why do dishes made from goat or duck typically include bones?

Question

Is this related to their biology? Primarily cultural (like the kinds of dishes)? Something else?

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Answer 1

It’s a cultural thing involving flavor. Non-vegetarian Indian food often includes goat curry or goat biriyani, called Mutton Curry or Mutton Biriyani, that usually includes some of the bones. Cooking the food with the bones releases flavor and some fat from the bones into the surrounding food. People throw away the bones before serving or eating because the flavor has already released. Restaurants may serve the bones to prove the food includes the flavor from them.

It’s similar to how Tonkotsu ramen broth, which is rich and fatty, is made by boiling pig bones for a long time. The flavor and fat gets released into the soup while cooking, and then they’re discarded.