HELP! Being held captive by Why Not?
- Thread starter CoryTheCowboy
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Me too .... I got the brisket.
time for you to move here for good ....
mudgunner49
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Gee - those look like terrible conditions to be held in... (insert sarcasm emoji here)...
CoryTheCowboy
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BigUglyMan
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- New Scotland
It could be TV Dinners on the menu and I would say the same thing.
Come on! We are having a simply wonderful ruffed grouse recipe. Serves 2
1 whole grouse, cut into proper serving pieces, breasts, legs, wings, and backs,
salt and peppered meat to your taste preference
2 big tbs butter
4 bacon strips
4 cloves garlic
10-15 small mushrooms
6 big onion slices
1 tsp BBQ or HP sauce (ketchup will work, but really sweetens the dish)
2 sprigs thyme
1tbs cider vinegar
two cups vegetable-water from previous cooking
1 full cup of carrots
Use a heavy cast iron pan or casserole dish big enough to fit the grouse breasts.
Heat the butter until it just begins to foam, then reduce heat slightly.
Season the meat and sear them until just turning past golden.
Remove the meat, and cook the bacon, garlic, mushrooms and onion gently until they change colour.
Add the sauce and thyme, then pour in the vegetable water.
Put the grouse back in the dish and bring liquid up to a simmer.
Cover the pan, and simmer in oven at 175F for about 30 minutes
Remove the grouse, add the carrots and cook while reducing the liquid.
By this time you will be so hungry just watching this cook, you will hardly be able to wait for the liquid to cook down.
Serve with fresh garden potatoes and hot corn bread.
The small pan is for the two of us tonight. The big one for when you guys arrive!
Ted
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CoryTheCowboy
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Looks like I'm going to have to chase grouse again...Townes isn't going to like that
Cory
Cory
Man those pictures bring back good memories. A springer was my childhood dog and I later hunted grouse with him in northwestern Ontario in my early 20’s. Best bird hunting of my life hands down.That dog was a handful but man did he have the spirit to hunt. Even at 10-12 years old he was unstoppable. One time after a full day hunt we got back and he refused to get out of the back of the truck, didn’t want to come home. He spent the night in there!
