Cuisine thread 2024
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From: Dthfrmabove1
16-Jan-24
So the boar Backstraps were a success. Marinated in pineapple juice, brown sugar, soy sauce and sweet chili sauce. I will be posting a lot more pig pics in the future. My life is pretty complete now that I have figured out what and where to hunt here now.
From: Big Dog
16-Jan-24
Dth, that looks delicious. I can only assume you "pigged out".
From: Jebediah
16-Jan-24
Wow!!!
From: BAT
16-Jan-24
Looks great!
From: Will
16-Jan-24
As Charlie Sheen so famously noted: "Winning"! That looks like an amazing dinner DFA!
From: Dthfrmabove1
16-Jan-24
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Made 6 lbs of mild Italian sausage today with little piggy. Probably not going to case it. Just leave it in raw form to be out on pizza and sauce with a axis deer meatballs. Made a flatbread pizza tonight with it. I am pretty excited to be making sausage with wild game that I don’t have to worry about it drying out !!
From: hickstick
24-Jan-24
Over the course of Sunday and Monday evenings, I made 9 pounds of summer sausage...6 pounds venison to 3 pounds pork. I didn't feel like smoking it proper...so I cheated and used liquid smoke and tge oven. Tasty tasty.
This was my first time ever making sausage and I discovered very quickly that I need to get a vertical sausage stuffer. The attachment for my kitchenaid just wouldn't do. I ended up using my jerky gun and it sucked! Lol. Everything else went swimmingly.
From: Will
25-Jan-24
Looks amazing guys!
From: Deerdawg
25-Jan-24
Piggy Cuisine. Hick whats your recipe? Use a cure for that? Ive wanted to try the big summer sausage. Bought a Waltons 11lb. Stuffer it cuts the time way down for sticks and links.
From: Bwhnt
25-Jan-24
I just load those big casings with a spoon and compress the meat down by hand. I have a vertical stuffer for the smaller casings but it's not necessary on that size IMO.
From: hickstick
25-Jan-24
Deerdawg, I just bought a kit at cabelas, which came with the seasoning, sodium nitrate cure, and casings. Enough to do 25 pounds. I added in a little liquid smoke since I wasn't going to smoke it on my grill. I did watch the bearded butchers summer sausage video a half a dozen times though sorta following their lead.
Bwhnt...I actually stuffed the last one by hand, basically dropping meatballs in and compressing them at the 1/3rd full points. Came out okay but you can definitely tell where the 'seams' are.
From: Josh22
28-Jan-24
I saved some backstrap for my daughters 11th bday, they came from a big 220 lb deer my buddy got a couple of years ago. I’m grateful for him, he knows how much my daughter loves venison and he loves to make us happy! I couldn’t believe how big these things were. Anyhow I cut them into petit filets, marinated in teriyaki and cooked them quick on the grill. Unreal. They melted in your mouth, everyone said it was the best venison they ever had. My daughter drank that juice off her plate haha.
From: MA-PAdeerslayer
28-Jan-24
I love paper plates…. And venison.
From: BAT
28-Jan-24
Bowhunter’s BBQ, crock pot recipe from Matthews that came with my previous bow
From: Dthfrmabove1
28-Jan-24
Made a sauce and meatballs tonight. 2 lbs of axis deer burger mixed with 1/2 lb of wild boar Italian sausage. Both meats were cut with 27% beef fat while grinding.
From: Pi
28-Jan-24
What you call em ? Death balls ? Heart attack bombs? The cholesterol granade?
But I'm sure they are great... As a last meal . :-)
From: Dthfrmabove1
29-Jan-24
We all have to die sometime. Some sooner than others. Plus I am more worried about the chemicals that are put into meat than a little fat from the back. Haven’t eaten store bought meat since we got here and don’t plan on it either so I will roll the dice with a little fat in my diet
From: Jebediah
29-Jan-24
All these entries look delicious! But I’m a little upset that my own bow didn’t come with any recipes.
From: BAT
29-Jan-24
Let’s see if I can make this pic not be sideways.. I use venison steaks, just trimmed off the fat/silver skin and they shred right up with a couple of serving forks
From: Pi
29-Jan-24
You're probably using wild cow fat. But "a little" is subjective. You won't care about "chemicals" if you need a triple bypass.
Just busting a bit Dr.Death ... We all do some things that are less than perfectly healthy.
Enjoy.
