Elk.

[fingercuffs]

I think I just ate the best meat I've had since I left Amsterdam.

I ordered it from Wild Fork. I haven't been able to find game here that tastes gamey. I understand Americans are put off with gamey tasting meat even thinking lamb is too much so I've even struggled ordering ostrich which just tastes like a normal steak. This was on the money.

Anyone else loving it?

 

[JangoMike]

I think I just ate the best meat I've had since I left Amsterdam.

I ordered it from Wild Fork. I haven't been able to find game here that tastes gamey. I understand Americans are put off with gamey tasting meat even thinking lamb is too much so I've even struggled ordering ostrich which just tastes like a normal steak. This was on the money.

Anyone else loving it?

Elk is alright. I have it in my rotation to eat here & there. My kids like when i use it ground for tacos.

Bison is king tho for me. My preferred.

 

[fingercuffs]

Elk is alright. I have it in my rotation to eat here & there. My kids like when i use it ground for tacos.

Bison is king tho for me. My preferred.

I buy a lot of bison and love it for burgers and making meatballs, but it isn't gamey tasting in the way elk is.

 

[Flower2dPeople]

 

[Sunnyvale TP]

I get people not liking wild game, I myself love it, it's supposed to taste different than farm raised cows though. That's the beauty of it. I even enjoy Pronghorn.

News flash folks, wild game is supposed to taste somewhat gamey.

Eating an animal you have harvested from the wild should not taste like you bought it from the supermarket.

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

I could go for some good old backstrap chicken fried steak

 

[Cajun]

I think I just ate the best meat I've had since I left Amsterdam.

I ordered it from Wild Fork. I haven't been able to find game here that tastes gamey. I understand Americans are put off with gamey tasting meat even thinking lamb is too much so I've even struggled ordering ostrich which just tastes like a normal steak. This was on the money.

Anyone else loving it?

I grew up hunting and fishing almost every weekend. We ate white tail year round and not a lot of beef. So I never understood when people talk about gamey taste what that actually was because it just tasted like deer squirrel Duck Rabbit you name it. I love elk and I've had it several times. It's funny somebody just asked me about lamb. I didn't have it until I fell in with these Arabic guys and so it took me a little bit to get used to the taste but now I love it too. Do you guys have any game out there at all?
If you ever have a chance to get Axis deer. They taste incredible. Hunted several here in Texas.

 

[fingercuffs]

I grew up hunting and fishing almost every weekend. We ate white tail year round and not a lot of beef. So I never understood when people talk about gamey taste what that actually was because it just tasted like deer squirrel Duck Rabbit you name it. I love elk and I've had it several times. It's funny somebody just asked me about lamb. I didn't have it until I fell in with these Arabic guys and so it took me a little bit to get used to the taste but now I love it too. Do you guys have any game out there at all?

Not that I'm aware of, sadly I don't think there's much to hunt here in the desert. But Wild Fork ship everything with ice packs so I buy heaps from them like beef heart, chicken heart, alligator, goat etc. My local (only) butcher is good for lamb shanks and whole ducks. The only duck I can get from the supermarket is frozen and tiny. I cook a lot of lamb, roasted a lamb leg last weekend. I get the Arabic connection, I've been doing a lamb tagine dish for years, it's easier in the Crockpot and the house smells amazing all day.

I'd say the second best in terms of gamey flavour I've had since moving here was Grocery Outlet venison haha. You don't expect to get quality meat from somewhere like that.

 

[Cajun]

Not that I'm aware of, sadly I don't think there's much to hunt here in the desert. But Wild Fork ship everything with ice packs so I buy heaps from them like beef heart, chicken heart, alligator, goat etc. My local (only) butcher is good for lamb shanks and whole ducks. The only duck I can get from the supermarket is frozen and tiny. I cook a lot of lamb, roasted a lamb leg last weekend. I get the Arabic connection, I've been doing a lamb tagine dish for years, it's easier in the Crockpot and the house smells amazing all day.

I'd say the second best in terms of gamey flavour I've had since moving here was Grocery Outlet venison haha. You don't expect to get quality meat from somewhere like that.

I've seen ads for wild fork. I've been curious. There is a store here in Houston that sells lots of wild game. I've cooked alligator for my boys and want to get more things for them to try. Being in texas now I don't get a chance to hunt much outside of deer. I've seen a lot of your posts and you seem to have turned into quite the chef. I love the fact that you are taking these exotic meats and cooking with them. My mom love chicken hearts and chicken gizzards. It's good to know about wild Fork I may take a look at the website. Hope your Sunday is going well girl

 

[HomeCheese]

I think I just ate the best meat I've had since I left Amsterdam.

