Game Dinner 3/31/07
The local hunters gathered for the annual dinner of food they harvested in our area.
I suggested a speech next year telling the hunters they should be proud that they feed their families with natural food.
These meats are guaranteed to contain no harmful preservatives or hormones. The animals are not penned up all their lives.
The game they harvest would otherwise be wasted. By using their outdoor skills, they get great fresh air exercise.
Many of them bond with their sons and daughters on journeys their children enjoy. The youngsters are taught responsibility.
Al Gore would be pleased to know that very little energy is used to transport meat from one's back yard,
compared to shipping it to our homes from the other side of the world.
It is hunters who are the environmentalists for open spaces and wildlife preservation areas.
I tip my hat to them!
The first appetizer after the salad was Moose Meat Balls with pineapple.
The moose was shot by Bill who hosted me for letting him hunt on the property seen on Best emails this week.
No, he did not capture the moose on our property!
This seafood sausage was delicious. Bill will be going on a fishing trip to Russia this year.
Venison Ribs. These could have come from our property.
Yesterday, our laborer counted 16 deer on a distant hill side.
I asked if any of the hunters had heard of taxidermists using antlers found in the woods, and mounting them to doe heads.
Experts can see the difference in the eye lids.
Mussels
Chucker.
At most game dinners, the same sauce or gravy is used for each course.
But here, every recipe was different and original and delicious.
Venison Lasagna. (I plan to make lasagna for Easter Saturday, but with beef.)
Wild boar.
Rabbit.
There were also cherries in grain alcohol, and a nice Carro wine.
At the end a little boy squealed with delight as his dad bought home this boar's head.
He said he had big plans for it with his mother on April Fools Day!