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[AnathemicOne]

So here's a question for GAF, what is moose meat called?

 

[RatskyWatsky]

Venison.

 

[Frecklestein]

Meeat

 

[SmackDaddy]

Solid ambrosia

 

[ScottSullivan]

I actually live in Alaska and I don't even know this?

I do know that Moose Burgers can be delicious of cooked well. If cooked poorly they are tough and ugh

 

[xxracerxx]

Venison, but seriously...you couldn't just Google this?

 

[Soyongdori]

Moose

 

[Log4Girlz]

Moot

 

[davepoobond]

mooselumps

 

[SolVanderlyn]

Meeat

^

Moot

Actually I change my mind, this is more accurate

 

[Twilight Gap]

#NotAllMoose

 

[Screaming Meat]

Screaming

 

[Grizzlyjin]

Venison was the first thing to pop in my head. I think the term covers a lot of different animal meats.

 

[Ape]

whats a female moose called

also, is the plural for moose meese

 

[Joyful]

its called moose meat

source: I live in alaska

 

[Frecklestein]

whats a female moose called

also, is the plural for moose meese

female moose is a mooselle

 

[BorkBork]

I feel like venison is reserved for deer and elk, and even though moose is a type of deer, it gets its own category.

 

[davepoobond]

whats a female moose called

also, is the plural for moose meese

plural for moose is "moose"

 

[Chris R]

Moose

It isn't very good imo

 

[Sadsic]

at camp caprice price price we dont say mooses we say meese

 

[Ape]

I feel like venison is reserved for deer and elk, and even though moose is a type of deer, it gets its own category.

how do we know that deer isn't a type of moose

 

[zerotol]

I feel like venison is reserved for deer and elk, and even though moose is a type of deer, it gets its own category.

Ive always associated the term with deer.

 

[SolVanderlyn]

how do we know that deer isn't a type of moose

the twist

 

[davepoobond]

how do we know that deer isn't a type of moose

evolution.

 

[Twilight Gap]

how do we know that deer isn't a type of moose

how do we know that moose and deer are real

 

[Brakke]

There are no moose in France. Therefore there is no word for this in English. You gotta fall back on the catchall "venison".

 

[Brakke]

I feel like venison is reserved for deer and elk, and even though moose is a type of deer, it gets its own category.

In fact, the animal North Americans name "moose" is named "elk" by Europeans. North Americans name a different animal "elk".

"Deer" is not "its own category". "Deer" is the category itself: family Cervidae.

 

[StaffyManasse]

Delicious.

 

[AnathemicOne]

Venison, but seriously...you couldn't just Google this?

No I did, it's that's I don't really associate venison with moose, as many people here agree with as well.

 

[DiscoJer]

There are no moose in France. Therefore there is no word for this in English. You gotta fall back on the catchall "venison".

Yeah, most English names for meat comes from Norman French while the animal names themselves come from old English.

http://historybuff.com/the-norman-invasion-of-england-changed-our-entire-food-vocabulary/

Anglo-Saxon origin words Old French origin words
Cow (Old English C&#363 Beef (Anglo-Norman Beof; Old French Boef)
Calf (Old English Cealf) Veal (Anglo-Norman Vel; Old French Veel, Veal)
Swine (Old English Swīn), or
Pig (Old English Picga) Pork (Old French Porc)
Sheep (Old English Scēap) Mutton (Old French Moton)
Hen (Old English Hen, Henn) / Chicken (Old English Cicen) Poultry (Old French Pouletrie)
Deer (Old English Dēor) Venison (Old Norman Venesoun)
Snail (Old English Snægl) Escargot (Old Norman Escargot)
Dove (Old English Dūfe) Pigeon (Old French Pijon)

 

[BorkBork]

In fact, the animal North Americans name "moose" is named "elk" by Europeans. North Americans name a different animal "elk".

"Deer" is not "its own category". "Deer" is the category itself: family Cervidae.

Yes I know all this. The category comment was to emphasize that I saw venison differently than moose meat.

 

[Clydefrog]

Meeat

If it isn't this, it should be.

 

[Fuzzery]

Meese

 

[xxracerxx]

No I did, it's that's I don't really associate venison with moose, as many people here agree with as well.

Well people are dumb, the moose is the largest animal in the deer family. It has nothing to do with what people associate the meat with, it is venison.

 

[Unmasked Ferret]

Jared Padeleckie, according to some people.

It's not just venison?

 

[zerotol]

No I did, it's that's I don't really associate venison with moose, as many people here agree with as well.

I'm only going by what I heard first hand. When I was a kid, my father and a few of my relatives would go hunting and I just recall them referring to deer as venison all the time. So thats just what I always assumed it to be.

 

[SolVanderlyn]

Venimoose

 

[andthebeatgoeson]

Screaming

That's before they die. He wants to know what it's called afterwards.

 

[Bare Grills]

Moomeat

 

[Premium Quality]

It was called "moose meat" while I was up in Alaska. I ate it in Manicotti. It was soo good.

 

[Liljagare]

Delicious!

And, I still have 1/2 in the freezer..

 

[Doomshroom]

Älgkött

 

[Jesus Carbomb]

Bullswinkles

 

[theusedversion]

I've got a moose knuckle if you want to try it, OP.

 

[Ape]

After some extensive Internet research I've hit a wall.

I can't tell the difference between a caribou and an elk, or a caribou and a deer, however I can tell the difference between a deer and an elk.

This is mind fucking me

 

[Brakke]

Yes I know all this. The category comment was to emphasize that I saw venison differently than moose meat.

But why do you see that?

 

[Amalthea]

Mork.

 

[Luigiv]

I assume it's just moose.

The only reason the meat cows, pigs and sheep are called beef, pork and mutton is because English nobles of the middle ages (the people who could actually afford to eat meat in those days) spoke in French. Hence the meats are named after the French names of the animals (boeuf, porc, mouton) whilst the names of the actual animals come from their old/middle English roots (which is what the farmers spoke).

So since I doubt Moose was on in the menus in England during that era, I wouldn't expect the meat to have a different name.

Edit: Beaten.

 

[sc0la]

Moof

 

[sixteen-bit]

#NotAllMoose

what do you have against tall moose?