I need some alligator meat by next Wednesday.Google hasn't been much help because it's shown mw a bunch of restaurants that serve it. I could have it shipped, but the minimum is 5 lbs and I don't need that much. I know where to get it at home in Topsail, but never looked into it around here...thanks!

10/28/2008 12:33:48 PM

Earp's seafood?

10/28/2008 12:52:29 PM

1. Call someone in Topsail, have them purchase.
2. Pack with dry ice, Fedex/UPS/USPS overnight
3. Profit

10/28/2008 1:50:49 PM

just get 5 lbs and freeze the rest.

10/28/2008 2:16:20 PM

I guess this is a little bit of a hijack, but still on the topic of less-than-normal meat, but does anyone know where you can buy bison in Raleigh? Don't say Ted's Montana Grill....I'd like some for home use

10/28/2008 7:30:05 PM

^Whole Foods

10/28/2008 7:31:33 PM

i get ground buffalo at Krogers.

10/28/2008 7:36:52 PM

yum gator meat!!

10/28/2008 7:38:49 PM

ht in cameron village has bison and rabbit; the only way i know to get alligator around here is to order it--although you could go to one of the restaurants and ask the manager to sell you a couple of lbs

[Edited on October 28, 2008 at 8:25 PM. Reason : &]

10/28/2008 8:24:37 PM

places like freshmarket will a lot of times order that type of stuff for you, if you haven't let it get too close.

10/28/2008 9:22:49 PM

I've ordered it from harris teeter before.

10/28/2008 9:54:35 PM

good to know, great, thanks! It's for my french class, so I didn't want to spend the extra money shipping a perishable item from home. I'll call HT and look into whole foods.

10/28/2008 10:01:43 PM

gator meat is good. Last time I had it was with a tasting dinner that included gator, ostrich, and wild boar. I wantedto say the gator was on kabobs.

10/28/2008 11:12:24 PM

Wild boar is tres tasty.

10/29/2008 2:45:40 AM

i used to work in the meat department at the fresh market in high school.

10/29/2008 7:58:04 AM

Um. . .you must've not tried very hard with Google.

http://www.google.com/products?hl=en&safe=off&q=alligator+meat&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=product_result_group&resnum=4&ct=title

10/29/2008 8:18:52 AM

lemme guess, tastes like chicken?

10/29/2008 1:46:45 PM

pretty much...just a little more tough and bitter imo

10/29/2008 1:47:11 PM

Go to KFC and get some popcorn chicken if you want to know what gator meat tastes like.

10/29/2008 3:59:08 PM

call up The Big Easy and see where they get theirs, it could work

10/29/2008 4:02:03 PM

^5x

No, I found plenty of ways to get it, just not in Raleigh. It's a time and cash sensitivei issue.

10/29/2008 6:22:13 PM

Capital Seafood @ 676 maywood ave (right off of centennial.) $8.99/1LB frozen package of gator.

For the buffalo, there's a little place inside the farmer's market shoppes, about 1/3 of the way up on the on the side closest to the far entrance/ice cream stand. the name escapes me, but i've had their goat before, pretty decent quality and selection.

[Edited on October 30, 2008 at 5:33 AM. Reason : .]

10/30/2008 5:30:54 AM