Recipes
By Craig Wall
Paying a meat processor for a batch of summer sausage can get expensive. Here is a delicious recipe for smoked wild game summer sausage that you can do at home on your own.By Chef Jade Berg
This recipe is an easy one to make. I like to make the Chorizo in a large batch and freeze it into meal size portions. The potatoes can always be boiled the day before and left in the fridge so it's a quick meal the night you're making it. I like to think of a recipe as more of a guideline so feel free to add less or more of anything, whatever tastes good to you!By Dante Zuniga-West
Native Americans and other “old-timers” believed that the spirit of a bear resided in its heart. For this reason, consuming the heart was thought to be a way of absorbing strength from the animal they revered as “man without fire.” Whether or not you ascribe to this belief, one indisputable fact is simple: a properly prepared bear heart is delicious. So, the next time you’re elbow-deep in your field dressing process, don’t pass up the opportunity to harvest this tasty treat. Here’s a no-nonsense, easy-to-pull-off recipe for bear heart that can be cooked at home or at camp.Gumbo with Bear-Lard Roux [History & Recipe]
My Mom's Chicken & Sausage Gumbo
By Ken Wells
"With butter generally absent from the diets of most colonial Louisianans, early roux relied on oil rendered from local bear lard. Bear oil was not only in wide circulation... but with a higher smoke point than butter; cooks could achieve a darker, more robust roux."
Bear oil or rendered bear fat can be used in substitute for any recipe calling for oil or Crisco. Bear oil has almost zero odor and ads no negative flavors, but is actually renowned for making baked goods light and fluffy. Liven the conversation around desert with some bear oil cookies this winter. Typically cookie recipes call for Crisco. Substituting oil will make the batter and finished cookies much more crumbly. The batter is best made into a ball shape. Be prepared for them to be light, flaky and quite crumbly. They will not melt down and flatten while cooking. However, the taste will be excellent.