On Thu, 14 Dec 2000 00:01:00 -0700, Lorenzo <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>> >....may have rendered the animal fat in leather sacks hung
        >over the fire >
>
>NOW:
>
>It seems to me:   That anyone who speculates in this manner
>has never hunted,  skinned, butchered  or cooked a rabbit or
>deer.
>
>May I suggest that you try it.  You will find that the FAT
>in a wild animal is not in the muscle meat like in a "Chuck
>Steak"  or  "Rib Roast".   Before winter wild animals build
>up a  large  reserve of fat to help them through the winter.
>But it is not in the places where it is on domestic animals.

That's right, Lorenzo, and in this way cooking a wild game muscle over the
fire can't waste too much of the animal fat.
People can just cut out fat deposits they find, eat this raw
and roast the not-fatty rest then.

However the *amount* of fat available in a wild game in a savannah area
where no cold winter is to be expected is much lower than in domestic
animals.
I think that's your experience too.

Then a big part of the fat is reported to be bound in parts where the fat
isn't accessible so easy. Like in skin and bones.
How does one eat the skin and the bones?

Regards, Amadeus
(Lorenzo you are always refreshing to me :-)

The Kangaroo composition from paleodiet was:
 Here's a table
 of estimated values for this 44 lb kangaroo:

 Tissue          % carcass wt.   Organ wt. (g)   %fat    total fat (g)
 muscle          0.50            22,000          0.02    440
 bones           0.13            5720            .03     172
 liver, organs   0.075           3300            0.04    132
 washed GI tract 0.06            2640            0.02     53
 blood           0.012             526           0.02     11
 marrow          0.004             176           0.51     90
 brain           0.0014              62          .093       6
 skin            0.13             5720           0.10     572
 storage fat     0.0026            114           0.82      94
 GI contents,
 hair,nails etc  0.085           3740            na      na
 Total           1.00            44000           na      1568