All this is preparation for an evening spent feasting on slow-roasted lamb or venison, accompanied by home-brewed nettle beer.

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We have the finest shellfish, salmon, game in terms of venison, and we also have the finest beef and lamb in the world.

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Adding to the incongruence, the shipment ban applies to beef, chicken, lamb, pork and goat, but not to some other meats, including alligator, quail, venison, bison, elk and rabbit--so the elk bratwurst Rick Reams has sold at the Milwaukee Brewers stadium could be shipped across state lines.

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