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I suspect this is a long shot, but what the heck!

 

So, two separate families of relations have goats.  Small goats.  For their kids (human kind). 

 

And they want to train these goats to pull little carts.  And, knowing that Uncle Hardpan is a Leatherwork Merit Badge Counselor, have asked if I could make li'l harnesses for 'em.

 

Well... anyone have any clue on where to find a pattern for a goat harness?  :huh:  

 

 

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Look into dog harnesses maybe. Body size is similar.

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When I studied Mediterranean cookery, the prof told of driving into the desert with a guide, stopping at an oasis, and buying a goat. They drove back to their camp with said goat strapped to the roof, bleeding all the way, slaughtered it, dug a pit, heated coals, buried the goat carcass in sand, and cooked it in the Bedouin style.

 

He said it was tough.  I have to think the goat herders did not sell him a young virile goat.

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When I was a small boy I had the opportunity to see THE GOAT MAN going up US Hwy 129 in Georgia.......Was a sight to behold......Maybe you will see the harness in some of these pictures

 

https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/charles-mccartney-goat-man-1901-1998/

 

The Legendary Goat Man, Ches McCartney - The Moonlit Road.com

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17 hours ago, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said:

And, knowing that Uncle Hardpan is a Leatherwork Merit Badge Counselor

 

It just struck me  ....

 

If a Scout is stuck for a project this might be the ideal thing. 

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12 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said:

 

It just struck me  ....

 

If a Scout is stuck for a project this might be the ideal thing. 

 

You beat me to it.

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8 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said:

 

If it's tough you didn't cook it right. 

 to long on the grill.

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I thought this was gonna be about GOAT like Greatest Of All Time! I was gonna say ME!!!😂😂

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2 hours ago, Texas Jack Black said:

 to long on the grill.

 

26 minutes ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said:

If it was tough to begin with, the grill was the wrong place for it.

 

I was taught by an abuelita that you marinate,  braise, then grill goat.  Or marinate and then cook on a spit.   

 

Unless you cook it buried in a pit.

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So it looks like if ya don't harness them, you mays as well slap em on the grill.:lol:

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5 minutes ago, Eyesa Horg said:

So it looks like if ya don't harness them, you mays as well slap em on the grill.:lol:

If it’s reasonably tender. One time long long ago, the practice wife took some beef shin meat out of the freezer hand told me to grill it. You ought not grill stew beef.

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Thankee all for the input!  And @Subdeacon Joe, I think you hit the jackpot!!  :lol:

 

FWIW, I don't think I've ever eaten goat.  Lots of other critters, but not goat - and none of these guys are gonna be et anyway; they're little kid pets.  But, should the opportunity arise elsewhere, I'd not hesitate to sample it.  Mebbe stew, over rice.  Kinda like the Buffalo Stew at "Tommy's Joynt" in San Francisco, fifty years ago.  Doubt they still have it; wouldn't matter, I ain't goin' back there ever again anyway.  I hope!  :unsure:

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On 11/12/2024 at 5:36 AM, Eyesa Horg said:

Look into dog harnesses maybe. Body size is similar.

A pigme goat's body shape isn't close to any dog. 

 

On 11/14/2024 at 9:57 PM, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said:

Thankee all for the input!  And @Subdeacon Joe, I think you hit the jackpot!!  :lol:

 

FWIW, I don't think I've ever eaten goat.  Lots of other critters, but not goat - and none of these guys are gonna be et anyway; they're little kid pets.  But, should the opportunity arise elsewhere, I'd not hesitate to sample it.  Mebbe stew, over rice.  Kinda like the Buffalo Stew at "Tommy's Joynt" in San Francisco, fifty years ago.  Doubt they still have it; wouldn't matter, I ain't goin' back there ever again anyway.  I hope!  :unsure:

Living smack dab in the middle of CA you should be able to find a Mexican restaurant that serves birria.

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On 11/14/2024 at 9:57 PM, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said:

But, should the opportunity arise elsewhere, I'd not hesitate to sample it. 

 

I'm noticing that some Chinese and Nepali/Himalayan restaurants are offering goat dishes. 

 

2 hours ago, J.D. Daily said:

A pigme goat's body shape isn't close to any dog. 

 

But the size is similar.   Use a dog harness pattern and modify it. 

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