Sandhill Crane recipes

Exactly like ribeye.

EtA: they are also delicious in soup.

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Exactly like ribeye.

EtA: they are also delicious in soup.

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b/c when i think of ribeyes, i think of putting them in soup

Breast like a medium rare steak. Legs and carcass for gumbo. They are excellent eating.

These suckers walk around my neighborhood and aren't afraid of humans.

I have had the fortunate experience to hunt these birds a few times in New Mexico. Like any game, it matters what their diet has been. If they have been eating good they really are delicious. My go to is to cut the breast into steaks as they can be quite large. I use a marinade of olive oil, a quality balsamic vinegar, some worstershire sauce, oregano, s&p. Cook it like a steak. High heat, in cast iron, in butter.

It’s very good for wild game.

Cook it as you would a steak, is it beef? Absolutely not, but it is delicious game.

Funny. I have a friend that worked for an alligator farm and they were in that market. I can’t remember if it was ostrich or emu but it never worked out.

Wow, it really does look like a very thick cut ribeye.

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Funny. I have a friend that worked for an alligator farm and they were in that market. I can’t remember if it was ostrich or emu but it never worked out.

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We had some people farming emus down the road from my family's land in AL. They went out of business and just let all of the emus go. The following deer and turkey seasons we would randomly see emus running around