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Show bO AT MEAT GOOD AS MUTTON , It Is Said Only Experts Are Able ' to Tell the Difference Between Be-tween the Two. There Is a growing disposition to give the goat" Ills due. Heretofore this rubbish-eating nnimul has been ro-garded ro-garded pretty much as a Joke. but he has conUiiued to en I' tin cans and thrive until now his race has acquired ac-quired census-listing proportions and a market has been established In h middle-western city where surplus goals will be converted into "spring lamb" for the benelit of our non-vege-turiaus. As an addition to the poor man's meat perhaps the goat will be welcome, especially If his advent tends to lower the present high prices. Goat meat tastes much the same as tuition, It is claimed, and tluit the difference dif-ference cannot be told save by an expert. ex-pert. Perhaps that Is Just as well. Our Imagination has much to do with our taste. Many people are eating horse meat in this country under the impression that It Is beef, for horses are slaughtered, but almost nowhere Is their meat exposed for sale under Its true name. No doubt the easiest way for us to get used to goat meat Is to camouflage it as mutton. It is another an-other case of ignorance being bliss. But, as we are assured by the experts ex-perts that it is wholesome, a name will not make much difference in the end. Mutton, the world over, lias be ri the poor man's meat. If goat meat cau add to the supply, so much th '. better. The meat of goats was u favorite In the days of the naMtJ'chs. It Is still highly prized it tV East. There seems to be no rcasoj why it should not ultimately hold a respectable respect-able place on our menus. |
