Speaking of meat...

#1 Dad's Chicken-fried Elk backstrap The best chicken-fried steak anywhere, and I've been all over this state (Texas) lookin' for somethin' even close.

Venison backstrap aged at least 2 weeks, cut into 2" steaks, marinade (that's secret) overnite, grill to medium rare over MESQUITE. Truly Awesome, I won't even touch a ribeye if there's backstrap in the freezer. We're all out now, soooo Come on Deer Season

Dove
filet breast from bone, put jalepeno slice between two breast filet, wrap in bacon, grill over mesquite, apply bbq sauce

Cuurently searching for good recipes for wild turkey (bird, not whiskey)
 
FWIW:

Raw
Barely cooked
Rare
Medium Rare
Medium (OK, I'll eat it if I'm really hungry!)
Medium well (Feed it to the dog!)
Well (FITTD)
Burn't (Use it as a chisel or hammer)


Regards,

Albin
 
About the only ones I can add to this discussion that I haven't seen here yet are:
chicken-fried Axis deer- good!
javelina shoulder or ham- pressure cooked for about 25-30 minutes, then smoked over mesquite coals for about 4 hours with plenty of sauce. Not too bad if you can stand to dress and clean the critters.
aoudad- pretty rank, but they say the young ones are good. I almost couldn't stand the smell of it cooking, and the taste was very nasty. You're reading a post here from a hefty boy that'll eat just about anything, from boudain to sushi so take my word for it.
 
Ckurts--

Gotta 2nd on the javelina being kinda nasty to clean. My wife (back when she was just my girlfriend) could not believe I could actually bring myself to eat the green chile stew I made with the two I pistoled with her; she'd never seen an animal field dressed, so it made an even worse impact on her. Gotta say, they were about nasty to clean. Tasted good, though!
 
Yes, and when I serve spotted owl to my dinner guests, I always precede with an hor d'ourve plate of deep-fried snail darters.

[In case you didn't know, snail darters are tiny little minnow-like fishies that are protected by the federal endangered species law as well. A huge dam construction project was halted (I forget where) because a few snail darters lived in the waters below.]

[This message has been edited by Futo Inu (edited August 13, 1999).]
 
Hi Futo,

It was on the Little Tennessee river in the late 70's. As a native, wish the darter had won that one. Lots of folks thrown off their ancestral land and a perfectly good river was turned into a worthless dam.

TVA is a prime example of how a Federal bureaucracy acheives a state of being beyond it's design.

You had to be there to understand. Knoxville had eight or nine wonderful lakes within 30 minutes drive and two in the city limits.

Giz

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"Hear the voices in my head, swear to God it sounds like
they're snoring." -Harvey Danger, "Flagpole Sitta"
 
alligator tail (fresh road kill, :) :) hell I'm from Georgia)
whitetail deer
wild turkey
bobwhite quail
wild porkers

You cook it and I'll eat it at least once after I see you do so :)

I need to kill some pigeons. Ain't tried any feathered rats.

I've been thinking about some armadilloes. Heard you can catch leprosy though.

I've got some beaver recipes, been thinking about that.



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Byron Quick
 
I'm late in replying to this, but I've been at the farm being sure my deer are fat for this upcoming rifle opener. :)

Cubed deer meat (southerners don't say, "venison" ;)) marinated in Italian dressing, lightly dusted with flour, salt and peppered to taste, fried in butter, until the juices turn a light pink--then pull it. Serve it up with some mashed taters, gravy, cathead biscuits, and sweet tea.

That's my favorite meal...

Other meats

Squirrel
Rabbit
Turtle
Froglegs
Gator Tail

I didn't see anyone add fish meat to their list so here's mine, in order from favorite to least favorite.

Freshwater...
Trout
Catfish (frying size - about a pound a piece)
Crappie NOT "crop"pie ;o)
Bass
Bream

Saltwater...
I've tried shark, snapper, grouper, sea bass, sea trout, flounder, cod, and a variety of others, but not enough to reach a conclusion on...


Feathers...
Chicken..... my favorite so far.
Quail
Turkey
Emu

I need to broaden my horizons on our feathered friends.

By the way, y'all can have my share of the "Menudo" of both varieties!



[This message has been edited by The Mohican Sneak (edited September 27, 1999).]
 
Hell I've been known to eat anything...

1. Elk tenderloin
2. Pronghorn chops
3. Muledeer Sirloin
4. Antelope Liver ( a guilty pleasure)
5. Fried Squirrel
6. Turtle soup
7. Quail

BTW "winged rats" are called "squab" in europe and I've never tried possum but i hear its edible, and the Olny fish i can think of thats necessary to SHOOT to getin the boat is a shark...

Fish:

unagi (smoked freshawater eel)
Taro (fatty tuna)
Mako Shark (like white steak)
Barracuda (a sweet flaky fish Have a pic of the one I caught, barely legal at 3 feet long)
Fried Channel Cat
Rainbow Trout
Giant Clam
Mackeral
Orange Roughy
beluga caviar with water table crackers and a chilled champagne

PS you can eat any kind of fish if you have enuff wasabe and soy sauce. ;)

Stay say and be careful about who serves your puffer fish....

Dr.Rob
 
Venison backstrap filets cooked rare on a charcoal grill, sprinkled with some kosher salt.

Venison here in the midwest is basically "farm raised", since their diets consist of high protein soybeans, alfalfa, and yellow field corn. Supplemented with apples, acorns, and browse, and you have a high protein very lean piece of red meat. Cannot be beat.
 
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