Bison == beef?

[dabuddha]

Title says it all. Is bison considered beef? As a hindu and a carnivore, I am intrigued by the prospect of bison steaks grilling on an open fire

But in all seriousness, I've googled and googled and have not been able to find a definitive answer.

EDIT: 2nd question, can Hindus eat bison?

 

[TallBill]

No, it's considered bison. Also very tasty.

 

[OCGuy]

A Bison burger is absolutely amazing.

 

[spidey07]

Is pork considered chicken? No.
Bison is considered bison, just like deer is considered deer.

Beef is a cow animal, not a bison animal.

 

[Lola]

I REALLY would like to try Bison... bet it would be good.

 

[Quasmo]

I had a Bison burger from Ted's Montana grill today. They have a coupon for $5 off a burger.

http://www.tedsmontanagrill.com/mktJuly08_Coupon.html

 

[Savij]

For a hindu, yes. Also, if you've never eaten beef before, it will make you sick if you eat a full steak. You need to start with small portions and get your system used to it.

 

[BurnItDwn]

People who "consider" bison to be beef are wrong.
Bison is Bison, not beef.

As Spidey said above, is pork considered chicken?

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: Ocguy31
A Bison burger is absolutely amazing.

people keep telling me its great. i want to get some steaks/burgers and try

 

[Leros]

They are both bovine, but still different. I bolded the differences.

Cow:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Bovinae
Genus: Bos
Species: B. taurus

Bison:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Bovinae
Genus: Bison
Species: Bison bonasus

 

[Bootprint]

If you define beef as bovine meat, then yes, bison is beef.

 

[Vehemence]

Originally posted by: Lola
I REALLY would like to try Bison... bet it would be good.

Me too. Bunch I haven't tried yet that I'd like to...Bison, duck, dog...

 

[yours truly]

its classed under bovine, so yes its beef, imo anyway

 

[darkxshade]

Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
People who "consider" bison to be beef are wrong.
Bison is Bison, not beef.

As Spidey said above, is pork considered chicken?

For some reason, I keep thinking the term beef refer to a type of meat/animal just as the term "poultry" refer to birds. I've never seen or had bison but it's cowish enough for me to think it's beef.

 

[kranky]

Originally posted by: Savij
For a hindu, yes. Also, if you've never eaten beef before, it will make you sick if you eat a full steak. You need to start with small portions and get your system used to it.

That's interesting - I never knew that.

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: TallBill
No, it's considered bison. Also very tasty.

 

[SphinxnihpS]

How about the obvious answer, since they don't have bison in India, I doubt any of the 10,000 religions hold the animal sacred.

Also, adhering to diet restrictions posed by any ancient religion just seems so stupid to me. We now have penicillin, and know that in the absence of Viagra, that there's no way Krishna had all those babes.

 

[SphinxnihpS]

PS I voted Yes in case Ganesha is watching this thread.

 

[Leros]

Originally posted by: SphinxnihpS
Also, adhering to diet restrictions posed by any ancient religion just seems so stupid to me.

Of my Hindu friends, 95% of them eat beef anyway and the other 5% are vegetarian.

 

[Savij]

Originally posted by: kranky

Originally posted by: Savij
For a hindu, yes. Also, if you've never eaten beef before, it will make you sick if you eat a full steak. You need to start with small portions and get your system used to it.

That's interesting - I never knew that.

Just about any food your body is not used to will do that. Your body will cut back on production of enzymes that it's not using to increase efficiency. Depending on what it is and how much, it can be a simple case of gas, or it can be a case of spraying some butt mud for a while.

 

[KeithTalent]

Bison = yum.

KT

 

[Lola]

Originally posted by: dNor

Originally posted by: Lola
I REALLY would like to try Bison... bet it would be good.

Me too. Bunch I haven't tried yet that I'd like to...Bison, duck, dog...

Uh....
well, I can say I LOVE duck, when it is done well. I love rabbit, again, if done well. Lamb is always great, so is veal, venison, quail... Don't want to try dog... EVER. Would like to try buffalo too.

 

[Vehemence]

Originally posted by: Lola

Originally posted by: dNor

Originally posted by: Lola
I REALLY would like to try Bison... bet it would be good.

Me too. Bunch I haven't tried yet that I'd like to...Bison, duck, dog...

Uh....
well, I can say I LOVE duck, when it is done well. I love rabbit, again, if done well. Lamb is always great, so is veal, venison, quail... Don't want to try dog... EVER. Would like to try buffalo too.

Yeah pretty much all those plus dog.

How's duck taste? "Like chicken" ?

 

[Lola]

Originally posted by: dNor

Originally posted by: Lola

Originally posted by: dNor

Originally posted by: Lola
I REALLY would like to try Bison... bet it would be good.

Me too. Bunch I haven't tried yet that I'd like to...Bison, duck, dog...

Uh....
well, I can say I LOVE duck, when it is done well. I love rabbit, again, if done well. Lamb is always great, so is veal, venison, quail... Don't want to try dog... EVER. Would like to try buffalo too.

Yeah pretty much all those plus dog.

How's duck taste? "Like chicken" ?

No... to me, it has a "richer" deeper flavor.

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: dNor

Originally posted by: Lola

Originally posted by: dNor

Originally posted by: Lola
I REALLY would like to try Bison... bet it would be good.

Me too. Bunch I haven't tried yet that I'd like to...Bison, duck, dog...

Uh....
well, I can say I LOVE duck, when it is done well. I love rabbit, again, if done well. Lamb is always great, so is veal, venison, quail... Don't want to try dog... EVER. Would like to try buffalo too.

Yeah pretty much all those plus dog.

How's duck taste? "Like chicken" ?

No, it's a little gamier, meatier, fattier, and much tastier. It's like steak crossed with chicken, so like sticken or something.

KT