Bear Meat

[Belsnickel]

(10-22-2020, 07:40 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Anyone who ate it would have known it was carp because carp is full of bones.  The meat may be edible but you have to deal with a mouthful of fishbones with every bite.

It can be prepared in a way to avoid that. I've had carp a handful of times. Once or twice I ended up with tons of bones, and then another couple times I had a German friend prepare it who knew what he was doing. No problems at all. I wish I knew his tricks.

(10-22-2020, 07:49 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I have never tried bear meat, but I have eaten groundhog. It was good. Baked tender.

I have had fried squirrel and rabbit. Both were pretty tough, but I just think they had been fried too tough. I have never had farm raised rabbit, but I understand it is much more tender. Makes sense since it never uses its muscles to run around.

Whistlepig is definitely some delicious meat. I know lots of people that have had fried squirrel and rabbit, but my squirrel and rabbit experience is usually braised, in Brunswick stew, or just done over an open fire. I've had fried squirrel brains, but that's it on the fried front for those. I know a lot of people like to fry things like that, but that just takes away from the flavor of the meat and I have found often results in making the meat tougher than it could be otherwise. I like fried chicken and fried fish, but beyond that I usually won't eat anything fried.