Merriam Webster says 'Pronghorn' are also 'Pronghorn Antelope' . . .

Rich Muth Wrote:
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> . . .
> 3. There are NO antelope in North America
> (there are however - Pronghorn)!
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> Picky, picky, picky me!!  

Rich Murray Wrote:
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> AKA "prairie goats" and with the right chef,
> mighty tasty.


Rich & Rich -

As Roosso (muy) Loco noted a year or two ago, per Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition (1999)  "pronghorn : a ruminate animal (Antelocapra americana) of treeless parts of western No. America that resembles an antelope — called also pronghorn antelope".  Since the scientific name of the critturs - 'Antilocapra' - is a combination of the Latin words for 'Antelope' and 'Goat', not 'Prairie' and 'Goat', IMHO neither of you is entirely correct.    

In any event I presume that grilled 'prairie goat' tastes better than grilled 'prairie dog', but will leave it up to the two of you to perform the appropriate comparison and report the results here on the NGDF.   (SFAIK, indulging in limited quantities of either K.B. Hall's Old #500 Industrial Strength Red Table Wine or GRAMPS Chromo Crude Triple Chocolate Stout in conjunction with these tests is not prohibited by law.)    

- Sincerely, Willie  (Wm. Claude Johnson-Barr III, Esq.)  
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/23/2016 04:22PM by Johnson Barr.