From: Dthfrmabove1
04-Feb-24
Pi. This is for you. We made wild boar potstickers tonight. No extra fat added or needed. Was a huge hit with everyone and will probably be making these quite often. Dipping sauce was a combo of low salt soy sauce, Hawaiian pineapple barbecue sauce and chili crisp oil.
From: peterk1234
04-Feb-24
Elk meatballs and homemade fresh pasta.
From: Bwhnt
04-Feb-24
Wow my mouth is actually watering a little. It all looks delicious
From: Will
04-Feb-24
Amazing meals, you guys. I forgot the, but I had an awesome venison and barley stew last week. Little pecorino Romano cheese grated on top, so good!
From: Jebediah
04-Feb-24
All look delicious, as usual! Pete that homemade pasta also looks like a home run. We tried making pasta a couple years ago and clearly, from the picture, you’ve got us beat.
From: Dthfrmabove1
04-Feb-24
Decided to just lop off a rear quarter and will turn it into a ham for Easter. This should be a fun experiment
From: MA-PAdeerslayer
04-Feb-24
5.9 pounds….what are the rest of you eating? I call dibs on the ham ;)
From: Dthfrmabove1
04-Feb-24
You glutton MaPa !!!! Hahaha
From: peterk1234
05-Feb-24
Dth, keep us posted on the ham. I've been wanting to do this. But I'm not sure I'm set up for a long dry cure. You going dry or wet?
From: Dthfrmabove1
05-Feb-24
Pete. Going wet cure 5-7 with bone in
From: Dthfrmabove1
05-Feb-24
Did the pizza thing again with the boar sausage. Also threw on some locally grown pineapple
From: Jebediah
05-Feb-24
Wow does that look good. Half hour before lunch, worst possible time to look at that.
From: Jebediah
05-Feb-24
By way of a little public service announcement—this “Press-n-Seal” stuff is great. Easy to handle, very effective. Saran Wrap should be outlawed. If I had a new baby, I would name him or her Press-n-Seal. Works for both a boy or a girl.
From: BAT
11-Feb-24
My annual Super Bowl Calzone; ground venison, onions, peppers, mushrooms, Cheddar Mozzarella, and Romano cheese
From: Deerdawg
12-Feb-24
Piggy Dumplings and Pizza mmm good. Calzone looks Delicious BAT!
From: Dthfrmabove1
12-Feb-24
Love a good calzone
From: Dthfrmabove1
21-Feb-24
Sweet and sour wild boar with locally grown pineapples, onions and peppers
From: Arrownoob
21-Feb-24
Not hunting related but google “nyt no knead bread”. Super easy - sits over night but very little effort. My first attempt was 10/10
From: Arrownoob
21-Feb-24
Not hunting related but google “nyt no knead bread”. Super easy - sits over night but very little effort. My first attempt was 10/10
From: Jebediah
21-Feb-24
Bear sloppy joe’s.
From: Arrownoob
21-Feb-24
Boo boo on a bun?
From: Jebediah
22-Feb-24
Here’s a cuisine-related public service announcement for those who (like me) must periodically (or almost always) sulk into the grocery store to buy meat: ground turkey is better for you, tastes better, and is cheaper than ground beef. This completes this test of the Emergency Broadcast System.
From: Jebediah
22-Feb-24
Here’s some more cuisine…jerky.
From: Dthfrmabove1
22-Feb-24
Mmmmmmmm. Jerky !!!
From: Dthfrmabove1
22-Feb-24
Mmmmmmmm. Jerky !!!
From: Jebediah
23-Feb-24
Only ever made that jerky with ground venison. I wonder how it would be with ground beef or ground turkey. Read that bear jerky is a bad idea because slow cooking/dehydration/whatever doesn’t kill the trichinosis parasite. No interest in doing that experiment.
From: Dthfrmabove1
26-Feb-24
Ok so had the first of the Backstraps and tenderloins from my Molokai trip. Without a doubt axis deer is the cleanest and most tender venison out there !!! The quality of the meat is outstanding and I will become a vegetarian if I ever have to Move from Here. Already contacted our host in Molokai and we are scheduling another Trip Out there for axis deer and GT / tuna and mahi fishing.
From: Arrownoob
26-Feb-24
Looks awesome. Have you seen any of those meateater episodes with spear fishing? Could be a fun way to get some fish.
From: Jebediah
26-Feb-24
Looks delicious, have heard that axis deer tastes the best by far.
