But "lightly gamey" doesn't sound very good to me.
I cooked a goose once out of curiosity. As another poster mentions it was very expensive. And, it wasn't very good. An $8 chicken beat it hands down.
If swans were really tasty they would have probably been commercially farmed a long time ago. So I have to believe they really don't.... taste very good. Queen of England aside, there are plenty of other countries that would have raised them commercially.
I have eaten quite a few gamey animals in my life (Gator, Yak, Goat, Bison, Kangaroo and Ostrich). The flavor is something that I find enjoyable. Probably because where I grew up, the beef didn't taste the way it does here. Also, $8 chicken is very different from a well cooked $40 goose.
Having said this as reasons why expense and gameyness are not a discouragement to some people. I would think that the lack of commercial farming is probably a startup idea in waiting. :)
Game is a taste not all people like, but this is not about individual preference. A lot of people eat game. Wild boar, wild duck, deer, and many other "gamey" meats are enjoyed in many countries. Why not swan? Especially if, as the quoted chef claims, it's only lightly gamey.
But "lightly gamey" doesn't sound very good to me.
I cooked a goose once out of curiosity. As another poster mentions it was very expensive. And, it wasn't very good. An $8 chicken beat it hands down.
If swans were really tasty they would have probably been commercially farmed a long time ago. So I have to believe they really don't.... taste very good. Queen of England aside, there are plenty of other countries that would have raised them commercially.