The New Elk Hunter's Cookbook and Meat Care Guide

Ten years after the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation published its original Elk Hunter's Cookbook, the national conservation organization is bringing out this completely revised and expanded edition. With 275 recipes, all contributed by people who love elk and elk country, The New Elk Hunter's Cookbook and Meat Care Guide is one of the most comprehensive and informative books ever published for cooking with wild game meat. You'll find new ways to prepare steaks, roasts, chops, fillets, stew meat, and ground meat; learn how to make your own jerky and sausage; enjoy creating more than a dozen marinades; and even discover how to use the tongue, liver, heart, and neck.

The New Elk Hunter's Cookbook and Meat Care Guide isn't limited to just elk, deer, moose, and antelope, however. There also are recipes for bear, squirrel, rabbit, rattlesnake, alligator, dove, quail, grouse, pheasant, goose, duck, wild turkey, frog legs, salmon, northern pike, and trout, as well as beef, chicken, pork, and ham.

Inside you'll find delicious appetizers, hearty soups, simple backpacking fare, quick sandwiches, and even fantastic dinner entrees. For your elk camp or during the winter at home, an all-new chapter devoted to sixty Dutch oven and camp cooking recipes entices you to make such foods as Elk Grillade, Dutch Oven Lasagna, Taco Soup, Squirrel Stew, Sociable Pinto Beans, Spicy Southwest Potatoes, Old-Fashioned Corn Bread, and John Woodman's Cake.

Nine essays by longtime hunters and game cooks will teach you: New strategies for field care of meat; how to build your own smokehouse; the advantages of dry aging; the fundamentals for ensuring better-tasting meat; how to prepare meals, eat well, and stay healthy in elk camp; butchers' trade secrets about elk hunting and field dressing; how to use a Dutch oven and much more

Try these hunter's kitchen favorites: Sourdough Doughnuts, Wild Goose and Wild Rice Soup, Wild Game Cocktail Meatballs, Elk Henley in Puffed Pastry, Venison Enchiladas, Phantom Creek Pot Roast, A.J.'s Garden Green Tomato Pie.

The mission of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation is to ensure the future of elk, other wildlife and their habitat.

A variety of delicious recipes for elk, deer, and other wild game, contributed and compiled by the membership of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation.

From simple fare for backpacking to fantastic fullcourse dinners, you'll find it all here in hundreds of recipes for appetizers, soups, breads, salads, vegetables, pasta, beans, birds, game, fish, and desserts.

There's a recipe for ice cream and one for dill pickles. You'l find lightand simple fare as well as hearty meals. Read about how to care for wild game from field to freezer and discover dozens of delicious ways to prepare elk, deer, and other wild game.

You'll find that recipe you've been looking for--the one your father, your grandmother, or the renowned camp cook always just "threw together."

Savor the gourmet tastes and appetites of the many friends of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation from the United States and Canada, who share their best dishes in the spirit of swapping a favorite hunting story over a flickering campfire.

The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, with headquarters in Missoula, Montana, is dedicated to ensuring a future for elk, other wildlife, and their habitat across North America.

Foreword, by Jim Zumbo

Preface, by Don Burgess

About the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation

Stoking Up Prodigiously, by Dan Crockett

Appetizers and Soups

The Last Word on Meat Care from the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, by Don Burgess

Breads and Pancakes

Trade Secrets: What Butchers Know about Elk Hunting, by Ben Long

Field Dressing Step-by Step, by David Stalling

Side Dishes

Waste Not, by Ted Kerasote

Elk and Other Meats

Dry Aging and Slow Defrosting: Maximizing Your Wild Meat's Potential, by John McGannon

Fowl

Smoke-Curing Meats for Fun and Feast, by Tom Moysis

Fish and Seafood

Cheap Meat, by Ted Kerasote

Marinades, Spices, and Sauces

Desserts

Dutch Oven Cooking, by Phyllis Speer

Dutch Oven and Camp Cooking

What's to Eat? Staying Healthy in Camp, by Bill Rompa

Chronic Wasting Disease: Recommendations for Hunters, by the CWD Alliance

Index