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I bought this for my husband for Fathers' Day with a set of BBQ skewers and it was a hit.
For instance, how is a deer different from an elk, a cow, a lamb, etc. Even wild and domestic turkeys are drastically different. I would have preferred a description of how each animal's meat is different from the common, domesticated relatives. In short, while the recipes will work for the hunter who can't cook his kill into something palatable, they won't give him a very deep understanding of properly cooking game.
For fowl, the range is even greater: chickens are nothing like ducks or ostriches, for example. It has recipes for a varied array of game, but most animals only get a couple recipes, which is a shame, since 1 kill will frequently yield huge amounts of meat. Also, like their domesticated relatives, the different cuts of game meat are good for different purposes and methods. They advise treating the meat in the correct ways to maximize flavor and tenderness. Of course, you'd expect that with anything from Ted Nugent.It's not a very thick book. Do you want to make the same thing with your entire deer. The problem is that they're a limited selection of all you can do with game. They're all closely related, but the different fat contents, diets, muscle biology, etc.
This book doesn't go into those differences. This book is part cookbook, part 'Nuge stories and philosophy. The recipes, themselves, are sound. mean they taste and are cooked differently.
I leave it out on my butcher block, recipes rates and pages full of comments by The Man, and all is finally well after 30 years of hunting in my household.Thank you, Uncle Ted. I rated the recipe and wrote down comments in the margin for tweaking it for the next time, and then my second try was a marinade and these are ones that The Man usually really hates. I have been failing at white tail venison no matter how hard I tried, no matter whose cookbook I used and wasted more venison than I can say and finally gave up. My first try was such a huge success, I was so praised by the hubby that I felt like a grand champion. The trick is, these recipes are so easy with very little added to the them, nothing Frenchy or anything you can't pronounce. You can make it all and you already have all the ingredients in your kitchen. The guys pan fried their bucks.Then after meeting "Uncle Ted" one day in our local Wal-Mart, and we had rippin'good time in man-land. I watched his tips, and then bought the cookbook.
He had his first bite and was off to the races with nearly the whole platter. It's down to earth, and it's so easy on you so you will have energy to enjoythe meal with everyone. I have been cooking all kinds of wild game for 30 years. I was inspired to try again.I watched Spirit of the Wild a few thousand times. I am telling you , if you buy this cookbook, more reasonably priced than others I have seen, you are fixed for life and will have the happiest bunch of people to feed than you have ever had.
What better to give my brother who likes to hunt in Missouri. Thanks, Ted, nice job. OK, so Ted Nugent is a favorite from my teen years. Many whitetail and turkeys have fallen to his arrows so how about a good recipe book to go along with the hunt.
He enjoys watching Ted's hunting shows and does a lot of hunting also. Purchased as a gift for my hubby. Should be a good book for wild game recipes.
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