re: What is the best tasting Wild Game? Including Fish.

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So, consider the bullfrog.

Is he a fish, or a game?

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I would say game.

Fun fact for us Catholics.

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Abstinence: The law of abstinence forbids the eating of meat, but not eggs, milk products, nor condiments of any kind, even though made from animal fat. Forbidden are the flesh meat of warm blooded animals and all parts of such animals. This does not include meat juices, broths, soups, lards, gravies, sauces, animal fats, and liquid foods made from meat. Also allowed are fish and all such cold-blooded animals such as frogs, shell-fish, clams, turtles, oysters, crabs, and lobsters. All those who have completed their fourteenth year are bound to the law of abstinence from meat on Ash Wednesday and on all the Friday's of Lent.

The difference between fish & meat is the cold/warm blooded distinction.

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Louis Lamour said multiple times that the best meat in North America was the mountain lion

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Nugent said mountain lion backstrap is really good.

Wood ducks pot roasted stuffed with sweet potatoes

Fresh-Yella cat fillet lightly pan fried covered in a blonde etouffe'

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My favorite crab is king crab. Dungeness is good, just prefer those meaty king crab legs.

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flavor wise dungeness are my favorite followed by king....king definitely gets style points for their size and great reward versus effort. Just like dungeness compared to blue. 1 king is several dungeness. 1 dungeness is several blue.

Wish i could afford fresh king but i buy the crap out of it when Fred Meyer has its yearly founders day sale. Typically 6$/lb.

Wild Game:
Wood ducks


Fish:
Sac au lait FTW

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Wish i could afford fresh king but i buy the crap out of it when Fred Meyer has its yearly founders day sale. Typically 6$/lb.

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Don't we all.

I used to do fairly well with crab traps but all I get these days it seems is dungies. In the 90's used to go diving, bring home 5 king crab. We'd line them up on the floor and have races, the kids would name them, then we'd drop them in a pot and eat em.

This is a family recipe!

Roast Duck with Sweet Potato and Apple Stuffing

Serving Size: 4 Servings

Ingredients:

1 Maple Leaf Farms Whole Duck or Wild Wood Duck, thawed

1/4 Teaspoon Salt

1/8 Teaspoon Ground Black Pepper

1/4 Teaspoon Dried Thyme Leaves

2 Large Sweet Potatoes (3/4 pound)

2 Green Cooking Apples (1/2 pound)

1/4 Teaspoon Ground Cinnamon

1 Tablespoon Light Brown Sugar

1 Tablespoon Butter

1/4 Cup Apple Jelly

1 1/4 Cups Apple Juice

1/4 Cup Water

2 Tablespoon Flour

Directions:

1. Take duck from bag and remove neck and giblets and excessive fat from the cavity of the duck. Reserve for other uses. Rinse duck under cool water; dry duck. Sprinkle with half of the salt, pepper and thyme.

2. Heat oven to 450° F. In a deep roasting pan, place duck breast side up on a rack. Prick breast with tines of fork being careful not to pierce meat. Roast 15 minutes.

3. Reduce heat to 350° F. Cover duck loosely with aluminum foil and roast until just tender -- about 1-1/2 hours.

4. Wash and peel sweet potatoes; wash and core apples. Cut both into 1-inch chunks. In a quart casserole dish combine sweet potatoes, apples, cinnamon, brown sugar, and butter. Place in oven with duck and bake for last hour of baking time.

5. In a small saucepan, heat apple jelly. Remove foil from duck and brush with apple jelly. Roast until golden brown and glazed - about 20 minutes longer. Brush with jelly several times during baking.

6. Remove duck to serving platter and keep warm. Skim off fat in roasting pan. Add apple juice, remaining salt, pepper, and thyme. Place pan on burner. Bring to a boil. Simmer 5 minutes to make apple gravy. Stir water into flour. Stir flour mixture into roasting pan and cook until thickened.

7. Spoon stuffing around duck and serve with apple gravy.

Me too

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Wild Game:
Wood ducks

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I concur.

Fish - I like Red Snapper and Grouper.

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So, consider the bullfrog.

Is he a fish, or a game?


I would say game.

Fun fact for us Catholics.

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Abstinence: The law of abstinence forbids the eating of meat, but not eggs, milk products, nor condiments of any kind, even though made from animal fat. Forbidden are the flesh meat of warm blooded animals and all parts of such animals. This does not include meat juices, broths, soups, lards, gravies, sauces, animal fats, and liquid foods made from meat. Also allowed are fish and all such cold-blooded animals such as frogs, shell-fish, clams, turtles, oysters, crabs, and lobsters. All those who have completed their fourteenth year are bound to the law of abstinence from meat on Ash Wednesday and on all the Friday's of Lent.

The difference between fish & meat is the cold/warm blooded distinction.

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I hate that the Catholics in South La have to suffer through this during the Lenten season. I mean, abstaining from steak, chicken, and pork, and in their stead, having to choke down speckled trout, redfish, shrimp, oysters, flounder, grouper, puppy drum, frog legs, scallops, wahoo, cobia/lemonfish/ling, red snapper, mangrove snapper, yellow fin tuna, amberjack, sac-a-lait, bass, bream, channel cat, Opelousas cat, blue cat, and gar balls is really going all out for the Lawd.......























I keed, and I would never make fun of a person's religious practices.

:cheers