Misadventures of goat herding

[olhillbilly]

Let me do alil recap of yesterday's adventures, as I was too plum tuckered out to get online last night.

My friend? Who instilled the idea I needed goats. Duhwayne whom I will refer to as DW originally brought out his three goats last spring. I seen their eagerness to eat brush (locust, multiflora, an other noxious stuff). So I just hadda get me some goats. Mine, now mind you, are of no problem, um, yet. As most of em are of the dwarf type. His on the otherhand are full grown. I had been tellin him of how they were leavin or come deer season, I was gonna turn em loose an paint "DEER" on the sides of em. I think, he thought I was exagerating.

Well yesterday, he came out early to help me separate them. We turned em loose while we built another pen outta 52 inch high cattle panels. The goats follered us around like overgrown puppys. We got em in their new home an went an sat in the shade to have a cold soda. DW says "WOW" look at that!! He just cleared that panel!! I said So! Now ya see what I been talkin bout. Whacha gonna do now? Sides tell work you might be alil late gettin in. hehe
So he did and grabs a couple sandwiches an I began makin jumpers for a fence charger.
Black fence jumpin goat named by DW (with lack of imagination) as "Blackie". Duh! follered me around till he got back. So we's standin there wolfin down a burger an Blackie decide he like french fries. and since I didnt share as often as he wudda liked. Reached up an ate my cigar. DW (havin three broken ribs from fallin off a perfectly good horse) tried deperatly not to laugh. I said "I hope yer friggin ribs hurt".
So we went out an strung wire up for the shock value. lol And got the goats back in an hooked it up to the battery. Hooked tester to charger an couldnt detect anything. I was kneelin down an pokin around an WHAM!! Knocked me over. I said its obviously workin somewhere. Oh, And I HOPE yer ribs hurt!

This charger was sposta pulse. And still couldnt figger out why it wasnt. Unhooked it an switched things around an Me, holdin the test leads and not sure what else, felt a WHAM WHAM WHAM! and announced the thing was pulsing. Oh, And I HOPE yer Ribs HURT! That'll teach him to stand there snickerin. uh huh

So anyways. I hadda couple and a half tuna sandwiches an fell asleep in the chair. Theres a goat auction next week. We'll see who goes and who stays home. Im takin one of mine (a whiney toggenburg goat an hope to bring back some more dwarfs. I hope some fence jumpin "deer lookin things " go as well.

hb

[SpyderLady]

wheeeew now I am tired after readin that! Sounds like we might have bbq goat at the gatherin!

[buzzard]

I kin find ya some good goat recipes iffen ya want.

[joyce]

Sounded like a rather normal day to me.

[hootnannie]

;D BUZZIE, DO YOU REALLY HAVE RECIPES FER GOAT? IFIN SO, SLAP SOME ON US, AND YA NEVER KNOW SPYDIE, WE JUST MIGHT HAVE SOME BBQ GOAT. ;D

[buzzard]

Yep, somewhere's I got some. I'll dig them out, found them on the internet when HB first had a goat problem.

[joyce]

I found these.

GOAT SHEPHERD'S PIE



Ingredients:
3 cups chopped cooked goat meat
1 clove garlic, peeled
1 medium onion
1 tsp rosemary, crumbled
4 tbsp butter
2 tbsp flour
3/4 cup broth
salt
freshly ground pepper
4 medium potatoes, cooked and mashed (about 3 cups)

Preheat oven to 375oF.
Combine meat, garlic, onion and rosemary. Chop until fine in a food processor.
Melt butter in skillet and stir in flour. Cook for a few minutes until smooth and blended.
Slowly add broth. Stir and cook until gravy is thickened, cooking at least 5 minutes to get rid of raw flour taste.
Add meat mixture, stir to blend, and add salt & pepper to taste.
Spoon into 1-1/2 quart casserole or deep pie dish. Spread the mashed potatoes on top and cover evenly to edge of casserole.
Make a criss-cross design with at fork. Bake for 35-40 minutes or until meat is bubbling hot and potatoes are browned.





GOAT MEAT CHILI

Lydia's caprine adaptation of Al Roker's Chili


Ingredients:
2 lbs goat meat, cubed in bite-sized pieces
1 lb hot Italian sausage, removed from casings
2 large onions, diced
12 cloves garlic, diced
1 tbsp cumin
1 tbsp paprika
1 tbsp pure chili powder
2 cups water
1 32-oz can crushed tomatoes
1 16-oz can pinto beans
1 16-oz can northern beans
1 16-oz can dark red kidney beans

For garnish: chopped scallions, sour cream and shredded cheddar cheese.

Brown the goat and sausage in a large dutch oven. Remove the meat and reserve. Drain off the fat, reserving about two tablespoons. Saute the onions and garlic until translucent, about seven to eight minutes.

Add the cumin, paprika and chili powder. Then add the tomatoes, water and meat into the dutch oven. Stir the whole pot, and simmer on the stove for about an hour and a half.

