Urban Myth

At last night's Dinner an Urban Myth started by the New York Times, that goat is the world's most popular meat was repeated. Good idea but sadly not true and not supported by the statistics of the Food and Agriculture Organization, which say:-

"The most common sources of meat are domesticated animal species such as cattle, pigs and poultry and to a lesser extent buffaloes, sheep and goats. In some regions other animal species such as camels, yaks, horses, ostriches and game animals are also eaten as meat. To a limited extent, meat is also derived from exotic animals such as crocodiles, snakes and lizards...
Pork is the most widely eaten meat in the world accounting for over 36% of the world meat intake. It is followed by poultry and beef with about 33% and 24% respectively. [ovine (sheep & goats) are 5%]."

A source for the NYT article may have been Raising Meat Goats for Profit by Gail Bowman, Bowman Communication Press. The author also claims that "70 percent of the world’s population eats goat meat" You can find these numbers repeated all over the place, attributed and not attributed.

The picture with this post relates to my favourite urban myth. If you have not heard the story, check it out .

http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blgorsky.htm