[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive

Some years back the Minnesota State Fair featured camel-on-a-stick. Maybe they still do.

Tastes like chicken.

I wanted to go to the Minnesota State Fair but never got around to it . Did go to the Nevada one fairly often. Nevada State Fair 2018 – Around Carson. It was in Reno for a few decades. Did go to a massive fair in California but it was probably the Orange County fair .

[ThirdOfFive]

Originally Posted by Topspinmo

I doubt too many actually eat bear, rattlesnakes, wild grease/ ducks, or mourning doves. IMO sporting man just like to shoot them (don’t see sport in shooting bear, but that me). O some think they are Good Samaritan’s by giving the game meat to poor. IMO none of them remotely taste like chicken. I grew up poor and lot of wild game in season was on menu, I ate cause I was hungry. Neighbor down road use eat snapping turtle. He also said it tasted like chicken. No it didn’t. IMO that phrase used to get you to try it.

Can definitely relate to that.

Growing up in far northern Minnesota we did a lot of hunting and fishing, but were taught early on that you never killed any wild animal unless it was for food or because it was a nuisance/dangerous animal. Not everybody practiced that: we had a community dump and occasionally during deer hunting season there would be the headless carcass of a large deer tossed into the dump: somebody obviously hunting a trophy rather than meat.

We ate a lot of venison, wild ducks/geese, ruffed grouse, things like that. Fall meant that one of the deer we shot was destined for sausage: dad would buy a pig which we'd combine with the venison for just that purpose: it was nothing to make 150 lbs. or so of sausage each year. It was a family thing: meat was cut up and ground with a hand-operated grinder, mixed with seasonings, then stuffed into casings with a hand-operated stuffer. We had a large smokehouse but usually had to divide up the sausage into two halves for smoking. Lots of fun and one of my fondest memories of a very active childhood.

[ThirdOfFive]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

I wanted to go to the Minnesota State Fair but never got around to it . Did go to the Nevada one fairly often. Nevada State Fair 2018 – Around Carson. It was in Reno for a few decades. Did go to a massive fair in California but it was probably the Orange County fair .

Yup.

The Minnesota state fair (AKA "the great Minnesota get-together) is always a fun time. Great exhibits and more unhealthy food than you can possibly imagine: they fry virtually everything there and that includes things like Snickers bars, macaroni-and-cheese, fried cheese curds, etc. etc. You can't see everything in one day though; it is vast.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive

Yup.

The Minnesota state fair (AKA "the great Minnesota get-together) is always a fun time. Great exhibits and more unhealthy food than you can possibly imagine: they fry virtually everything there and that includes things like Snickers bars, macaroni-and-cheese, fried cheese curds, etc. etc. You can't see everything in one day though; it is vast.

There is a lot of Minnesota I would like to see. I was on foot most of the time while in the Twin Cities but they do have a very good bus system. The actress's daughter -- my live in girlfriend of nine months -- did take me around a lot. She had been one of my students while I was a Student Co -Director for Legal Assistance to Minnesota Prisoners-- Stillwater and asked me at the end of the semester if I wanted to move in with her that fall. She was/is a very intelligent and caring woman so I said yes. She is doing very good things the last I looked.

I had graduated from the U of Minnesota Law School in May of 1989 but was working in their law library cataloging all the WESTLAW computer files soon after getting hired as well as doing some reference work. And later re-cataloging foreign language books and other items .

We did the Stillwater Dinner Train for her birthday but she spent much of the time arguing about the worthiness of lawyers with the gentleman sharing our table on the restaurant train.

[Joe C.]

Originally Posted by Topspinmo

You’ve ate camel?

I ate camel once and thought it tasted like cigarettes. I also ate kangaroo once and it made me jumpy.

Actually I've eaten both and the taste is ok, but I'd rather have a hamburger or grilled chicken. They both taste better.

[Driller703]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

Do the Florida bear hunters eat their kills? I used to go hiking and the like around Rattlesnake Mountain in Reno, Nevada and went rattlesnake hunting once with B. B. kind of eventually caught onto my tactic of clumsy bumping into rocks thus making our hunt unsuccessful. He did have rattlesnake skins all over his bedroom in comparison to my probably Farrah Fawcett poster in mine. He did not invite me to anymore rattlesnake hunts. He did say that they taste like chicken.

I doubt if bear tastes like chicken.

B's brother kept on taking pieces of himself off in various hunting mishaps. You do not hunt carp with a machete unless you are very adept with one. He wasn't.

Sort of like a cross between a musk ox and a white rhino. Of course it will vary with their diet. If they have been eating a lot of carrion, the tend to be a little gamey.

[ThirdOfFive]

Originally Posted by Joe C.

I ate camel once and thought it tasted like cigarettes. I also ate kangaroo once and it made me jumpy.

Actually I've eaten both and the taste is ok, but I'd rather have a hamburger or grilled chicken. They both taste better.

Odd how that happens! My wife and I had dinner at a Korean barbecue in NE Thailand once some years ago, and there was a lot on the menu I didn't recognize. Funny thing though: right after dinner I found myself looking for a fire hydrant to relieve myself and had this strong urge to chase cars.

[DarrenandKathy]

It’s really good to have made into pepperoni and it’s low in fat.

[Annie66]

Several years ago, I had a co-worker who was a hunter. He came into the plant one day with a Tupperware full of bear meat. He convinced me to have a serving. After heating it in a microwave, I found the meat gamey, tough to eat and really greasy. It was the grease that was the big turnoff.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by Annie66

Several years ago, I had a co-worker who was a hunter. He came into the plant one day with a Tupperware full of bear meat. He convinced me to have a serving. After heating it in a microwave, I found the meat gamey, tough to eat and really greasy. It was the grease that was the big turnoff.

