OT: Buffalo Burgers?

[Fxstchewy]

We were sitting around last week and somehow got on trying out some Buffalo Burgers, I live in NC so no BB here, anyone know of a good online place that i can order some that you know are good? Thank's Chewy. 

[gOOseman]

Fxstchewy......I've never tried it but a friend of mine was telling about this place in NC

http://www.sunsetridgebuffalo.com/

gOOseman

[Wingnut]

Havn't had a Buffalo burger in years.  Buffalo WINGS are a weekly thing around here, just a dozen or so.  Soooooo good with with a cold one.

[xxxflhrci]

Did you try looking in the grocery store?  One of our chain stores sells buffalo, rabbits, and other off the wall meats.  I'd guess it will be steep if you find it.  I live in between two different buffalo farms that sell meat locally in small stores.  Even coming direct, it is a good bit more expensive than beef.

[Sonny S.]

Buffalo Burgers are awesome. I will often mix 1/2 ground Buffalo with 1/2 ground Beef
A lot of grocery stores will carry a vacuum packed lb. About $6-7 a lb in my area...MD.

[Bulit]

Buffalo meat will cost a few bucks more per lb., but worth it. It is much leaner than beef (like HD from the factory. LOL) but when prepared and cooked right, it is great. you will be impressed.

[Fxstchewy]

I haven't really looked around for it, just figured no one would have it, might go tomorrow to a couple of grocery stores and see. Thanks for the info. Chewy

[DenverBagger]

 
Whole Foods has fantastic ground Buffalo and Buffalo steaks here in Denver.

Their website shows they have 5 stores in NC - http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/northcarolina/index.php

[Joncin]

I'm a self-proclaimed charred carcass connoisseur and I thought buffalo meat was very expensive ground cardboard. 

The meat is very lean and will dry out on you when you cook it, mix it with some 76% hamburger and do NOT overcook it.

[truck]

I've only had a few buffalo burgers with the hope that the next one might taste better. That didn't work out.

[r1mcdonald]

Down here in florida wal-mart sell them

[Dennis The Menace]

Buffalo is all I buy at the store.  Any of the stores under Kroger should have, or Walmart perhaps.  I dont know of any online store to buy, because its so easy to find in Colorado.  A good portion of it comes from here and Wyoming.

And, yes, its lean and often very little added fat in the burger.  So, its best to undercook buffalo meat, including burgers.  I order and/or cook mine at rare to no more than medium-rare.  The only way to eat it.  I enjoy Buffalo tenderloin and prime rib cuts, cooked to medium rare.  Very good...almost as good as elk (my favorite) in same cuts.

Also, you can get bad buffalo meat that will taste like crap, no matter how you cook it.  Fortunately, its getting harder to find that bad meat.  And, it doesnt reheat well, so only cook what you can eat.

Dennis

[mark61]

   As it happens--on Craigslist State College, Pa. there is a Bison for sale live on the hoof for $750. Anyone want to chip in and nave a BBQ? 

mark61

[China twin 88]

I remember once trying out Beefalo which was supposed to be a mix...here the big taste treat is the Donkey sandwich ... which is served across the stree... and you have to be careful .. to get the real donkey burgers....they are so popular in some regons that cafes have been known to substitute....

[Fxstchewy]

No Donkeys..............

[dakota224]

The Elk Creek Steak House in Piedmont South Dakota has some of the best buffalo burgers in the world.. great Elk steaks too.   

[DblackmanC]

I'm in NC and you can get a Buffalo Buger at any "Hams" and along the road any where in Sturgis!!

[Fxstchewy]

I'm in NC and you can get a Buffalo Buger at any "Hams" and along the road any where in Sturgis!!

Good to know, we have a Hams about 10 miles from me. Thank's 

[PaJoe]

Ground Bison is part of my regular diet these days, mostly I like it in stuffed peppers, meatloaf, chilli and almost anything you would use ground beef. I eat a pound or two a week.  My wife purchases it from a local Giant store, but they sell the same exact thing at Weis markets. BJ's Warehouse was selling ground bison, but it had more fat and I liked the bison from Giant/Weis better. I found bison to be about as good as your average beef, but a really good piece of beef will be better. We also tried the steaks and hot dogs, but the the hotdogs were mixed with beef, and they were similar to beef hotdogs but cost more.