From: Lunker
26-Feb-24
Yum
From: Jebediah
29-Feb-24
Ground bear, possibilities are endless…
From: Dthfrmabove1
29-Feb-24
Jeb Gotta say I have never tried bear burger. How is it compared to store bought burger? Do you cut it with beef fat or just use the bear fat ???
From: Dthfrmabove1
29-Feb-24
Did venison teriyaki sliders with bacon, cheddar and local pineapples. Soooo good. I see a pattern here. Burgers and pizza seems to be a go to for us I guess. lol
From: Dthfrmabove1
29-Feb-24
And had a modified Hawaiian pizza the other night. It had pineapple, bacon and my attempt at cured wild boar. It actually came out pretty good considering I didn’t use a smoker. Just a wet cure and rinse them in the oven it went. Sliced real thin so it got crispy in the 525 degree oven.
From: MA-PAdeerslayer
01-Mar-24
Lookin good Shawn!
From: Jebediah
01-Mar-24
Looks wonderful! Is pineapple expensive there? Concerning this bear (the only one we’ve ever gotten)—no fat added, indistinguishable from ground beef. He was definitely <200lb, and I think maybe this matters—I was told that small bears like this taste a little better than big bears. But we still want a big one this year. Only 6 months to go!
From: Dthfrmabove1
01-Mar-24
You can get pineapple at roadside vendors for around $4 each and in the supermarkets on sale for $.99 a pound. Don’t know what they are in MA to compare
From: MA-PAdeerslayer
01-Mar-24
How much does the average pineapple weigh
From: Dthfrmabove1
01-Mar-24
Hmmmmmm. I don’t know the average weight. But I do know I usually don’t pay more than 5-6 bucks for one if I get it at the local grocery store. At Costco or road side vendor it’s usually under $5 They are the same size as the ones you would get in MA or the Carolinas
From: MA-PAdeerslayer
01-Mar-24
lol. Or pineapples are actually green. Weird I know
From: Dthfrmabove1
01-Mar-24
Eewww. Green pineapples. Nah. They should be yellow / orange.
From: MA-PAdeerslayer
02-Mar-24
Haha kidding of course. Enjoy your delicious pineapples everyone lol.
From: Dthfrmabove1
03-Mar-24
$9 for three pineapples
From: Arrownoob
04-Mar-24
In Australia they sell them without the tops because people started growing their own.
From: Arrownoob
04-Mar-24
In Australia they sell them without the tops because people started growing their own.
From: MA-PAdeerslayer
04-Mar-24
The Diet Coke must be $9 a 12 pack
From: Dthfrmabove1
04-Mar-24
Depends where I get it. There is a place. Nanko Fishing Supply. They have blowout beer sales. Bought two 12 packs of the white claw mango seltzers for 14.99. !!! They commonly have 30 packs of bud for 14.99 too.
From: MA-PAdeerslayer
05-Mar-24
Seltzers for your wife…? Right…?
From: Dthfrmabove1
06-Mar-24
Hahaha. Nope but she drinks them. To make the seltzers more manly. I chase them with Jack Fire. It’s my good friend from Nantucket’s favorite drinking combo when we pull all weekenders on the beaches out there for sharks. Gotta tell you it brings back awesome memories of the time I got to spend out there with my friends. Such a great place and great group of people.
From: MA-PAdeerslayer
06-Mar-24
That’s awesome buddy. Just breaking your stones :) haha
From: Dthfrmabove1
06-Mar-24
I know, but I had to make it sound more manly to drink those
From: Pi
06-Mar-24
Try making the Bud light part more manly... Haha
From: Will
06-Mar-24
I just want to point out that drinking more alcohol, to be more manly actually reduces testosterone, thus having the opposite effect. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6761906/#:~:text=Studies%20found%20that%20heavy%20alcohol,important%20role%20in%20sperm%20maturation.
Soooo... Stick to the Seltzer DFA. Hunt pigs, catch fish and keep the water going down the hatch...
From: Jebediah
06-Mar-24
Mass Bowsite: come for the hunting, stay for the scientific references!
From: MA-PAdeerslayer
06-Mar-24
Will he’s talking about alcoholic seltzer lol!
From: Pi
06-Mar-24
Good one ma.
And... However... as a side note ... if you hit the gym and crank the iron like a madman it produces more testosterone than you lose while drinking booze.
