Preparing Wild Game, Fish, Fowl, and Other Things

[heavyhitterokra]

Preparing Wild Game, Fish, Fowl, and Other Things

We kind of got to talking about Armadillo Chili on one of the other threads, when I suddenly realized there was no thread started yet about preparing wild game or fish.  I suppose frog legs would also fall under that heading, as well as crawdads, fowl, a few varieties of insects and the like.  

As a Homesteading topic, I think preparing wild game should rank fairly high in the conversation.  If anyone has any favorite recipes to share or any tips on preparing wild game, insects, fish, or things of that nature, please drop us a line or two with some of your thoughts.

[heavyhitterokra]

I have a good friend who is also a very talented chef. When I told him about all the squirrel depredation going on around here, he shared one of his squirrel recipes with me.


Here's Chuck's slant on what to do with the surplus squirrels:


Ron,

Here is one I cooked up.

This is a slow cooker process, sotherwise old tough squirrels don't fry well.

Stick them in a crock pot, or slow, saltwater boil.

When the meat falls off the bone-debone it.

Mix Cream cheese, green chilies, some cumin, garlic, onions and onion powder. Saute the onions first, then add Monterrey jack cheese.

Dip some corn tortillas in hot oil (or you can roll them).

Spoon the meat, cheese, mixture into tortillas and roll them into enchiladas.

Mix a little fat and flour to make rue.

Now I cook my cream cheese for the sauce and add it into the rue. it's work but it will be a nice sauce with no lumps when your done.



So, back to it:

Make sauce-green chili, chip stock, with the same seasonings as above. When the cream cheese rue has tightened the sauce sufficiently, pour it over the enchiladas and bake until bubbling around the edges. top with Monterrey jack cheese and melt a bit.


So it is, I call this concoction:

"Monterrey Jack Green Chili Squirrel Enchiladas."

That should work nicely to help tidy up your surplus squirrel problem.

[heavyhitterokra]

Rabbit, chicken, squirrel, it's all good!