I ordered it from Wild Fork. I haven't been able to find game here that tastes gamey. I understand Americans are put off with gamey tasting meat even thinking lamb is too much so I've even struggled ordering ostrich which just tastes like a normal steak. This was on the money.

Anyone else loving it?

Best red meant I ever had was a beautiful little elk steak, so tender you could cut it with a fork. My brother used to be the cook at a dude ranch in Idaho that specialized in elk hunting and they he some tasty cuts for us when we came to visit.

I enjoy cow's meat and a nice ribeye off a BBQ is my favorite cut but the elk steak was better. The flavor was subtle and delicious.

 

[Cajun]

Strangely enough they have a wild Fork store here in Houston LOL. It's on the west side of town I may have to stop by and see what they've got. Edit: Looks like they have lots of good stuff.

 

[Zookeeper Gabe]

I like moose more than elk personally.

 

[Cajun]

I like moose more than elk personally.

Actually never had moose. One of the few animals in NA that I haven't had the opportunity.

 

[fingercuffs]

I've seen ads for wild fork. I've been curious. There is a store here in Houston that sells lots of wild game. I've cooked alligator for my boys and want to get more things for them to try. Being in texas now I don't get a chance to hunt much outside of deer. I've seen a lot of your posts and you seem to have turned into quite the chef. I love the fact that you are taking these exotic meats and cooking with them. My mom love chicken hearts and chicken gizzards. It's good to know about wild Fork I may take a look at the website. Hope your Sunday is going well girl

Yours as well, luff.

Game season in Amsterdam the first year was madness, saw all this new meat but didn't speak Dutch so was having to Google everything. Needless to say I filled my granny trolley with ostrich, kangaroo, and hare and stuck it in the freezer. Hare is flippin delicious, I always thought it would be a non descriptive white meat, but it's a really dark gamey meat.

Yeah, give your kids all the interesting adventerous meats! I don't know if @Cool Hand Luke still hunts but that would be a neat day out for you both. My dad was a chef but my mum was a bit icky with certain food so I didn't eat duck till well after I left home and only had lamb accidentally from my BF's doner kebab. She had a fit when I didn't lie when asked about husband cooking live lobster. So I had a bit of a sheltered upbringing meat wise. She ended up a veggie till she forgot in her final months which was pretty cool haha.

 

[toasty]

here is a vote for wild boar,,,,love it.

have been doing a whole exotic meat thing for the last 6 months or so on my days to cook, elk, gator, bison, venison, pheasant, camel, kangaroo, and Yak have also hit the plate.

Wild boar is my favorite of the bunch, elk, bison and venison all very good.

duck, lamb, and yes I am cannibalistic enough to have also eaten rabbit, enough in the past that I wouldn't call them exotic.

gotta say that gator, camel and yak all sort of meh.

 

[Cajun]

Yours as well, luff.

Game season in Amsterdam the first year was madness, saw all this new meat but didn't speak Dutch so was having to Google everything. Needless to say I filled my granny trolley with ostrich, kangaroo, and hare and stuck it in the freezer. Hare is flippin delicious, I always thought it would be a non descriptive white meat, but it's a really dark gamey meat.

This sounds awesome. Didn't realize they even sold wild game there. I like rabbit more than chicken. I see wild forks near me has it so im def getting some for the boys.

Yeah, give your kids all the interesting adventerous meats! I don't know if @Cool Hand Luke still hunts but that would be a neat day out for you both. My dad was a chef but my mum was a bit icky with certain food so I didn't eat duck till well after I left home and only had lamb accidentally from my BF's doner kebab. She had a fit when I didn't lie when asked about husband cooking live lobster. So I had a bit of a sheltered upbringing meat wise. She ended up a veggie till she forgot in her final months which was pretty cool haha.

I took CHL on his first hunt on my dad's place. He fell in love with it and has been doing it since. My dad's got a gf now and she likes the deer so my dad doesnt really want us shooting them. Im going to get him to bend on that one tho so my boys can experience it. Sounds like you take after your dad on that one. Need to post some of your favorites in here. My parents were like that about ethnic food. Maybe because they weren't around when they grew up. Outside of mexican and italian I had never tried anything else before I went to college. I remember the first time I had Chinese food I think that was the first ethnic food that I had outside of the other two. It took me a while to get my parents to try anything like that LOL

 

[fingercuffs]

This sounds awesome. Didn't realize they even sold wild game there. I like rabbit more than chicken. I see wild forks near me has it so im def getting some for the boys.