But yeah , drink some water too.:-)
And if that ain't your thing, there is a pill for everything. ( Well. Probably a shot)
There ,( a shot )now it's hunting , medical and booze all in one .
You're welcome.
From: Dthfrmabove1
06-Mar-24
Made stuffed shells with ricotta cheese and wild boar Italian sausage. Kind of a lumpy mess, but trust me they were good.
From: BAT
07-Mar-24
Looks great DFA!
From: Jebediah
07-Mar-24
Oh man. 7AM and I’m dying for stuffed shells.
From: Will
07-Mar-24
Damn, my brain forgot there was alcoholic seltzer...
Those shells look amazing! So good!
From: Dthfrmabove1
10-Mar-24
Made a smoked rear quarter for pulled pork and grilled some straps for last nights dinner. The pulled pork was real intense in flavor. Hard to describe. Not gamey at all but definitely not like pork from a store. This pigs meat was a bit darker than the others have a feeling this contributed to the meatier flavor. It’s really cool to have different flavor profiles in wild game. Guess it’s like an early season doe and an end of the rut buck. All depends on what they are doing or eating.
From: MA-PAdeerslayer
11-Mar-24
That’s neat Shawn. Bet it was still good tho!
From: Jebediah
12-Mar-24
Squirrel stew. Four squirrels in there, I promise. Too watery, more like vegetable soup with squirrel meat. UPDATE: I’d asked my wife for a recommendation on spices, and she told me to use her pre-mixed taco seasoning powder, all of it. This was maybe 1/2 cup. Unfortunately I don’t know what was in it, but this stew wound up being delicious, and I think it was largely because of this taco seasoning mix.
From: Jebediah
12-Mar-24
My wife is traveling with my son, and so I thought it was a good time to try spam. This is spam with macaroni and cheese. Incredibly salty, but not too bad.
From: Dthfrmabove1
13-Mar-24
Made some wild pig Asian influenced burgers with a spicy slaw to go on top. Will definitely make these again. Kind of tasted like a dumpling. Haha this particular pig had very pinkish red meat. To the occasional burger eater. They would never tell the difference between this and a cow burger.
From: YoungBuck
13-Mar-24
Back strap with a morel mushroom sauce
Back strap with a morel mushroom sauce
From: Dthfrmabove1
14-Mar-24
Hell yeah. Look at all the good food !! Great job guys. I made a pulled pork and put it in sandwiches but forgot about the pics. Haha
From: Deerdawg
14-Mar-24
Young Buck you pick the morels? Id love to know a few mushrooms that are edible. I dont see morels in area, yet. Dthf you are making us all look like a bunch of amatures ! You need a job or you have to start your own restaurant Feild to Plate. ! I love to cook with pineapple. Cranberry's apples and wild mushrooms are great adds with wild game as well
From: Dthfrmabove1
17-Mar-24
Got a little cold today. Got down to 67 degrees this morning so we decided to make a batch of venison / wild boar chili.
From: MA-PAdeerslayer
17-Mar-24
67 is down right freezing. I’m terribly sorry you’re experiencing those conditions. Hopefully your pineapples pull thru hahahaha
From: Dthfrmabove1
25-Mar-24
Had tenderloins on a salad. I know. Why ruin a good piece of meat !! The salad did have eggs, beets and apples though.
From: Jebediah
25-Mar-24
Wow that looks good!
From: Josh22
25-Mar-24
That’s a good looking salad right there.
From: Arrownoob
25-Mar-24
Kid came home with this.
Kid came home with this.
From: Jebediah
25-Mar-24
Looks fresh…
From: MA-PAdeerslayer
25-Mar-24
Chocolate covered raisins! My favorite
From: Pi
26-Mar-24
Licorice. Black beans from the south.
From: Jebediah
29-Mar-24
“Overnight oatmeal”—fill jar about 2/3 full of oats, add milk till it’s about half an inch above the oats, then add maybe 3/4 inch of syrup. Mix up, refrigerator overnight. If you can get past the idea of eating cold oatmeal, it’s delicious. Obviously you could heat it up, and adjust ratios to make it thicker/thinner.
From: Big Dog
29-Mar-24
Anyone bake sourdough bread? It's quite a process.
From: peterk1234
30-Mar-24
BD, I make sourdough bread every other day. My starter made the trek across country with me. It's not an old one. I think I created it in 2019.
