I sometimes get in the mood for variety. It is hard for me, because with my Crohn's disease, I really do best with just mutton and goat. So sometimes when I feel like branching out, I will have dairy, and it is not good for my digestion. Or pork, poultry, or eggs, all of which are too high in omega 6s and bad for health and immunity.
Sometimes I have branched out to try exotic meats, like alligator or kangaroo. They are good, but very lean. Similarly, organ meats are fun for variety, such as liver, kidney, or testes, but they are all too lean as well.
There are a few organ meats which are fatty enough for ketosis: sweetbreads (pancreas and thymus) and brain. I enjoy beef sweetbreads very much. I discovered that they can be slow cooked in the crock pot, and are great that way. I have had pork brains only once, just fried in a skillet. Lamb, kid, or veal brains are supposed to be safe from mad cow disease, too, and would be healthier than pork.
I love beef and lamb tendon, and aspic too, but again, they are way too lean.
What I think I might do is make paté and rillettes. I can grind my own meat with a sharp knife, and make a simple paté by mixing in reserved mutton fat and refrigerating. Or shred the meat, instead, for rillette. That might be a nice change of pace! This shows how to make ground meat with just a knife:
https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-grind-meat-without-a-grinder/
I have fish sometimes, but only a few fish are both fatty enough and low in mercury: Atlantic mackerel and Pacific herring.
I am always on the lookout for new options, but it is hard. Most foods are too lean, or include dairy. Plus living in the Midwest USA, some options are limited. It certainly is difficult to get good fatty fish here. But I will keep looking! I need to have more options rather than resorting to dairy, pork, or poultry!
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