[TheForge] Scrawy Boonie was in the oven

[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

Yes… a small machine gun is necessary to properly brine deer on the hoof.
They just pucker up and die.
Few mooses hereabouts and the F&G gets terribly upset if you brine an elk.
Bless dedicated Stew-art.

On Dec 5, 2014, at 2:12 PM, jerry Frost <akfrosty at mtaonline.net> wrote:

Does the rock salt take the place of brine Pete? How many times do you shoot game? 

From my perspective, the worst part about taking wild game is packing them out. Even a barely legal little moose will put a few hundred lbs. in the freezer and unless you want to bone it in the field, figure another 100lbs of bone at least. On the other hand, moose has venison beat on all counts by a huge margin. HUGE.

The trick to naming critters bound for the freezer is food names. Stewart is in the freezer, 10 month old lamb. Mmmmmmmm. 

Jer
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Shotgun and rocksalt?

On Dec 5, 2014, at 10:06 AM, Andrew Vida <osan at netlabs.net> wrote:

You see, the problem there for me would have arisen the moment my darling grand daughter named the bird.  At that point she becomes family and, well... back to the store for a frozen bird.

I have a terrible time killing anyone known to me.  Names, faces... yeah, that puts the kybosh on all my plans.  That's why I plug deer when they come to crib my orchard.  I don't (usually) know them, get really pissed, and by those virtues am able to pull the trigger. But mama doe who's raised babies these past 4 years in our front pasture presents a serious problem for me because I'd probably sooner shoot myself, than her.

Yes, I know.  Don't have to say it. Sorely aware.


On 11/27/14, 3:52 PM, Dave Smucker wrote:
> No my grandaughter did get cooked -- but she did like Scrawy Boonie.  The turkey wasn't as tough as I excepted -- but maybe the turkey was 5 years old too.
> 
> Dave
> ----------------------------------------
>> Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2014 12:13:22 -0500
>> From: freemab222 at gmail.com
>> To: theforge at mailman.qth.net
>> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Scrawy Boonie the turkey
>> 
>> Ooh! Watch those antecedents!
>> 
>> I hope you didn't really mean to to say that your 5-year-old 
>> granddaughter is in the oven!
>> 
>> ​Happy Turkey Day.​
>> 
>> Bruce
>> NJ
>> 
>> On Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 12:05 PM, Dave Smucker 
>> <davesmucker at hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> We are visiting our daughter and family in Madison, WI and had good 
>>> travel getting here. I am the one fixing the turkey and my daurghter 
>>> bought a free range turkey. Our five year old grandaughter has named 
>>> it Scrawy Boonie. She is in the oven now and will see how she turns out.
>>> 
>>> Happy Thanksgiving to all on the Forge
>>> 
>>> Dave Smucker
>>> Brasstown, NC
>>> 
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