Wild game meals?

[awsmith4]

Originally Posted by SvilleKid

Thumbs up! I usually parboil to tenderize, then bread and pan fry, then make gravy with the drippings. That's a breakfast better than sausage, IMO!

Squirrel dumplings is also a favorite for lunch or supper. And, inclusion in a wild game stem adds a decided sweetness to the stew.

My grandfather used to put squirrel in the Brunswick stew he would make. I have the recipe and have made it many times substituting chicken, quail, venison etc. but it has never tasted quite the same.

[jjirons69]

A favorite of my uncles was a pileau (pronouced per' low around here) of duck breast, squirrel, and chicken with sausage and onion in a large cast iron pot. It would feed 2 dozen people, easily. You always ate it with slices of white bread and sweet tea. It was either that, or you didn't eat. That was 30 years ago. Sure do miss those times sometimes. A lot simpler back then.

Right now I have half a dozen packs of venison sausage in my freezer. It's hot and is so freakin' good. The little bit of fat comes from added pork fat and the spice is right up there. My wife thinks it's too hot. That's fine with me.

I do want to try some frog legs some day and probably will go down the alligator road, too. That's probably as far into the wilderness as I want to go. Bear...it has to be gamey. Snake...don't think I can.

[SvilleKid]

Originally Posted by jjirons69

I do want to try some frog legs some day and probably will go down the alligator road, too. That's probably as far into the wilderness as I want to go. Bear...it has to be gamey. Snake...don't think I can.

Been there, done all of that, except for the bear. I understand it is very greasy. Several years ago, I was an assistant cook at a wild game dinner as a fund raiser (for my church). The main cook was the main outdoor writer for the state's largest newspaper, and an acknowledged hunter and chef of all things wild (several cookbooks published). We had about a dozen or so wild edibles I'd never had before. I have to say that of them all, the Caribou was TOPS. It was OMG good! And there was three 1-pound packages unused that Mike let me have to take home. I would take Caribou over just about any wild game I've ever had!

I've had gator several times, not really impressed, always been tough. Duck.... take it or leave it. Greasy, and muddy. Never had goose, betting its about the same as wild duck. Haven't had frog legs in better than 10 years. It's a cliche, but it's true, nonetheless. They taste like chicken. Had rattlesnake at a snake round-up one time, decades ago. Don't remember that much now. Seem to remember it was ok, but bony. I'd try it again, without hesitation. Quail and dove used to be regular menu iems, but my pointer dies 15 years ago, and I never got a new one. I gradually stopped hunting quail, and haven't been on a good dove shoot in 5 years. But, I put at least a dozen squirrel in mine and my mom's freezers each year, many shot from my front porch from walnut trees (I live in a semi-rural area, and have a safe backstop to the dispatch area!).

[jjirons69]

Originally Posted by awsmith4

My grandfather used to put squirrel in the Brunswick stew he would make. I have the recipe and have made it many times substituting chicken, quail, venison etc. but it has never tasted quite the same.

Albert, you make it to the lake herf and we'll go squirrel hunting and grill up "tree chicken". That'll be after a day's drinking. too!

[awsmith4]

Originally Posted by jjirons69

Albert, you make it to the lake herf and we'll go squirrel hunting and grill up "tree chicken". That'll be after a day's drinking. too!