My brother does a good job of field dressing/cooling his venison quickly so it’s rarely gamey. Last year, however, he had an old buck that, despite being handled well, was a bit on the gamey side ... I mix the meat with cheap (fatty) hamburger & that tones it down. That’s mostly what I have in the freezer right now: “old buck”.
I did get some elk burger from him a couple of years ago, plus my dad got an elk decades ago so I’ve had plenty of exposure to elk meat - I do like it better than venison.
So what I would like to know ... what does ‘moose’ taste like? It must be pretty good stuff - it seems to be what all the Alaskans want in their freezer come winter. Of course, one moose fills up a lot of freezer space, too! The moose meat stews I’ve seen on cable or recipes online look fabulous.
Another question ... I absolutely cannot eat mutton. I have tried and tried ... must be something in my genetics ... can’t stand the smell or the taste. So on the outdoor hunting shows, I see guys killing wild sheep & then sometimes, they’ll cook some of it over a fire. Does wild sheep taste like domestic mutton? Inquiring minds would like to know.
I don’t like anything about goat or sheep meat. Or milk. But I won’t say no to wool! Must be that German Jew ancestry that tells me to stay away from those ‘cloven hoofed critters.’ ;)
OK. I lied. I’ll eat it in a Giros...that someone ELSE has made for me. ;)
Beau has never gotten a Moose and I Thank God for that every time he heads to AK. He’d drag home every PART of that MONSTER and leave it for me to deal with. Ugh!
And a Moose Head added to the ridiculous animal head collection that already graces our home would put me over the edge!
He did that with me and the Wild Hogs he got down in (very) southern Texas. It took me a dozen tries to get that SHOE LEATHER cooked correctly, and by then we were out of it!
For the record, the last critter I harvested was a fat doe when I was in my late teens. It was a clean kill, but I never did develop a yearning for hunting. I’ll work the back-end of the kitchen, Thanks! ;)