[yonif]

Again with the trophy crap. People EAT them. I think there are bear recipes in Joy of Cooking

People eat bears? What sort of food do you make with it? Is it tasty?

I can't eat it because of my religion, but I am interested in learning about it.

I hope these environmentalists are stopped.

[hellinahandcart]

Bear is, like, pioneer food. If you managed to kill one, of course you'd use the meat and the pelt. :D

Most people haven't eaten it, but most people these days have never had venison either.

I got out my Joy of Cooking, it recommends putting bear meat in an oil-based marinade for at least 24 hours and then preparing with any pot roast or beef stew recipe. So it doesn't sound too tender.

[AFPhys]

One of the tastiest meals I ever had was bear stew.

Simple recipe: just what you would expect to put in a stew.

You sure can make a whole lot of stew with a bear... we fed
the whole camp (200+) easily... and the bear was only a year
or two old.

[BJClinton]

My favorite is corned bear:

100 lbs bear meat
2 ounces baking soda
8 lbs salt
2 ounces saltpeter
4 lbs sugar

Salt the meat down in layers in a keg, alternating the salt. Let it stand overnight. At the same time the meat is put down make a solution of the suger, soda and saltpeter in 1 gallon of warm water, and let it stand overnight. Next day pour the solution over the meat. After a few days, drain off the solution, bring it to a boil, straining off the blood. Replace the fluid on the meat, keeping it covered by inverting a large plate on top of the meat. This is ready to use as corned meat within four to six weeks but may be used satisfactorily at intermediate stages.

If too salty, it must be soaked or parboiled. Save the salty water for soup, stews, cooking potatoes or other vegetables, gravy, etc.

It keeps well and can feed a family of 8 for most of a winter.

[hellinahandcart]

Bear isn't kosher? Well, now I've learned something. Is it because they have paws, or is it something else?

[bullseye1911]

I can't eat it because of my religion, but I am interested in learning about it.

Bear do not have cloven hooves, what in your religion precludes them from your diet?

[bullseye1911]

People eat bears? What sort of food do you make with it? Is it tasty?

Bear meat is a dark, red meat much like beef. It should be field dressed and cooled to at least 40 degrees quickly. When butchering, it should be trimmed of all fat and fell (silvery tendon). I like my roasts cooked slowly, about 320 degrees. Wrap with a smokey bacon, onions, garlic, fresh rosemary and basil. Steaks sliced thin, grilled to medium rare with an Oriental sweet chili sauce instead of barbeque. Some find it a little gamy, but if you soak it in milk overnite, and rinse thoroughly, it's a lot better. Regards

[Seamus Mc Gillicuddy]

I'm just guessing, but wouldn't bear be kosher to eat? They aren't split-hoofed animals.