I got hooked on Bison at a little, really little, mom and pop  shop along route 501 just about a mile north of route 322 near Brickerville Pa. We were out riding and stopped in the "Pretzel Hut", hardly any room to sit but they served bison burgers, and their bison sub with their home made buns was something that really went down well with me. I tried bison burgers at Red Robin and another diner on route 15 near Camp Hill Pa but neither one of those places made it very well. I also found that leftover bison does not hold up well as beef, if my wife makes stuffed peppers for me one night, I will have another the next day but after that the bison doesn't taste as good - it taste more like the bison at the two places I did not care for. Everyone is different, I prefer the bison well done. My wife tried making bison burgers, but they did not taste as good as the bison sub from the Pretzel hut, so we ride the 50 miles to get theirs instead.

Some would not like the bison subs from the pretzel Hut as they have pretty much lettuce tomatoes, onions etc, not packed with meat like a 3/4" thick burger from Hardees, and the Pretzel Hut is terrible on having coffee ready, the young girls just forget to make it. We haven't been there for a while, with the weather the way it has been their stone & dirt parking lot is wet from water running off the hill, so it's not a good place to park a bike.

[mark61]

   You can get the sandwiches and burgers at the Lake Tobias Petting Zoo near Halifax too. Emu too or oastrich   I forget which. Maybe we should have TooLow bring some next time we get together?

mark61

[murphdog]

Chewy, I see you're in Newton. Check the Fuddruckers in Hickory...Fudds here in SC has em.

[PaJoe]

   You can get the sandwiches and burgers at the Lake Tobias Petting Zoo near Halifax too. Emu too or oastrich   I forget which. Maybe we should have TooLow bring some next time we get together?

mark61

I will have to check out Lake Tobias Petting Zoo near Halifax, I have heard about it but never have been there. We have been through Halifax, I think, we go up along the east side of the Susquehanna river some times for a cool ride, but I forget the route numbers.

[Dennis The Menace]

Dakota, thanks for the local tip in SD for elk steaks...my flavorite!  mmmmmm  Will stop in this summer when I am up there.

Dennis

[texaskatfish]

DMenace - you ever tried the Buckhorn Exchange?

We used to live right down the light rail trax from it....................their Elk steaks were excellent.

Can't recall the Buffalo offerings they serve (or not)

[Sportsterboy]

I got to eat at the Buckhorn Exchange about 20+ years ago with my folks on a trip with them to Denver.  I had the Buffalo steak (not particularly good) and they had Elk steaks (UNBELIEVABLE!!).  Haven't had a chance to go back there since.   

[rkrdr2]

check out.... Ted's Montana Grill....go to their website..they have a couple restaurants in the North Carolina...this is a chain of restaurants owned by Teriable Ted Nuggent....the buffalo is unbelievable..they have everything from burgers to steaks...you can also buy fresh buffalo in the restaurants to bring home and grill

[brick1]

Down here in florida wal-mart sell them

last time i checked, here in florida, it was manatee.......and yes, it taste like the most tender filet migon you ever had!!!  (this is known to born and bred Crackers)

bill

[Sportsterboy]

Ted's Montana Grill is Ted Turner (former Mr. Hanoi Jane), not Ted Nugent.

[rkrdr2]

Wow... the manager @ the one we ate at told us Nuggent was involved some way...owner/part owner.. ........first liar dose not have a chance...damn good burger thou!!!

[~JC~]

Buffalo is lower in cholesterol and fat, therefore drier and more "woody". If you mix it with hamburger, you are just adding back all of the fat and cholesterol, which is why it tastes better that way. But you've lost all of the health benefit of eating the buffalo instead of beef. If you're going to mix it, you might as well save the extra money and just eat beef.  ~JC~

[wavlovr1]

If you really like buffalo meat, the cheapest way to get it is go to an auction (like at custer state park in SD). Bid on a young female. the local butchers shop in rapid city will arrange transportation of the live buffalo and shoot it, then hang it for the appropriate time. They will slice it up how you want it (several options). They pack up the cuts and freeze for you. pack it up in some dry ice and haul it home for about $3-$4 a pound. That includes burger, roasts, and steaks... An 800 lb female gave us about 350 pounds of meat.

Plus you get the option of keeping skull and hyde to have mounted as a head on the wall or a nice rug...

jb 

[TexanKen]

You might give these guys a try:
www.thebuffaloguys.com

KEN

[egstandard]

Geez, that stuff is expensive.

[Redleg]

   You can get the sandwiches and burgers at the Lake Tobias Petting Zoo near Halifax too. Emu too or oastrich   I forget which. Maybe we should have TooLow bring some next time we get together?

mark61

You you want to eat EARL!!!!!!!!

[mark61]

   Tastes just like chicken! And the eggs are HUGE!   But almost all yolk and a little gamey.....   


mark61