How Moose Tastes?
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LOL....well, somebody must have eating Eskimo if they know what it tastes like! I think 'looky has his secrets.
Actually moose is my favorite wild meat (and canada goose)....I don't want it to taste like beef, beef is bland, not much flavour....why would you want your moose to taste like that? I think the thing to eating most big game animals is to not over cook the meat, that is unless your doing a nice moose brisket cooked in sauerkraut, then slow simmered for hours is the way to go!
Also consider the difference in taste with individual animals in any area. A young bull vs a an old mature bull. I live in fairly deep bush and will happily eat any grouse, deer or moose if given a chance to examine the animal before the kill. Leave the mature critters for the trophy hunters!
I doubt you would ever get an objective assessment of what part of Canada the tastiest wild animals come from!
I doubt you would ever get an objective assessment of what part of Canada the tastiest wild animals come from!
Man, I've never gone hunting but would like to try just so I can try what you guys are talking about. Always interested in trying elk, deer and moose. (maybe bear too)
I never understood (based on description alone) what it means by "gamey" taste.
I like to cook and to eat outside of shooting.
I never understood (based on description alone) what it means by "gamey" taste.
I like to cook and to eat outside of shooting.
It is one of the most abused and misunderstood culinary words, IMO. On top of that, it is extremely vague. In my experience "gamey" can mean just about anything, depending on so many factors.
I feed my family nothing but game meat; mostly Mule Deer, Moose, Grouse, and Snowshoe Hare. Surprisingly (to some) the one with the "gamiest" taste is the Snowshoe Hare. Nearly everyone who has ever eaten moose or deer at my place agrees that it is absolutely not "gamey". Many of them remark that lamb has a much more "gamey" flavour than the deer or moose.
Grouse tastes like chicken used to taste back in the 70's; like proper poultry. The "chicken" you buy in the store these days tastes more like tofu than poultry.
Snowshoe hare tastes like dark meat turkey, but with a slightly musky "wild" flavour that goes great with brown mushrooms and sage.
Having said that, there definitely is something distinctly "gamey" about the meat from a Full Rut Mule Deer Buck.
If testosterone has a flavour, that is it! But is it more or less gamey than Snowshoe Hare, or lamb? There's no correct answer. They are all completely different and can be very pleasant, hell even delicious, if prepared properly.It is one of the most abused and misunderstood culinary words, IMO. On top of that, it is extremely vague. In my experience "gamey" can mean just about anything, depending on so many factors.
I feed my family nothing but game meat; mostly Mule Deer, Moose, Grouse, and Snowshoe Hare. Surprisingly (to some) the one with the "gamiest" taste is the Snowshoe Hare. Nearly everyone who has ever eaten moose or deer at my place agrees that it is absolutely not "gamey". Many of them remark that lamb has a much more "gamey" flavour than the deer or moose.
Grouse tastes like chicken used to taste back in the 70's; like proper poultry. The "chicken" you buy in the store these days tastes more like tofu than poultry.
Snowshoe hare tastes like dark meat turkey, but with a slightly musky "wild" flavour that goes great with brown mushrooms and sage.
Having said that, there definitely is something distinctly "gamey" about the meat from a Full Rut Mule Deer Buck.
Good post
And damn all this talk of wild meat reminds me.... I have a fresh pair of mule deer tenderloins from saturdays buck waiting for the fry pan... Mmmm some bacon grease, some shave pine mushroom, a pinch of rosemary and a lil dash of montreal steak spice just as the hit medium rare .... Mmmmmm I know what I'm havin for dinner with some baby potatoes and butter braised shallots
Good post
And damn all this talk of wild meat reminds me.... I have a fresh pair of mule deer tenderloins from saturdays buck waiting for the fry pan... Mmmm some bacon grease, some shave pine mushroom, a pinch of rosemary and a lil dash of montreal steak spice just as the hit medium rare .... Mmmmmm I know what I'm havin for dinner with some baby potatoes and butter braised shallots
Cheers! Enjoy those tenders!
I have the last moose roast from last season left in the freezer and we've been eating hare and grouse for the past few weeks. Gotta get out there and nail a buck tomorrow!!!
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- The Conservative part of Ontario
Venison to me tastes the same, north or south. Corn fed deer tend to be bigger/fatter of course but to me venison is venison regardless of the feed. I have had some inedible bear in the past, and wondered if it was what they ate, or the way it was handled, but Moose here in Ontario tend to be all bush animals, so they all taste great regardless.
tungngroove2000
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- Beautiful BC
depends really on what part of the moose you're eating....if you eat the ass part....it tastes surprisingly like ass!!!!
Mighty Peace
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- Land of the Mighty Peace
Shoot moose near farmland, it will taste similar to beef. Shoot elk near farmland, tastes like beef - why wouldn't they-grazing on alphalfa, oats, green leaves of the canola.
Shoot any wild animal that eat only native / wild grasses - it will be a bit more on the wild tasting side. Field dressing is/can be another issue- if you aren't clean doing it, it will be gamier!
Newfie moose would probably taste different as quite the difference in moose feed as to grasses and other eats.
Yes Alberta beef and eastern beef- no comparision. Just like tasting difference between Alberta beef and stuff from the USA. Nothing beats Alberta raised beef !!!
Shoot any wild animal that eat only native / wild grasses - it will be a bit more on the wild tasting side. Field dressing is/can be another issue- if you aren't clean doing it, it will be gamier!
Newfie moose would probably taste different as quite the difference in moose feed as to grasses and other eats.
Yes Alberta beef and eastern beef- no comparision. Just like tasting difference between Alberta beef and stuff from the USA. Nothing beats Alberta raised beef !!!
I thought I'd love the taste of ANY moose I found- till somebody fed me a hunk off a big old bull. Wow! that was as close to eating shoe leather as I've ever come. I also thought I'd be able to tell the taste of ANY wild meat put in front of me- till my mother in law fed me a roast from a grain fed muley doe (Peace River farm country). Incredibly succulent...
Moose is my favorite wild game meat for sure a lot like beef but I was suprised to find how different it does taste in different provinces.
Ontario has a totally different taste than NS as does NL I find
Agree 1000% Nothing beats Alberta raised beef !!!
Ontario has a totally different taste than NS as does NL I find
Agree 1000% Nothing beats Alberta raised beef !!!
The newfoundland moose, I eat is taken care of properly. Its a way of life down there people have been doing it for years. No matter what moose meat I get, or who its shot by and prepared by, it all tastes the same. Its awesome. Where as the Alberta moose, is much closer to beef imo. Its all in what your used too. Those that say different diet is the reason are probably right.
I just figured their had to be someone on here, from Newfoundland or who has at least tried both types of moose, both Newfoundland and Alberta who will know what im talking about.
I've had both, but the Alberta meat was jerky or pepperoni (I can't quite remember for sure), and wasn't much of a sample to find a difference. Send me more, and I will see if I can figure it out for ya.
lol.
