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Skriven 2015-08-15 06:41:00 av Dave Drum (88304.cooks)
  Kommentar till text 29979 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
Ärende: Bear with me was:dubious
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-=> MICHAEL LOO wrote to DAVE DRUM <=-

 DD> Haven't essayed bear. The (very) few times I have had possum I found
 DD> it greasy to the point of having a horrid mouth feel. And stringy.

 ML> The only time I had bear with a distinctive taste, it was
 ML> in pelmenyi, minced plain meat with onions in a plain
 ML> dough wrapper - the taste was distinctive, and I didn't
 ML> like it. Other times it was mystery meat in gravy and

Odd, bears and pigs are supposed to be cousins. Other than the gaminess I would
have thought that bear might taste somewhat porcine.

My source for that is something I saw on answers.com Q: "Which are more related
to bears pigs or dogs?" A: "YES, bears are related to pigs more than dogs. Many
people find this hard to believe, but it is true. Like humans are related to
monkeys, their DNA is the same. The bears and the pigs are both from the swine
family." (Answer by	C Dixon)

 ML> could easily have been something else. I suppose that if
 ML> I were in charge of a starving tribe of savages, and we
 ML> ran into one of these, I'd have been thankful, but in
 ML> this lifetime, no.

 DD> Over the hill pork (and its sub-set ham) have a sort of metallic twang
 DD> to me. I've never detected a fishiness. It also feels sticky-greasy
 DD> when on picks it up from the ice box.

 ML> The weird surface feel I can attest to, but I also detect a
 ML> stale fishy-cheesy-nitrogenous flavor.

 DD> Speaking of things that taste fishy:
 DD> Title: Turtle Soup #1

 ML> From the turtle soup that Campbell's used to turn out to
 ML> that in fancy restaurants, I've found no more than a vague
 ML> gaminess, only faintly fishy. Nothing to pay a premium for.

Fair enough. Most of my experience with turtle soup has been with snapping
turtles and leatherback turtles caught from local bodies of water. According to
ask.com "Turtle meat tastes most like veal and can be cooked in a variety of
ways. The best results are when the turtle is tenderized and cleaned..." to
which I call B.S. Turtle tastes like turtle - nothing like *any* veal I have
ever had.

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      Title: Fried Turtle
 Categories: Game, Breads, Dairy
      Yield: 3 servings

      1    Turtle; cleaned, in lg pcs
           Flour; seasoned w/salt &
           - pepper
           Oil for frying
      2 lg Beaten eggs
      2 pt Whole milk
           Dry bread crumbs
           +=OR=+
           Cracker meal

  Parboil the turtle meat, separate it from the bones, and
  cut the meat into bite-sized pieces or larger. Coat it
  with the seasoned flour, dip it into the eggs, and coat it
  with the bread crumbs or cracker meal. Fry it in 1" or
  more of hot cooking oil. Break the meat up into smaller
  pieces.

  Recipe by: Fred Bouwman - November 20, 2009 

  From Camp Cooking: A Practical Handbook, Skyhorse
  Publishing, 2009.

  Recipe from: http://www.motherearthnews.com

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

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