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Playing With Food

Raising Sheep and Goats

By Fr. Ian Delinger
Published January 25, 2023 at 3:01 PM PST
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Goats in the sacrifice paddock
1 of 6  — PWF Goats 01
Goats in the sacrifice paddock
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Goats waiting for food
2 of 6  — PWF Goats 02
Goats waiting for food
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The ram enjoying a tussle with a small shelter
3 of 6  — PWF Goats 03
The ram enjoying a tussle with a small shelter
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The sheep in the neighbor's pasture
4 of 6  — PWF Goats 04
The sheep in the neighbor's pasture
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Lamb shoulder steak at the top; goat shoulder steak at the bottom
5 of 6  — PWF Goats 05
Lamb shoulder steak at the top; goat shoulder steak at the bottom
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Lamb Birria (left) and Goat Birria (right) in a taste comparison
6 of 6  — PWF Goats 06
Lamb Birria (left) and Goat Birria (right) in a taste comparison
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A Central Coast hobby farm is raising sheep and goats for high quality meat. Just south of Salinas, part way up a hill overlooking America’s Salad Bowl sits Turning Leaf Ranch. The Playing With Food Team was very interested in this small-scale animal husbandry and the flavors that result from it.

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Fr. Ian Delinger
Fr. Ian Delinger currently serves as Rector at St Stephen's Episcopal Church in San Luis Obispo. He was born on the Central Coast, and was raised in both rural western Nebraska and on the Central Coast. He studied Chemistry at Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri. Then, he moved to the Silicon Valley where he was as a project manager in a consulting firm which specializes in environmental, health and safety issues for the semiconductor manufacturing industry and other high technology industries, followed by a couple of stints in corporate events management and marketing.
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