So this is a bit of a personal peeve of mine, so please don’t take it as an attack or argumentative, I’m just offering a perspective.
Generally speaking, gamey is a misnomer. Unless, if by gamey you mean “doesn’t taste like domesticated beef”, in which case you’re right on, but gamey itself isn’t a flavor.
Every meat has its own distinct flavor and calling something gamey just indicates that it’s not culturally normal for you.
I’d say what I think of as ‘gamey’ applies pretty equally to elk, deer, rabbit and squirrel (at various strengths), all of which I have eaten more than once. So I’m not sure that’s true.
So this is a bit of a personal peeve of mine, so please don’t take it as an attack or argumentative, I’m just offering a perspective.
Generally speaking, gamey is a misnomer. Unless, if by gamey you mean “doesn’t taste like domesticated beef”, in which case you’re right on, but gamey itself isn’t a flavor.
Every meat has its own distinct flavor and calling something gamey just indicates that it’s not culturally normal for you.
I’d say what I think of as ‘gamey’ applies pretty equally to elk, deer, rabbit and squirrel (at various strengths), all of which I have eaten more than once. So I’m not sure that’s true.