Got game? Exotic meats gain popularity with cooks

What’s for dinner tonight?

Thanks to the wildly popular television cooking shows and chef cook-offs where wild game and exotic meats are common ingredients, the average home cook is becoming more experimental.

The result? It’s no longer just the cook who doubles as a hunter – or at least who’s on good terms with a hunter – enjoying venison stew, elk steaks or bison burgers.

But again, thanks to those cooking shows, it goes further than that. Kangaroo, ostrich, alligator, sea turtle and frog legs are ending up on menus near and far as well. If you can’t find it at your…