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And as mentioned before, his wife is no slouch either.

The wife and I have become very sensitive to fatty meat and for all intents and purposes can't tolerate beef in any form. A menu restricted to chicken and lean pork doesn't make for much variety.

We have found that we do quite well with venison as it's much leaner and seeing as one or the other get a deer every year (and often both) they're quite willing to gift us the more common cuts. They butcher their own deer and pretty much everything but the choicest cuts goes to stew meat and burger so they have a lot.

This year his wife got a BIG moose and they're up to their eyeballs in meat from that. They brought us a sampler as we'd never had moose before and weren't sure we'd like it. Well, silly us! It's DELICIOUS! Even better than venison IMHO.

Couple of weeks ago I made a moose meatloaf and it was the best I've ever eaten. Moose burger in place of hamburger works great for casseroles too. The stew meat goes great in our family recipe for vegetable soup.

We'd used up all the stew meat and wanted some soup so we cubed up a chunk of moose roast and used that. OMG! SO good!

In fact, I just texted him and asked if we could beg a re-supply. He got right back to me with "No Problem!"

One of the few things that I miss about Alaska is moose meat and wild bison meat. For me, moose meat and wild bison are pretty close with bison taking the top prize. Especially if the moose and the bison are both very young you can cut the meat with a spoon.
I'm sure you consider yourself very lucky to have somebody to do the hunting for you. I retired at age 50 and had a couple of people do some proxy hunting for me. Both of those people claim they couldn't fill the tags but still give me a couple of packs of meat. I knew very little about these two individuals and couldn't complain about how much moose and bison meat I received.
Some people are just lucky like that. When I first got to Alaska, the army was screwing around with my pay and I was eating moose with my eggs in the morning, moose salad sandwiches for lunch and moose stew for dinner for an entire year.

I would like to try moose, and elk. Paul, have you guys been tested for tick borne illness? That "Alphal gal" tick disease make people sick when they eat red meat. Just a guess.

Gene

GeneMO wrote: Tue Apr 08, 2025 1:54 pm I would like to try moose, and elk. Paul, have you guys been tested for tick borne illness? That "Alphal gal" tick disease make people sick when they eat red meat. Just a guess.

Gene

Haven't but I don't think that's the issue. ANY fat will set us off...or more accurately "On" as in on the throne...

PHPaul wrote: Tue Apr 08, 2025 4:59 pm

GeneMO wrote: Tue Apr 08, 2025 1:54 pm I would like to try moose, and elk. Paul, have you guys been tested for tick borne illness? That "Alphal gal" tick disease make people sick when they eat red meat. Just a guess.

Gene

Haven't but I don't think that's the issue. ANY fat will set us off...or more accurately "On" as in on the throne...

Hhhhmmmmm? I have recently been diagnosed with the Ulcerative colitis issue that gets advertised 800 times a day on TV. But I really have it. Had to go to Barnes in St. Louis to figure it out. Thankfully it is a mild case, and can be treated with the mildest form of treatment.

You got something going on. May need to see a Doc. couldn't hurt.


Gene

What do you all season your stews and soups with? Say.. typically or traditionally so you have in the garden, the fridge or the pantry.. always handy!

In PR we need to have culantro, cilantrillo, small sweet peppers, cubanelle peppers, onions, and garlic; these are the must have!
Now depending on what we are cooking we will add bay leaves, and/or oregano, rosemary, cumming, etc., like you I guess.

Patria wrote: Wed Apr 23, 2025 10:57 am What do you all season your stews and soups with? Say.. typically or traditionally so you have in the garden, the fridge or the pantry.. always handy!

In PR we need to have culantro, cilantrillo, small sweet peppers, cubanelle peppers, onions, and garlic; these are the must have!
Now depending on what we are cooking we will add bay leaves, and/or oregano, rosemary, cumming, etc., like you I guess.

New England Yankees are extremely boring. Rarely need much beyond salt and pepper.

One exception to that would be our personal recipe for "spicy" chicken soup which includes a healthy dollop of salsa. "Mild" salsa, but still...