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Honey Locust Beer Recipe

Ingredients:

Long black locust pods (number depends on how big of a crock or keg is being used). Ripened persimmons or sliced apples (number same as above)
2 cups of molasses water

Break the locust pods into pieces. Place a layer in a keg or crock. Add the persimmons or apples. Cover with boiling water. Add two cups of molasses. Let stand for three for four days before using.

Meat Recipes

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1. ARMADILLO: Information
    

   1. Baked or Barbecued Armadillo
       

   2. Armadillo in Mustard Sauce
       

   3. Armadillo 'n Rice

    

2. BEAR: Information
    

   1. Braised Bear Steak
       

   2. Simply Elegant Bear Steak and Rice
       

   3. County Style Bear
       

   4. Bear Meat Balls
       

   5. Bear Roast #1
       

   6. Bear Roast #2

    

3. BEAVER: Information
    

   1. Fried Beaver
       

   2. (Beaver) Atlanta Special
       

   3. Beaver or Raccoon Roast with Barbecue Sauce
       

   4. Beaver Tail

   5. Beaver with Sour Cream

   6. Deep Fried Beaver

   7. Beaver Stew

   8. Country Style Beaver

   9. Barbecued Beaver

   10. Roasted Beaver

    

4. BLACK BIRD: Information
    

   1. Black Bird Pie

    

5. DOVE: Information
    

   1. Dove or Quail with Sweet and Sour Sauce
       

   2. Woodcock, Snipe, Dove, or Quail Almandine
       

   3. Quail or Dove Casserole
       

   4. Baked Quail or Dove
       

   5. Dove Roast

   6. Dove Casserole
       

   7. Sauteed Dove or Quail

   8. Dove or Quail Breasts

   9. Baked Doves in Wild Rice

   10. Doves with Piquant Sauce

   11. Dove Tetrazzini

   12. Delicious Quail, Pheasant, or Dove Breasts

   13. Dove Shish-K-Bob

   14. Rattlesnake (or quail, dove, chicken, rabbit, pork) And Beans
        

    

6. DUCK: Information
    
   1. Baked Duck (Basic Recipe)
       
   2. Pineapple Duck
       
   3. Orange Duck
       
   4. Duck with Orange
       
   5. Charcoal Teal a la Orange Efird
       
   6. Parmesan Duck Breast
       
   7. Fillet of Duck
       
   8. Oriental Gingered Duck
       
   9. Barbecued Duck
       
   10. Duck'N Dressing
        
   11. Stuffed Wild Duck
        
   12. Roasted Wild Duck
        
   13. Wild Duck with Mushrooms
        
   14. Stewed Wild Goose or Duck
        
   15. Duck Wild Rice Casserole
        
   16. Duck Stew
        
   17. Duck with Sauerkraut
        
   18. Roasted Duck or Goose
        
   19. Duck Fingers
        
   20. Duck Bavarian
        
   21. Quick-Roasted Wild Duck
        
   22. Baked Wild Duck in Brown-In-Bag
        
   23. Duck Italian
        
   24. Wild Waterfowl (Duck or Goose) Orange
        
   25. Duck Pilau
        
   26. Baked Duck with Barbecue Sauce
        
   27. Baked Duck with Wine
        
   28. Apricot-Glazed Duck
        
   29. Broiled Teal

    

   1. DUCK WITH PLUMS & BURDOCK

      http://www.countrylovers.co.uk/
      wildfood.jj/rwfgrcs2.htm

      This recipe was inspired by Chinese style chicken and bamboo shoots, but replaces the main ingredients with duck and shredded burdock [which has a slightly similar texture to bamboo shoot], and finally adds plums as a twist. Serve with rice. FULL INSTRUCTIONS

      VARIATIONS & ALTERNATIVES
      A completely different alternative - but following a similar cooking process - might be diced pheasant meat with onion, shredded burdock and a hint of orange juice and grated orange zest.

