My dear departed Mom had a talent for converting a carefully plucked Canada goose into an NFL football replica.
A friend's grandmother put one in a blue enameled oval roasting pan with vegetables like a pot roast...excellent.
Once,someone gave me a "freezer cleanout" goose,a couple of years old.
We had a cat.I'm not a cat guy,but I figured I'd boil this goose for the cat.
I did not lovingly season and prepare this goose.It went in the pasta boiler pot with water.After a whle,my nose told me that goose was worth tasting.
The cat got nothing!
As a 16 yr old I "hung" an antelope a while in warm conditions.I also had to nose-sort a batch of elk after a freezer failure once.In both cases,I experienced the "livery" taste.I'm thinking that may be what buzzards taste when the eat carrion.
I have eaten enough elk and antelope that did not taste "livery" to believe "warm aging" has something to do with the livery taste.
I do not doubt some animals may be just rank.I have heard caribou may be questionable,at least some season.
But for the most part,near any game animal can be good on the table if we just do not ruin it.
A friend's grandmother put one in a blue enameled oval roasting pan with vegetables like a pot roast...excellent.
Once,someone gave me a "freezer cleanout" goose,a couple of years old.
We had a cat.I'm not a cat guy,but I figured I'd boil this goose for the cat.
I did not lovingly season and prepare this goose.It went in the pasta boiler pot with water.After a whle,my nose told me that goose was worth tasting.
The cat got nothing!
As a 16 yr old I "hung" an antelope a while in warm conditions.I also had to nose-sort a batch of elk after a freezer failure once.In both cases,I experienced the "livery" taste.I'm thinking that may be what buzzards taste when the eat carrion.
I have eaten enough elk and antelope that did not taste "livery" to believe "warm aging" has something to do with the livery taste.
I do not doubt some animals may be just rank.I have heard caribou may be questionable,at least some season.
But for the most part,near any game animal can be good on the table if we just do not ruin it.