I took CHL on his first hunt on my dad's place. He fell in love with it and has been doing it since. My dad's got a gf now and she likes the deer so my dad doesnt really want us shooting them. Im going to get him to bend on that one tho so my boys can experience it. Sounds like you take after your dad on that one. Need to post some of your favorites in here. My parents were like that about ethnic food. Maybe because they weren't around when they grew up. Outside of mexican and italian I had never tried anything else before I went to college. I remember the first time I had Chinese food I think that was the first ethnic food that I had outside of the other two. It took me a while to get my parents to try anything like that LOL

I get her point, I wouldn't put the kibosh on it though. I love the idea of going out hunting, but I'm girl enough to know I couldn't actually pull the trigger myself. I like my food too much to have a conscience about it like what got my mum though, I at least only eat foie gras in Vegas haha. I won't eat rabbit because I used to have a house rabbit and won't eat horse (even though I used to make husband horse sandwiches it was like buying sliced ham in Amsterdam) because I used to ride and muck out every day after school at the army stables. It would sort of feel like eating a pet.

I made haggis and venison meatball hoagies a couple of weeks ago with a Glenivet whisky cheese sauce in honour of Ewan MacGregor and Charley Boorman's new motorbike travel show which started from Ewan's house in Scotland. I can only Amazon canned haggis here but they were really good.

 

[Cajun]

I get her point, I wouldn't put the kibosh on it though. I love the idea of going out hunting, but I'm girl enough to know I couldn't actually pull the trigger myself. I like my food too much to have a conscience about it like what got my mum though, I at least only eat foie gras in Vegas haha. I won't eat rabbit because I used to have a house rabbit and won't eat horse (even though I used to make husband horse sandwiches it was like buying sliced ham in Amsterdam) because I used to ride and muck out every day after school at the army stables. It would sort of feel like eating a pet.

I hear you. There are plenty of guys that wouldn't hunt either. It's just something I grew up with and a fact of life. Deer only live 5 or 7 years so you're not saving them a whole lot. I took my ex-fiance from Taiwan hunting and she killed an axis deer. She cried a lot though after she shot it made me regret taking her. I thought when you said hare you meant rabbit.. also can't believe they eat horse in the Netherlands? I wonder if they still do that? I had horse in Japan. Tasted like beef. I don't think I'll ever shoot a horse and eat it but if an animal is already dead then I'm not bringing it back and might as well partake. My mom used to show horses and was Miss Rodeo Louisiana back in her day. She wasn't so excited about me telling her about that horse in Japan haha.

I made haggis and venison meatball hoagies a couple of weeks ago with a Glenivet whisky cheese sauce in honour of Ewan MacGregor and Charley Boorman's new motorbike travel show which started from Ewan's house in Scotland. I can only Amazon canned haggis here but they were really good.

I've never tried haggis. I will try anything once but it doesn't sound appealing. I think you definitely have a broader pallet than me though I've tried just about everything. Very impressed girl. I also like Ewan McGregor. Maybe I'll look up his show if I have the service for it. I enjoy that kind of show. Edit: i have Amazon prime. Will give it a watch. Thanks again for another suggestion.

 

[Meatspin]

Have not tried it but would give it a go.

 

[fingercuffs]

I hear you. There are plenty of guys that wouldn't hunt either. It's just something I grew up with and a fact of life. Deer only live 5 or 7 years so you're not saving them a whole lot. I took my ex-fiance from Taiwan hunting and she killed an axis deer. She cried a lot though after she shot it made me regret taking her. I thought when you said hare you meant rabbit.. also can't believe they eat horse in the Netherlands? I wonder if they still do that? I had horse in Japan. Tasted like beef. I don't think I'll ever shoot a horse and eat it but if an animal is already dead then I'm not bringing it back and might as well partake. My mom used to show horses and was Miss Rodeo Louisiana back in her day. She wasn't so excited about me telling her about that horse in Japan haha.

I've never tried haggis. I will try anything once but it doesn't sound appealing. I think you definitely have a broader pallet than me though I've tried just about everything. Very impressed girl. I also like Ewan McGregor. Maybe I'll look up his show if I have the service for it. I enjoy that kind of show. Edit: i have Amazon prime. Will give it a watch. Thanks again for another suggestion.

Long Way Round was their first from London riding all through Europe, Mongolia, Kazak type places, Road of Bones, Siberia etc and finishing in New York. I've probably watched it a dozen times now. It's a bromance on wheels being they're the very best of friends, I'm doing it a disservice with how special it is, they've done 3 since, Long Way Down was the second one ending up going all through Africa but it's doing my swede in that this one is just once a week on Apple when I bought the first DVD 20 odd years ago and managed to binge the whole lot.

Haggis if it's fresh is really good. I used to stuff a pheasant with it steeped in Glenmorangie for Christmas dinner. The canned stuff here is good as a ground meat with another meat like venison. I wouldn't eat it just on its own though.