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Game Birds: Aleksandra Sagan and Meat Consumption

game birds: He divvies it up into chops and other cuts, selling it to adventurous eaters who wander into the Kensington Market store, according to Toronto Star. While more familiar meats like beef and pork account for up to 90 per cent of sales at Sanagan Meat Locker, the remainder comes from people seeking so-called exotic meats like wild boar. By Aleksandra Sagan The Canadian Press Tues., Sept. 13, 2016 Once a week Peter Sanagan brings a whole wild boar carcass to his Toronto butcher shop. Game birds are popular, too. Though exotic meat consumption is not well tracked, demand for it appears to be rising and some industry insiders and watchers say that likely to continue as foodie culture grows. When in season, we'll have things . . . like pheasants and partridges and squabs, wild turkey, Sanagan says. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.