    

7. ELK:
    
   1. Venison, Moose, or Elk Roasts Baked In Foil
       
   2. Venison, Moose, or Elk Steaks and Chops
       
   3. Venison, Moose, or Elk Roasts in Brown-in-Bag
       

    

8. FROG:
    
   1. Crispy Frog Legs
       
   2. Fried Frog Legs
       
   3. Frog Legs

    

9. GOOSE: Information
    
   1. Stewed Wild Goose or Duck
       
   2. Goose Barbecue
       
   3. Baked Wild Goose
       
   4. Stuffed Wild Goose
   5. Roasted Duck or Goose
       
   6. Quick-Roasted Wild Goose
   7. Wild Waterfowl (Duck or Goose) Orange
       
   8. Fried Goose Breasts
   9. Goose Giblet Spaghetti Sauce

    

10. GROUSE: Information
     
    1. Grouse with Orange Slices
        
    2. Grouse Breasts with Ham Sauce
        
    3. Oriental Grouse
        
    4. Grouse in Sour Cream
    5. Creamed Grouse
    6. Sauteed Grouse Breasts
    7. Savory Grouse

     

11. MARINADES AND SAUCES:
     
    1. Chesapeake Bay Barbecue Sauce
    2. Marinade for Venison, Mutton, or Rabbit
    3. Bear Marinade
    4. Spiedie Dressing
    5. Venison Steak Marinade
    6. Lemon Butter or Herb Butter
    7. Hot Cumberland Sauce
    8. Duck Marinade Sauce
    9. Duck Basting Sauce
    10. Apricot Duck Sauce
    11. Marinade No. 1 (a popular "standard" for all game)
    12. Marinade No. 2 (with brandy and vermouth)
    13. Roast or Steak Marinade

     

12. MISCELLANEOUS:
     
    1. Tick Stew

     

13. MOOSE:
     
    1. Mooseburgers or Venisonburgers
        
    2. Venison, Moose, or Elk Roasts Baked In Foil
        
    3. Venison, Moose, or Elk Steaks and Chops
        
    4. Venison or Moose Casserole
        
    5. Venison or Moose Meatloaf #2
        
    6. Venison, Moose, or Elk Roasts in Brown-in-Bag
        

     

14. MUSKRAT: Information
     
    1. Smothered Muskrat and Onions
        
    2. Fried Muskrat
        
    3. Muskrat Meatloaf
        
    4. Baked Stuffed Muskrat with Carrots

     

15. OPOSSUM: Information
     
    1. Opossum Roast #1
        
    2. Roasted Opossum #2
        
    3. Woodchuck, Raccoon or Opossum Patties
        
    4. Opossum Roast #3
        
    5. #1 Stuffed Opossum
    6. Barbecued Opossum
    7. Opossum and Sweet Potatoes
    8. Opossum Roast with Liver #4
    9. #2 Stuffed Opossum
    10. Stewed Opossum

     

16. PHEASANT: Information
     
    1. Roasted Pheasant #1
    2. Delicious Quail, Pheasant, or Dove Breasts
    3. Roasted Pheasant #2
    4. Baked Pheasant
    5. Braised Pheasant
    6. Chinese Pheasant with Onions
    7. Brandy and Cream Pheasant
    8. Lemon Pheasant
    9. Roast Pheasant in Orange Gravy
    10. Pheasant Nuggets
    11. Pheasant and Wine Sauce
    12. Pheasant in Sour Cream
    13. Fruited Pheasant
    14. Baked Pheasant in Brown-in Bag
    15. Baked Pheasant in Foil
    16. Pheasant Scallopini
    17. Pheasant With Scotch Whiskey
    18. Pheasant with Rice Stuffing
    19. Hunters Delight Pheasant
    20. Sweet and Sour Pheasant
    21. Barbecued Pheasant
    22. Pheasant with Sauerkraut
    23. Deep Dish Pheasant Pie
    24. Pheasant in Red Wine
    25. Pheasant in Cream
    26. Pheasant and Wild Rice Casserole
    27. Smothered Pheasant

     

