Goat meat is the meat of the domestic goat. The common name for goat meat is simply "goat meat", while meat from young goats can be called "kid meat", capretto (Italian), and cabrito. In South Asian cuisine, mutton refers to goat meat.
Raw goat chops in an apricot glaze about to be cooked
Roasted kid
A tajine of goat meat
The goat or domestic goat is a species of domesticated goat-antelope that is mostly kept as livestock. It was domesticated from the bezoar ibex of Southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the family Bovidae, meaning it is closely related to the sheep. There are over 300 distinct breeds of goat. It is one of the oldest domesticated species of animal - according to archaeological evidence its earliest domestication occurred in Iran at 10,000 calibrated calendar years ago.
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Goat-herding in Spain.
Goats in Ağrı Mountain, Turkey.
Horn cores from the Neolithic village of Atlit Yam