Thread: Bison / Buffalo meats

I've only eaten it at resturants. Bison fajitas ROCK!!

i eat bison atleast 3-4 time a week. the stuff is awesome

How does it taste compared to BEEF.......

Fat Calories Cholesterol
Buffalo 2.42 gm 143 82 mg
Beef 9.28 gm 211 86 mg
Chicken 7.41 gm 190 89 mg
Ostrich 2.80 gm 140 83 mg

and.............Type of Fat Beef Bison
Saturated 46.3% 43.4%
Polyunsaturated 8.2% 11.7%
Monounsaturated 45.5% 45.1%
Total Unsaturated 53.7% 56.8%


In summary: Ounce for ounce bison has only about 1/4 of the fat beef has, and is more unsaturated than beef.

The Formula for Healthy Eating:
Let's try the formula on beef and bison to see how they fit into the cholesterol diet guidelines.

Beef Bison
Grams of Fat: 13.1 * 9= 117.90 2.42 * 9= 21.78
Divide by Calories 117.90/ 222 21.78/ 143
Equals: .53 * 100= 53% .15 * 100= 15%

By this formula, beef is OUT and bison is IN.

Damit Tank........what about the taste. You already sold me on the benifits...

Well,Dr IMPC,it does not taste like chicken,which would be the expected answer.
I've had Buffalo burgers on numerous occasions,I found it to be pretty close to beef(taste wise) but with a taste of it's own.shrug:
Hmmm,hard to describe a taste... :

Originally posted by Dero
Well,Dr IMPC,hard to describe a taste... :

he he......that's what my wife said.

It tastes like BUFFALO!!!!
You have to try it to see.

I've only had it once, and I remember it was damn good. Tasted similar to beef.

Originally posted by IPMC
Damit Tank........what about the taste. You already sold me on the benifits...

i think its better then beef. the freezer is filled with that, beef and elk. along with other wild game/fish. my dad and i are going to [hopefully]buy several head of buffalo next year instead of raising beef. we have all the fencing up already.

They had bison meats out for sample at Costco. I'm not sure if it's a regular product or if it was one of those promotional things. It tasted okay, I'd say close to like any other steaks. I'll have to add this to my meals, just for a little variety....