17. PIGEON: Information
     
    1. Stuffed Pigeons

     

18. QUAIL: Information
     
    1. Quail and Oysters
        
    2. Dove or Quail with Sweet and Sour Sauce
        
    3. Quail or Dove Casserole #1
        
    4. Quail Casserole #2
        
    5. Baked Quail or Dove
        
    6. North Carolina Creamed Quail
        
    7. Woodcock, Snipe, Dove, or Quail Almandine
    8. Sauteed Dove or Quail
    9. Dove or Quail Breasts
    10. Quail Casserole #3
         
    11. Quail Casserole #4
         
    12. Dutch Oven Quail
         
    13. Quail with Mushrooms
         
    14. Southern Fried Quail
         
    15. Carolina Quail
         
    16. Quail in Red Wine
         
    17. Fried Quail with Onion Gravy
         
    18. Quail Magnificent
         
    19. Oven Fried Quail
         
    20. Delicious Quail, Pheasant, or Dove Breasts
    21. Best Ever Quail
    22. Rattlesnake (or quail, dove, chicken, rabbit, pork) And Beans
         

     

19. RABBIT: Information
     
    1. Smothered Rabbit
        
    2. Squirrel or Rabbit in Crock Pot
        
    3. Rabbit Almandine
        
    4. Microwave Roasted Rabbit
        
    5. Easy Rabbit Stew
        
    6. Rabbit Salad
        
    7. Sweet-Sour Rabbit
        
    8. Missouri Rabbit
        
    9. Rabbit Supreme
        
    10. Hasenpfeffer
         
    11. Fried Rabbit #1
    12. Rattlesnake (or quail, dove, chicken, rabbit, pork) And Beans
         
    13. Rabbit with Creamy Wine Sauce
    14. Roasted Rabbit
    15. Rabbit with Dark Raisin Gravy
    16. Fried Rabbit #2
    17. Fried Rabbit #3

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    A Grete Pye

    Alheiras de Mirandela

    Barbecue Meats

    Brandied Rabbit In Mustard Sauce

    Brunswick Stew

    Canadian Cipate (C-Pout)

    Canned Rabbit Stew

    Chef's Rabbit

    Coniglio Alla Cassia

    Coniglio Alla Molisana Stewed
    Rabbit with Sausages

    Corn Bread I

    Empanadillas Filled with Rabbit and Olives

    French Rabbit Ste

    French Rabbit Stew

    Fried Rabbit In Breadcrumbs

    Georgia Quail In Gravy

    German-Style Hasenpfeffer

    Hackbraten (Falscher Has)

    Hare, Rabbit, Veal Or Chicken Stew with Herbs

    Hare, Rabbit, Veal Or Chicken Stew with Herbs and Barley

    Hasen Pfefer

    Hasen Pfeffer

    Hasenpfeffer #2

    Hasenpfeffer (Spicy Braised Rabbit)

    Hasenpfeffer#2

    Hasenpfeffer(Spicy Braised Rabbit)

    Hassenpfeffer #1

    Hassenpfeffer#1

    Herb Roasted Rabbit and Potatoes

    Lagos/Kounelli Fournou (Baked Hare Or Rabbit)

     

     

20. RACCOON: Information
     
    1. Baked Coon with Southern Dressing
        
    2. Raccoon with Salsa
        
    3. Beaver or Raccoon Roast with Barbecue Sauce
        
    4. Woodchuck, Raccoon, or Opossum Patties
    5. Fricasseed Raccoon or Woodchuck

     

21. RATTLESNAKE:
     
    1. Deep Fried Rattlesnake
        
    2. Baked Rattlesnake
        
    3. Fried Rattlesnake
        
    4. Rattlesnake Salad
        
    5. Grilled Rattlesnake Dijon
        
    6. Barbecued Rattlesnake
        
    7. Rattlesnake (or quail, dove, chicken, rabbit, pork) And Beans
        

     