I have my own process that is quite easy. Two teaspoons of my starter, luke warm water, couple cups of flour, couple pinches of sugar and salt. Mix it. Let it rise for 12 to 15 hours. Shape it. Let it rise for a couple more. Bake at 450 for 35 minutes.
From: peterk1234
30-Mar-24
Muley and elk meatballs. Tomato and alfredo sauce. Will top off with homemade pasta and bread.
From: MA-PAdeerslayer
30-Mar-24
Looks amazing Peter!
From: Dthfrmabove1
30-Mar-24
Looking good Pete !!!!
From: Dthfrmabove1
30-Mar-24
Chili dogs at the beach a couple weekends ago. Wild boar and axis deer for the chili topping over locally sourced hot dogs with no nitrates or preservatives.
From: Jebediah
30-Mar-24
Wow in two entries there’s wild boar, axis deer, mule deer, and elk. All look great, very impressive!
From: peterk1234
30-Mar-24
Dth, that does not suck. That looks awesome.
From: BAT
30-Mar-24
Looks great DFA, both the dogs and the warm beach!
From: Dthfrmabove1
30-Mar-24
Another cookout for sunset. Wild boar burgers and local Pineapple on the grill
From: MA-PAdeerslayer
31-Mar-24
From: MA-PAdeerslayer
31-Mar-24
Elk sirloin for Easter dinner
From: Josh22
31-Mar-24
I bet that’s gonna be amazing.
From: MA-PAdeerslayer
31-Mar-24
I’m hoping so Josh!
From: Notime2fish
31-Mar-24
Some great looking eats for sure. Hope to someday be grilling an Elk sirloin of my own. It’s on the list for sure.
From: MA-PAdeerslayer
31-Mar-24
Notime, this one won’t taste quite as good. I only traveled about 45 minutes and got this one. My buddy down here in NC hooked me up with some from his friend! I intend one day to have a freezer full of my own tho!
From: MA-PAdeerslayer
31-Mar-24
Almost grub time….
From: MA-PAdeerslayer
31-Mar-24
If that isn’t perfect idk what is fellas…..
From: MA-PAdeerslayer
31-Mar-24
If that isn’t perfect idk what is fellas…..
From: Dthfrmabove1
31-Mar-24
Whoa MaPa. !!! Michelin star quality
From: Brian M.
31-Mar-24
I've never had elk, but damn that looks good.
From: MA-PAdeerslayer
31-Mar-24
When I took it off the grill, I honestly thought it was still raw and my thermometer was lying to me it just felt raw in the tongs…but damn was it delicious…I took it off around 128 and let it sit for 10 minutes before cutting…
From: Big Dog
01-Apr-24
Peter, thanks for the sourdough recipe
From: Dthfrmabove1
12-Apr-24
Made a pineapple and sausage meatball with a sweet and sour sauce to go with it. The meatballs were 50/50. Wild boar hot Italian sausage and axis deer burger. Pineapple of course local. Kinda getting sick of pineapple right now. Haha
From: MA-PAdeerslayer
12-Apr-24
Your gonna turn into a pineapple
From: MA-PAdeerslayer
12-Apr-24
Your gonna turn into a pineapple
From: Dthfrmabove1
13-Apr-24
A sour one at that
From: Dthfrmabove1
13-Apr-24
A sour one at that
From: Dthfrmabove1
19-Apr-24
Hiking in the woods last week. Found a Myer lemon tree. Picked some fruit and made lemon drop martinis with a vodka made on Maui and the sugar cane made here. Forgot to pack the martini. Glasses though so had to improvise
From: Dthfrmabove1
25-Apr-24
Smoked a venison round in the local Kiawe wood at lunch at the job site. The homeowner who is Korean whipped up a stir fry noodle dish to go with it.
From: BAT
26-Apr-24
Nice DFA, too bad your not fitting in at all in Hawaii :) respect, that you have been able to mix NE and Hawaii cultures so well!
From: Dthfrmabove1
27-Apr-24
So driving up to our favorite beach on the north shore we pass a local honey stand. Wife gets out and buys a bottle of honey and tells me they are selling whiskey there too. Made from the local tea tree roots. I grabbed two bottles and drank 2 bottles with the guy who makes it. The troops of this tree are sugar based so instead of using the local sugar cane he mashes the roots and makes a whiskey mash out of it then distills it. I just bought freaking moonshine on the side of the road in Hawaii. Hahaha
From: MA-PAdeerslayer
28-Apr-24
White claws and moonshine