My Dad had a co-worker who loved to hunt and would often bring over a lot of venison for us to keep in our garage freezer. It was a very large freezer but I do not remember us ever eating deer meat . It did not appeal to my Mom nor Dad .


I did go deer hunting with my Dad's co-worker but we never even got close to a deer.


I do not remember any bear in Nevada that I can recall. Measures > Metric Details


Bear are back though in Nevada.

[fdpaq0580]

What does bear taste like? Let's just say that the next grizzly that fakes a heart attack ain't getting mouth to mouth! Twice was E-nuff for me.

Oh, yea, the taste was rotting salmon, kelp, crab and a hint of tictac. Old Bart gets a "E" for effort.

[ThirdOfFive]

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580

What does bear taste like? Let's just say that the next grizzly that fakes a heart attack ain't getting mouth to mouth! Twice was E-nuff for me.

Oh, yea, the taste was rotting salmon, kelp, crab and a hint of tictac. Old Bart gets a "E" for effort.

A lot of wild game (bear especially) should have as much of the fat trimmed off as possible before cooking, then adding fat once cooking starts, or else you might be tasting Yogi's last few meals. This is especially true in the fall when bears are fattening up for their winter snooze. I once had bear meat at a wild game feed raising funds for something or other. The bear was a roadkill donated by someone or other and the taste (and smell) was reminiscent of week-old garbage, plus I don't think the cook knew to trim off the fat. Took me awhile before I tried bear again.

[Ruger2506]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

Do the Florida bear hunters eat their kills? I used to go hiking and the like around Rattlesnake Mountain in Reno, Nevada and went rattlesnake hunting once with B. B. kind of eventually caught onto my tactic of clumsy bumping into rocks thus making our hunt unsuccessful. He did have rattlesnake skins all over his bedroom in comparison to my probably Farrah Fawcett poster in mine. He did not invite me to anymore rattlesnake hunts. He did say that they taste like chicken.

I doubt if bear tastes like chicken.

B's brother kept on taking pieces of himself off in various hunting mishaps. You do not hunt carp with a machete unless you are very adept with one. He wasn't.

There is some good info in these posts, and some mis-information to say the least.

Bear is one of the best wild meats there is. It is a mild meat as far as gaminess goes. Depending on what they eat, there are subtle flavor profiles mixed in. This year the wild blueberries and juneberries were thick. The hazelnuts and high bush cranberries and choke cherries are ready now. The bears we shoot in the next month should have an excellent flavor with a subtle sweetness to them if not a nutty flavor from the hazelnuts and acorn.

The fat you take off a bear is out of this world. We render it down into Bear Grease or Bear Lard. It makes the best pie crust you'll ever eat. I prefer to make pancakes with the bear grease. Or my all time favorite. Teal breast with salt and pepper fried to a perfect medium rare in bear grease in a cast iron skillet. Couple that with fresh bolete mushrooms or chanterelle mushrooms foraged that same trip. You cannot beat it.

The vast majority of people who don't like wild meats don't like them because they themselves don't know how to handle and cook the meat properly or were given some by someone who didn't know what they were doing.

I'll tell ya, if there isn't 500# of wild meat in my freezer, it's not a good year.

[Ruger2506]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

There is a lot of Minnesota I would like to see. I was on foot most of the time while in the Twin Cities but they do have a very good bus system. The actress's daughter -- my live in girlfriend of nine months -- did take me around a lot. She had been one of my students while I was a Student Co -Director for Legal Assistance to Minnesota Prisoners-- Stillwater and asked me at the end of the semester if I wanted to move in with her that fall. She was/is a very intelligent and caring woman so I said yes. She is doing very good things the last I looked.

I had graduated from the U of Minnesota Law School in May of 1989 but was working in their law library cataloging all the WESTLAW computer files soon after getting hired as well as doing some reference work. And later re-cataloging foreign language books and other items .

We did the Stillwater Dinner Train for her birthday but she spent much of the time arguing about the worthiness of lawyers with the gentleman sharing our table on the restaurant train.

I recommend it. But you have to get away from the Twin Cities. Minneapolis/St. Paul and their suburbs are not MN. In fact they take away from MN and are a blight on our great state. MN is a beautiful state full of rich natural history and sights. As well as the outstanding rural people who call MN home. Unlike the horrors you see coming from the Twin Cities on the news feeds.

You won't find a true Minnesotan who claims the Twin Cities to be a positive part of MN or even a representative of MN culture, value and lifestyles.

Kind of like FL I suppose. The Villages, Miami, Tampa, etc are not a true representative of FL culture and lifestyle. I'd suspect any big city anywhere in the country is all the same.

[ThirdOfFive]

Originally Posted by Ruger2506

I recommend it. But you have to get away from the Twin Cities. Minneapolis/St. Paul and their suburbs are not MN. In fact they take away from MN and are a blight on our great state. MN is a beautiful state full of rich natural history and sights. As well as the outstanding rural people who call MN home. Unlike the horrors you see coming from the Twin Cities on the news feeds.

You won't find a true Minnesotan who claims the Twin Cities to be a positive part of MN or even a representative of MN culture, value and lifestyles.

Kind of like FL I suppose. The Villages, Miami, Tampa, etc are not a true representative of FL culture and lifestyle. I'd suspect any big city anywhere in the country is all the same.

True. As I often tell people, "The Villages isn't Florida. It is New York with palm trees".

The comments about the Twin Cities in the quoted post is right on. The Minnesota State Fair, which is held in St. Paul, represents an island of sanity and traditional values surrounded by a vast sea of anything but. I go there often--going next month, as a matter of fact--but aside from flying in and out of Minneapolis and seeing my daughter in Hastings I'll be giving that particular sea a wide berth.