At that point, add the three cans of beans and simmer for another 30 minutes.

Serve with dishes of chopped scallions, sour cream and shredded cheddar cheese. A nice warm corn bread would be good as well (with goat butter).





Stuffed Goat with Rice
Texas Ranch Style Gumbo

1 1/2 lb. ground beef, lamb, or goat
1 cup chopped fresh dill weed
4 lbs. potatoes cleaned and cubed
1 large onion, chopped
1 cup olive oil
6 eggs
1/2 cup chopped parsley
salt and pepper
2 fresh tomatoes, diced
1 sheet of fillo pastry
1cup kefaloturi or Parmesan cheese
1/2 cup butter, melted
Boil the potatoes in salted water until done. Drain them, mash them thoroughly and set them aside. Once they have cooled, add 4 eggs, the dill weed and half of the cheese to them and mix well.

In a large skillet, heat the oil and brown the ground meat with the onions. Add the tomatoes, parsley and salt and pepper. Cook the mixture for 15 minutes then set aside. Once it has cooled, add two eggs and mix it all together.

Butter a large baking dish and lay the sheet of fillo pastry in the bottom. Smooth half of the potato mixture over the pastry, then smooth the beef mixture and top it off with the remaining potatoes.

Pour the melted butter over the casserole and sprinkle the remaining cheese over it. Bake it for 40 minutes at 350F. Let the casserole stand for a few minutes before serving.

[hootnannie]

;D JOYCE, ALL THOSE RECIPE'S SOUND REAL GOOD, NOW ALL WE GOT TO DO IS GET OL'HILLY TO TURN LOOSE OF THE GOAT.

[SpyderLady]

;D After all that jumping he probly already got a couple in the freezer.

[hootnannie]

WELL SPYDIE, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO ASK HIM, IF THERE IS ANY IN HIS FREEZER. I WILL ASK HIM TONIGHT, WHEN HE COMES OVER FER SUPPER. ;D

[buzzard]

Creamy Cabrito Soup

2 c. chopped leftover cabrito meat
1 can whole kernel corn
1 can sliced new potatoes
1 can sliced new potatoes
1 can cream of broccoli soup
1 can cream of potato soup
1 c. skim milk
1 1/2 c. water
Salt & pepper to taste

Drain corn and potatoes and combine all ingredients. Simmer, stirring occasionally until desired consistency is reached. Server

[buzzard]

here's the site where the above recipe came from, lots of others there. Of course, it talks about you should use younger goats, so he better make up his mind fast. Lots of goat information on the site.


www.jackmauldin.com/goat_recipes.htm

[olhillbilly]

DW's truck is in the shop. Hopefully it'll be out in time to load an go. If not I'll havta clean out my truck an take it. (the gas guzzeler) I aint cleaned mine out fer nearly two years. some stuff prolly has been in there longer. I kinda Dont look forward to that. I do know theres a mouse that lives in there. Meybe I can sell him too. (prolly being more than the goats)

[hootnannie]

:oOL'HILLY, YOUR TRUCK IS A GAS GUZZLER,CAUSE OF ALL THE EXTRA WEIGHT YOU GOT IN THE BACK, POOR TRUCK IS ALMOST DRAGGIN IT'S A$$ ON THE ROAD. ;D AS FER SELLIN THE GOATS, DO YA HAVE A YOUNG TENDER ONE THAT WE COULD HAVE FER TA FIX FER THE DINNER?

[olhillbilly]

We still mite have goat fer dinner. Took four goats an brought home three. DW gotta female and I got what I thought was two females. Was even listed on the paper as females. Peers one is a wether. Least they aint none of em big enuff to jump the fence.

[SpyderLady]

Are they babies or just little mini goats? sounds like goats sure are a lot of trouble. Maybe you should stick with

[hootnannie]

SPYDIE, THE CHICKENS ARE RUSTEN OUT IN THE WOODS, I THINK THE CHICKENS ARE JELIOUS OF THE GOATS.

[olhillbilly]

Most of the goats I got are dwarfs, or pygmys.

We very well mite have goat for dinner. Today one of the new ones decided he wanted out. and did so. Twice. I have started lookin at them in a whole new light. Otherwords, DINNER!

I aint havin no fence jumpin anything. They seem to be healthy lil critters. Would look good onna meat hook. lol

Went an talked to anuther goat feller tonight. He said a log chain will prevent the jumpin. Dont tie it to anything. Just let em drag it around. And when they try an jump, the weight catches up an holds em down. Mite havta try that till I get ready to dress em. And I dont mean inna lil tuxedo, either.

[joyce]

The only thing I'd be skeered of with the log chain was if it got tangled round something and ended up hurting the goat. We use to do that with ours cept we had the log chain attached to a concrete block. Sorta like stakin' em out to pick in certain areas and then move em to another area. We also had an electric wire that run up top of our fence and then bout knee high I guess also. We never had any problems much with out goats.

[olhillbilly]

I had electric wire round everything cept over the gate. Go figger.