But they do consume goat. It's part of Latin American cuisine, and '"Lamb" (or goat on the islands) is the traditional Easter meat served throughout Greece' ( h

But they do consume goat. It's part of Latin American cuisine, and '"Lamb" (or goat on the islands) is the traditional Easter meat served throughout Greece' ( http://www.amb-grece.fr/grece/greek_orthodox_easter.htm http://www.amb-grece.fr/grece/greek_orthodox_easter.htm ). Why don't Americans eat much goat? According to http://modernfarmer.com/2013/09/goat-left-behind/ http://modernfarmer.com/2013/09/goat-left-behind/ : > “It’s not a flavor issue; it’s the word more than anything else,” he says. Perhaps calling it “Caribbean lamb” would increase sales. > Fairbanks guesses most folks simply have no experience with eating goat – or perhaps have had an unpleasant one eating curry cooked with older goat, which might have a gamey taste or tough texture. > Another hurdle for goat meat: Consumers don’t see it on menus. It's hard to say it's a Christian thing. Note that this isn't a new thing either. "Consumer Attitudes and Handling Practices of Retailers for Lamb, Mutton and Goat", Feb. 1959 has several things to say about it, mostly concluding it's a lack of experience. It has more to say about lamb/mutton than sheep. One of the curious observations is that military family consumption was very low compared to the average American family. Quoting from http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=txa.tarb087001;view=1up;seq=12 http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=txa.tarb087001;view=1u... : > Military officials attribute the dislike of military personnel for lamb to the fact that many troops spent several months or years in England and other heavy lamb and mutton-eating countries during World War II. The reasoning is that they were given so much lamb and mutton that many of them developed a psychological dislike for it.