I was just reading about pintades on Widipédia. France is apparently Europe's biggest producer of Guineafowl (as Wikipedia spells the word). It might be the world's biggest commercial producer of pintades. I was interested to see that there's no mention of the food qualities of pintades in French Wikipédia. But here's is a paragraph on English-language Wikipedia about the characteristics of Guineafowl meat that reads:
Guineafowl meat is moist, firmer and leaner than chicken meat and has a slight gamey flavour. It has marginally more protein than chicken or turkey, roughly half the fat of chicken and slightly less food energy per gram. Their eggs are substantially richer than those of chickens.
Very nice photo of that plate of food, Ken. Yumm! I am curious what the pintade tastes like, but I'll probably never know. I know that you like dark meat... does Walt like the white meat of the pintade?
ReplyDeleteJudy, I just learned that there's a company in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, that sells and delivers Guinea fowl. And on that company's web site there's a map showing where there are stores that sell the NC companies products, including one in St. Louis. It's call Bolyards Meats and Provisions. Here are two links:
Deletehttps://joyce-farms.com/
https://bolyardsmeat.com/
Diogenes, you might be interested to. Mind you, these products are not inexpensive, but they sound good. The Guinea fowl are a French variety. My grandfather's sister, my aunt Annie Ray, raised Guinea fowl on her farm just south of Charlotte, and just across the NC and SC state line, back in the day. I don't know if she cooked and ate them, but I do remember her going out and picking up their eggs.
Ken you got me curious about this. There is a farm in California called D'Artagnan that will ship guinea fowl. They say they are "Heritage-breed birds derived from French lineage." And $50 each, so about the price of a big turkey.
DeleteI don't know that I've ever seen pintade on a menu la bas. Interesting about the eggs - so those must taste different as well.
ReplyDeleteSee my comment to Judy, above.
DeleteI am curious why Pintades have not been grown in the USA? I think I will look forward to trying them when I am in France.
ReplyDeleteMary, see my comment to Judy and to Diogenes above.
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