"Don't get me wrong, we love horses but there are more goats than anything else on the plains, except the grass. We keep herds of goats and they do nothing but eat. Got to keep them away from the tents, they will eat anything they can get their teeth onto. We can't eat the grass but the goats are the way we can turn it into food."— Tasiir of the People of the Horse
A Traditional Meal
Among the
Orth, goats are a common source of food. The milk is consumed or turned into a tough cheese and meat is cooked in a variety of ways. Among all of the though, the stomach of the goat is one of the most iconic dishes - competing with the boiled head. The stomach is emptied, filled with chopped meat and sometimes other ingredients then boiled. Preparing the stomach for use this way can be ties consuming as the inner lining has to be scraped off - usually with a knife - or it isn't safe to eat. It also has to be washed in hot water before the fillings are added.
Nothing Wasted
"There isn't much to sustain us on the plains but there is enough if we do not squander what we have."
The
Orth use every part of the goat. The horns are turned into art, the meat eaten, the bones carved, and they even use the contents of the stomach. Part of the process of making
sorat - grass alcohol - is adding the content's of a goat's stomach which helps break down the grass.
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