<I wonder if it's a Christmas tradition for Latin Americans? If so, tell your goats they are lucky to live in Canada.>
***Anyone with sensitive ears...turn them into the OFF position now***
Roast goat legs, or whole goats are a a traditional "festival food" for people from many countries. In cities where there is a considerable population of people of Italian, Greek, Middle Eastern, Latin American or Caribbean backgrounds, you will generally find goat available, if not year round, at least before major holidays such as Christmas, Easter, Ramadan, and even at other mainstream non-religious holidays (such as Canada Day up here). The other big market is in summer when there are festivals such as Italian Week or the Caribbean Carnivale, etc... In the week or two before these festivals, young lamb and goat often sell for 2 or 3 times the regular price at the sales.
BTW, I've seen goat in the cooler sections of a number of large grocery and discount food stores up here too... so my goats would do well to keep a low profile at this time of the year.
**Interesting observation about the bottled water. I must take a look at the situation when I'm at the grocery store next time. |
