... muy bueno.....excelente!!!!!  "When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all." Theodore Roosevelt | |||
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Im talking about a year and a half to 2 year old cow "Science only goes so far then God takes over." | |||
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Now im hungry. That looks mighty tasty. Juan can I come over for supper lol "Science only goes so far then God takes over." | |||
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I would have to say that you'd probably have the best tasting Asian Water Buffalo you could get. Where you going to hunt? | |||
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When we grilled fresh water buffalo in Esquina, Argentina, Juan was the only person there with enough jaw muscles to chew it.  Steve "He wins the most, who honour saves. Success is not the test." Ryan "Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything." Stalin Tanzania 06 Argentina08 Argentina Australia06 Argentina 07 Namibia Arnhemland10 Belize2011 Moz04 Moz 09 | |||
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Cook it slowly over low heat on a cedar plank just like a salmon. Then eat the plank. The meat tastes like any 10 year old, hyper lean cattle bull would taste like. Tougher than hell.Same with Cape buffalo, as far as that goes. Oxtail is very good. | |||
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I cooked a brisket for my in-laws and wife + self. ....could not dent the "cooked" meat with any of our collective teeth. Our dogs loved it. | |||
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Dogleg, conifer & SCGraves; I dunno what you guys were eating, but grilled medium rare, the meat was tasty and reasonably tender. I've made a bunch of stroganoff from the cubed stew meat and as long as it was slowly cooked for at least four hours, it was as tender as any meat I've ever eaten. Personally, I think you guys overcooked it, and then compounded the error by not cooking it enough... Rare to medium rare is how Asian Water Buffalo needs to be cooked, no more, no less... | |||
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I would classify it as more of a shoot than a hunt. Its just a preserve in Tennessee. Some things come up the last few days so probably have to wait. It fenced so thats why I say a shoot instead of a hunt. I was going to look at it as Grocery shopping "Science only goes so far then God takes over." | |||
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Whereabouts in Tennessee? I live in northwest TN. I also forgot to mention that if/when you shoot your water buffalo, I have a great recipe for water buffalo "Italian" sausage. I brown that up and mix it with spaghetti sauce and it's great! | |||
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My guess would be that dry-aging the meat will help a great deal - just guessing on a "cook's knowledge" of tough meats. After that, I would try some marinades, and either really avoid much cooking at all, or cook very slowly, and w. lots of moisture. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor. | |||
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The place I am talking about is Wilderness Hunting Lodge just outside Monterey. But like I said it would be more of a grocery shopping shoot than a hunt. "Science only goes so far then God takes over." | |||
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Well without considering the age of the animal, how was it killed, the knowledge of the cooker, the preferred way to cook it (grilled, boiled,etc) and, most important, how hungry might you be in that specific moment , I would say its very tasty... sometimes for me it was even better than any shorthorn, hereford, aberdeen angus, etc. I would have eaten by that very same moment  Water Buffalo meat is much leaner than beef, thus its cooking methods differs - even more if you want to take its qualities and properties at their most This type of meat (as happens with almost all meat from game animals) needs to be prepared by someone who has to know how to do it, eaten by someone willing to experience its unique savours without any major preconception, preferably favoured by a nice environment, accompanied by fellow hunters or at least friends speaking this very same languaje - and accompanied with enough quantities of good aged wine (malbec is my first option)- to end with a good cigar (could be pipe aswell) and a cognac ... After this, you should then tell me if water buffalo meat is tasty  ------------------------------------------  Μολὼν λάβε Duc, sequere, aut de via decede. | |||
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THAT, my friend was an excellent post!!! I would love to share some water buffalo steaks with you! | |||
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THAT, my friend was an excellent post!!! | |||
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I've had water buffalo in Australia, in a hunting camp where I took a massive bull as well as numerous meat animals for the local indigenous population. The guide had aged buff steaks which were thinly sliced and cooked rare on the grill. They were fine, very nice on the pallet. Definitely tasted different to farmed beef, not gamey, just different. Quite tender and all good. We also tried some of my bull and whilst flavour was fine, he was as tough as all sin....old boots is a good description. The same back stakes aged for 3 weeks in the cooler and cooked similarly to what we did in camp was better. Certainly the smaller buff taken for meat for the local community tasted better than my old bruiser, although we eventually managed to do justice to what we bought back from the big boy. Nothing surprising in what I've written, younger animals will be more tender than big old bulls and water buffalo is a quality game meat, well worth the trouble to recover and age properly. Hope this helps. | |||
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Martin...just reading that made me hunger for some. Back when I killed my bull Juan Pablo cooked it on the parilla and it was as good as it gets. And like you said, good company and a good Malbec sure does help.  "When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all." Theodore Roosevelt | |||
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 We will surely share soon one "buffalo" barbacue as described, my friend !! ------------------------------------------ Μολὼν λάβε Duc, sequere, aut de via decede. | |||
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Tastes like chicken...  **************** NRA Life Benefactor Member | |||
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" IF " your butchering a fresh harvest (Hunt), and decided to cook-up some fresh meat .., why not start off with the " Tenderloins "? " ... Since, as the name implies, it is the most tender part of the animal, beef dishes requiring high quality meat, such as steak tartare, are ideally made from the tenderloin. " http://allrecipes.com/recipes/...-tenderloin/top.aspx http://hubpages.com/hub/Diagra...o-Butcher-a-Beef-Cow I can't see why cooking " Water Buffalo Meat ", would be any different than any other " Lean Red Meat ". PAPI | |||
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