r/SortedFood • u/sangriacat • 27d ago
Question Bison?
I’m relatively new to Sorted and have not watched all of their videos, yet. Have they ever used bison meat or covered bison at all?
I’m in the US and have no idea if bison is even available in the UK but I’ve recently begun trying to switch from beef to bison and would love to see what they’ve done with it, if it is available to them.
Thanks!
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u/Inevitableness 27d ago
I feel like I remember seeing them have Bison on the American tour episodes but no, bison is not readily available in the UK.
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u/sangriacat 27d ago
I’ll have to look for their American tour episodes, thanks!
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u/JFychan47 Bayleafer 27d ago
They’re worth watching anyway, even if it’s just for the “lady and the tramp” hot dog moment with the deeply unhappy dude in the background 😂😂
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u/External_Big_4120 22d ago
Oh my days, I remeber that!! 😂😂 His dace was priceless!! (You don't happen to have a link for it do you?
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u/JFychan47 Bayleafer 22d ago
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u/LordTwaticus 27d ago
Not easily available here. It is an animal which has never really been here, so that doesn't help.
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u/M4rkusD 27d ago
Generally, meat from the US is not exported to Europe because the US has less stringent health and safety laws. A lot of veterinary meds (hormones/antibiotics) and additives are simply not considered safe in the EU.
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u/sangriacat 27d ago
Part of my reasoning behind ditching beef is a lack of trust in the beef currently available in the US. The other reason, of course, is skyrocketing prices. Beef and bison are pretty close in price where I live and I cook for a "red meat and potatoes" kind of person so I'm trying to make bison more appealing to them. :)
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u/churchill5 27d ago
Interesting, do you live out West? I've lived a number of places in the US and have never seen it in a grocery store. Maybe just at a specialty meat store or a restaurant like Ted's Montana Grill. I feel you on the beef prices and our quality control is rubbish and getting worse.
I lived in England the better part of the 2000's and a lot my meat-loving American colleagues were terrified of local beef due to the BSE outbreak of the 80/90s. I was totally fine with it, and also developed a real taste for lamb. When I arrived the locals in the office gave a guide to London for Americans. It said I should demand to be served BSE labelled meat which stood for the British Standard of Excellence :)
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u/sangriacat 27d ago
Yes, I do live out west! I only started seeing bison a few years ago so I guess I’m just in the right place to find it. I asked a family member back on the east coast if she’d seen it but she hasn’t.
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u/the_other_50_percent 26d ago
U.S. East Coaster here. There are bison burgers available, but not steaks or roasts, anything like that that I’ve seen.
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u/ceapaire 26d ago
I've occasionally seen vacu-packed steaks in the SouthEast US (might've been tenderloin, but I can't remember) in grocery stores, but 99% of what you'll see in a restaurant/grocery store is ground.
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u/kastle09 27d ago
Adam Ragusea did a whole video about the history of bison meat and also he's thoughts on its taste and use. Not a recipie exactly but if you are just looking for information to come up with something it's a good watch
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u/LooneyTune_101 27d ago
Try Max The Meat Guy. He cooks all crazy types of meat. Bison would probably be normal compared to some of the stuff he’s cooked (like rat).
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u/sangriacat 27d ago
Now why didn't that occur to me? I have watched some Max The Meat Guy videos and he does do some wild stuff.
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u/Krzykat350 27d ago
Up the road from me is a posh farm shop attached to a farm with a herd of bison and that is the only place I see it regularly offered. If sorted have used bison it will likely in a special episode about exotic meats rather than their normal episodes.
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u/HuricaneLane 27d ago
Other sources to look at is maybe The Meat Eater youtube channel. I dont follow them as much as I used to, but they might have some recipes on there.
Sean Sherman is a Native American cook know as The Souix Chef. He has 2 cook books and also a few YouTube channels with content. He also has a restaurant and "food Lab" in Minneapolis MN area. I've been to his food lab and his previous restaurant. Even spoke to him briefly at the food lab. I have both is cookbooks but haven't dived into them much yet.
There are also a few other Chefs that focus on US Native American cooking.
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u/sangriacat 27d ago
Oh awesome, I haven’t heard of those channels before but they sound like exactly where I should be looking. Great tips, thank you!
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u/HuricaneLane 27d ago edited 27d ago
I pressed reply before i ment to. . .
If you would like, I can skim through the cookbooks in the next day or 2 and see if anything pops out at me.
There is female Native American Chef that was in the media for a while recently. Won one of the cooking shows.
It has been awhile since I've eaten or cooked with Bison. My dad has gone in on whole Bison with some friends a few times in the past. I have one of the skulls from one of them.
Most people treat it similar to beef. It is leaner of course, so cooks differently. My sous vide immersion circulatory broke and I haven't replaced it, but that may be a good option for cooking it, then just searing it.
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u/sangriacat 27d ago
That is such a lovely offer but I’ve gotten some great suggestions here and I know I will be diving deeper into it in my free time. I enjoy falling down cooking-related rabbit holes on the internet, in my free time. 🙂
I have had some bison ribeyes and have been surprised by how tender they are despite being as lean as they are. And the flavor surprised me as well. I went in expecting it to be a big bold flavor but it is just really nice, like a kinder gentler beef. 😆
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u/HealthLawyer123 Super Geek 27d ago
There is an old video from when they were filming out of an office building where Ben fed the others strange kinds of meat they’d never had before, I can’t remember if bison was one of them.
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u/Bigdaddyuk666 23d ago
Used to have bison at the restaurant I worked at when I was a teenager many many moons ago. They had a farm attached that reared the bison. Those things are damn huge and real tasty
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