I like ground meats, but I prefer food made from the whole meat. This smoked elk pastrami is an excellent way to use the tough meat from the shoulder and create food you can take to work or on your next hunt on a sandwich.
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Dove Hunting: Tips, Tricks, and Recipes
Whether you’re hitting the fields for dove season right now or trying to decide if you want to add a hunting season to your whitetail habit, we’re here to help.
Simple Gourmet: Fried Elk Heart
My kids love heart, and they talk about eating it all year. It’s too bad elk (or deer, or bears) only have one. Fried elk heart is a great way to enjoy it.
Simple Gourmet: Venison Sausage French Toast Bake
Venison sausage, fluffy eggs, and toasty bread: It’s a match made in heaven. My kids eat this up, and my wife loves it, too.
Simple Gourmet: Canning Smoked Trout
When you bring home a bunch of fish, canning smoked trout is a great storage option.
Simple Gourmet: Morel Mushrooms & Bear Backstrap
I don’t love cooked mushrooms. Having said that, I love cooked morels. I’ll show you how I drizzle morel mushrooms over bear backstraps. Morels make you look like a great cook.
Recipe – Simple Gourmet: Spiced Braised Marmot (Or Other Small Game)
This spiced vinegar marinade will tenderize small game. After braising, even Rock Chucks are a tasty meat.
Simple Gourmet: Deer Sausage Scotch Eggs
Scotch eggs are like a complete breakfast in a compact bundle. They are pub food in Britain, but I could eat them for any meal — serve them mustard, ranch sauce, or maybe maple syrup at breakfast. The best part is that they are simple to make and they put your wild game sausage to good use.
Simple Gourmet: Szechuan-Style Noodles with Bear
The GunsAmerica team had a dish like this at SHOT: It was delicious. The soup broth is full of flavor from several spices, and the braised meat is tender and tasty. We had it with beef, which was mostly fat, and the whole time I was dreaming of eating it with bear meat.
Simple Gourmet: Badger Potstickers & A Fun Hunt
I know what you’re thinking: “Badger Potstickers?!” But don’t worry, they’re easy to make. The hard part is hunting the badger.