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BUSINESS, Page 65Business NotesCUISINEComing Soon: McOstrich?
Fanatically health-conscious Americans long ago deserted red
meat, but they may soon flock back, attracted by a new entry on
the menu: ground ostrich. Last month the Cuyama Buckhorn
restaurant, about 160 miles north of Los Angeles, started
serving ostrich burgers. Owner Ed Barredo charges the same for
ostrich as for beef hamburgers, $6.95, and says he is selling
about 25 pounds of ostrich a week.
The meat is dark, tasty and similar to beef but has
one-eighth the fat and 15% less cholesterol, with just as much
protein. Ostrich meat is lower in calories than even chicken and
turkey. America's 1,000 or so ostrich growers, who raise the
birds for their hides and feathers, are thrilled by the
potential of this new market. Says ostrich rancher Gary
Teixeria, who had the burger brainstorm and passed it on to
Barredo: "The public is just eating it up."