Elk Burger and Fontina Cheese

[fishwax]

Pretty good combination, if you've ever got the chance. :)

[ragin_acadian]

1. in what manner?

like burger, Burger? or meatloaf, etc?

my father brought back some elk from out west, and we ground it up without adding any beef fat. kinda dry, if you ask me.

the roasts, however, are the shizzlegizard-fo'gristle-hizzow.

[fishwax]

2. ground up in patties

like a hamburger. :)

I can see the dry comment, but I really like it. Very lean and filling :)

[ragin_acadian]

3. good flavour, too.

it is excellent as jerkey: melts in your mouth.

how did you come by the meat?

[fishwax]

4. ooh, i've got to get the jerky

While trying to figure out where to go for lunch one day earlier this week, we decided to drop into a meat market/deli, and they had elk burger patties and elk sausage--both tasty :) They also had elk jerky, so i'll have to get that the next time we drop in :)

I don't eat a lot of beef hamburger these days, but I'm a big fan of the leaner meats--buffalo, longhorn, and now elk :)

[ragin_acadian]

5. good god!

you have deli's that sell wild meat in IL? if so, i have got to visit!

the elk sausage, was it like a bratwurst, or a kielbasa?

i tried making elk andouille from some of the rib meat my dad brought back. didn't quite understand that little thing they call "curing" - anywho, i ran the stuff through my STAINLESSSTEELMULTIHORSEPOWERMEGAGERMANGRINDERUNPRONOUNCABLERUMBLINGTHING with the sausage horn attachement, did about three feet, let the suckers sit overnight, threw 'em in the dehydrator for 24 hours, and ended up with banana shaped hockey pucks.

that counts as the second time i have tried homemade andouille. first time it was sausage shaped ash....but that is another tale.

i don't blame you on the beef. CWD, and all that. once in awhile, i'll eat two or three of those hardees slammers, but at .89 cents, they are probably made from kitten meat.




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[fishwax]

6. it was more like summer sausage

they had that, the jerky, the patties, and then they had steaks. They didn't have any other game other than that, though. For whatever reason, this town (I'm fairly new here) has a lot of meat markets, but this is the first one I've been to with non-traditional options.

I've never come close to making my own sausage, but I'd like to give it a shot ... perhaps when I get out of the apartment and have my own house next year :) It sounds like an adventure :thumbsup:

but at .89 cents, they are probably made from kitten meat.

:rofl::rofl: