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Sunday, May 17, 2009
Older & Wiser
The older you get the more wiser choices most of us make concerning our food
consumption choices.
Wild Game has been and will always be the healthiest and smartest choice you can make for
those of us that desire to live a long and healthy life!
As we get older, we understand more and more the
value of spending time with our spouse, children, family and friends and wild game can play a large part in helping us achieve
a healthy lifestyle.
In my wild game cooking clinics I parallel wild game to the Barbara Mandrell song "I
was country before country was cool". Wild Game was organic before organic was cool!!! It is the truest form of natural
meat, with no growth hormones, steroids or antibiotics - you can't get any healthier than that.
Whether you are
harvesting your game in the field or purchasing it at your local supermarket or specialty store game is higher in protein,
lower in cholesterol, and in fact it has many nutrients that are beneficial to you.
Wild Game is extremely lean
and the key to cooking it is summarized in the following key points:
1) Never drown your game with items like
canned soup, dressings or marinades that replace the taste of what you are eating; rather use fresh herbs and flavors that
will enhance and heighten the flavor of your game
2) Use olive oil, real farm fresh butter or things like bacon
to help infuse moisture due to the lack of fat
3) Never overcook your game; most varieties of game are fine to
leave a little pink in the middle, unless you are making a braised or stewed recipe
Wild game has tremendous versatility,
so it can substituted in many standard recipes.
Remember, you are what you eat...and the wiser eat wild game!!!
Bon appetit,
"The WildCheff"
3:23 pm est
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