Oh, you dog - I can only get there about once a month and I always miss the good stuff. I've been looking for pancreas for forever!
All of it is good. The goat meat tends to be bony, or at least when I get it, it is. They label all digestive parts as "tripas" - when in fact sometimes it's intestine rather than stomach (as in the beef tripe you have there). It is all washed and bleached if needed, so as far as the classic benefits of "Green" tripe - nada. But it's still good cartilage and protein. Cartilage provides GAGs (glycosaminoglycans) a precursor of chondroitin. I feed it to my oldsters in raw form whenever possible.
Pigs feet are quite bony but also full of good cartilage and some skin, which provides selenium (small amounts, since most pigs are raised too fast in confinement to uptake significant mineral amounts). For a real hoot, get those whole cow feet - they always have them split frozen. Super cheap and hours of fun for my gang. Bugsy will take at least five or ten minutes with them, but again, similar benies to the pigs feet.
I try to incorporate about 20% goat into Ben's diet, because it is raised on grass for the most part and locally grown. It can be pricey but I watch for sales and stock up.
Happy sale watching! Their flyer is online - just google Compare foods.
ETA: For some reason the first pic did not load the first time. That is the reticulum, which is tripe in the sense we know it, but it is bleached. Same as I said above applies to it. It is largely protein.
Becca Shouse
Maggie and Zhi (queen bees), Ben, Gus, Cord, Rocky, Ted (BCs), Lu and Tully (Maremma flock guardians)
Irena Farm, Semora, NC
