Goat meat Texas has held its Annual World Championship BBQ Goat Cook-Off annually since 1973.Goat meat is savory and less sweet than beef but slightly sweeter than lamb. It can be prepared in a variety of ways, such as being stewed, curried, baked, grilled, barbecued, minced, canned, fried, or made into sausage. Goat jerky is also another popular variety. In Okinawa (Japan), goat meat is served raw in thin slices as "yagisashi". On the Indian subcontinent, the rice dish mutton "biryani" uses goat meat as a primary ingredient to produce a rich taste. "Curry goat" is a common traditional Indo-Caribbean dish. In
Culture of Kazakhstan of cuisine which blends traditional savoury Kazakh dishes with European fast food, such as "betinjantabs", proving very popular with younger generations. "Besbarmak", a dish consisting of boiled horse or lamb meat, is the most popular Kazakh dish. Besbarmak is usually eaten with a boiled pasta sheet, and a meat broth called "shorpa", and is traditionally served in Kazakh bowls called "kese". Other popular meat dishes are "kazy" (which is a horse meat sausage that only the wealthy could afford), "shuzhuk" (horse meat sausages), "kuyrdak" (also spelled "kuirdak", a dish made from roasted horse, sheep, or cow offal, such as heart,