Savenor's exotic meats
2014-09-23 18:26I'd vaguely known of this Cambridge store, but found it mentioned when I was looking up kangaroo meat in the US. Checked it out today. In general it's a high end meat store (plus ice cream and vegan ice cream and fresh pasta and stuff), but the freezer does indeed have some exotics: bison, wild boar, duck sausage, rabbit, venison, elk, wagyu beef ($100/lb for a steak; cheaper for ground), alligator, iguana. Iguana, really? I did not notice any kangaroo.
Also a leg of jamon iberico (also $100/lb). I assume you can get that sliced, not spend thousands on one leg, though the employee I talked to was uncertain ("how do you even slice that? I should talk to the chef.")
I ended up getting some duck sausage, duck eggs ($6 for 4), and "cheddar bites" cheese curds, because I've liked cheese curds. They're decent, though I think Indiana's farmers markets had slightly better ones. Haven't had the duck stuff yet.
I doubt I'll be a regular visitor, but if you've had a hankering to try some iguana or something, now you know where to look. Prices for weird stuff tend to be $13-26/lb, I'd say, with some exceptions. (I think the iguana was $40/lb, but I'm not sure.)
Also a leg of jamon iberico (also $100/lb). I assume you can get that sliced, not spend thousands on one leg, though the employee I talked to was uncertain ("how do you even slice that? I should talk to the chef.")
I ended up getting some duck sausage, duck eggs ($6 for 4), and "cheddar bites" cheese curds, because I've liked cheese curds. They're decent, though I think Indiana's farmers markets had slightly better ones. Haven't had the duck stuff yet.
I doubt I'll be a regular visitor, but if you've had a hankering to try some iguana or something, now you know where to look. Prices for weird stuff tend to be $13-26/lb, I'd say, with some exceptions. (I think the iguana was $40/lb, but I'm not sure.)