22. SQUIRREL: Information
     
    1. Broiled Squirrel
        
    2. Buttermilk Squirrel Pie
        
    3. Squirrel Pot Pie
        
    4. Squirrel in Dutch Oven
        
    5. Squirrel or Rabbit in Crock Pot
        
    6. Squirrel Fricassee
        
    7. Squirrel with Rice and Potatoes
        
    8. Jim Graham's Tar Heel Brunswick Stew
        
    9. Squirrel Casserole

     

23. TURKEY (WILD): Information
     
    1. Roasted Wild Turkey
        
    2. Turkey Pimento Soup
        

     

24. TURTLE : Information
     
    1. Turtle Stew
        
    2. Turtle Soup #1
        
    3. Turtle Soup #2
        
    4. Barbecued Snapping Turtle
        
    5. Terrapin Newburg
        
    6. Fried Cooter (Softshelled Turtle)
        

     

25. VENISON: Information
     
    1. Venison Sausage
        
    2. Easy Venison Sausage
        
    3. Hot Venison Sausage
        
    4. Southern Venison Sausage
        
    5. Venison Sausage Yankee
        
    6. Venison Sausage Arkansas
        
    7. Venison With Pork & Beans
        
    8. Venison Chili for a Rainy Day
        
    9. Game-a-Roni (using any meat)
        
    10. Venison Meat Balls
         
    11. (Venison) Porcupine Balls
         
    12. Venison Burger Supreme
         
    13. Mooseburgers or Venisonburgers
         
    14. Venison and Pork Log
         
    15. Venison Meat Loaf
         
    16. Poyha (Cherokee Meatloaf) -- Venison
         
    17. Venison Bites
         
    18. Venison Spiedies
         
    19. Chili Con Carne (using any meat)
         
    20. Country Style Venison Steak
         
    21. Country Fried Venison Steak
         
    22. Venison Swiss Steak
         
    23. Venison Steak in Gravy
         
    24. Broiled Venison Steak
         
    25. Stuffed Venison Steak
         
    26. Venison Steak au Poivre
         
    27. Venison Cutlets with Sour Cream
         
    28. Fillet of Venison a la Ed Jones
         
    29. Barbecued Venison
         
    30. Barbecued and Steamed Venison Ribs
         
    31. Jerky - Beef or Venison
         
    32. Venison Roast
         
    33. Venison Stew
         
    34. Venison Soup
         
    35. Venison Vegetable Pot Pie
         
    36. Canned Venison Serving Suggestings:
         
        1. Vegetable Soup
            
        2. Barbecued Venison
            
        3. Venison and Noodles
            
        4. Venison Pie
        
         
    37. Canned Sloppy Joe Mix (Venison) Serving Suggestings:
         
        1. Sloppy Joes on a Bun
            
        2. Chili-Con-Carne
            
        3. Hamburger-Rice Casserole (Venison)
            
        4. Venison Delight
            
        5. Ground Venison in Cabbage Leaves
        
         
    38. Quick Venison Soup
         
    39. Venison and Onions
         
    40. Venison Green Chili Stew
         
    41. Ginger Venison
         
    42. Venison with Red Wine Sauce
         
    43. Venison Burgundy
         
    44. Venison Stroganoff #1
         
    45. Tick Stew
    46. Venison Stroganoff #2
         
    47. Venison, Moose, or Elk Roasts Baked in Foil
         
    48. Venison, Moose, or Elk Steaks and Chops
         
    49. Venison or Moose Casserole
         
    50. #2 Venison Swiss Steak
         
    51. Venison or Moose Meatloaf #2
         
    52. Venison, Moose, or Elk Roasts in Brown-in-Bag
         
    53. #2 Venison Stew
         
    54. Venison Spread
         
    55. Venison Roast #2
         
    56. Rocky Mountain Shish Kabob
         
    57. Venison Spanish Rice
         
    58. Venison Fritters
         
    59. Venison Steaks With Wine Sauce
         
    60. Venison Meat Loaf #3
         
    61. Venison Enchiladas
         
    62. Ground Jerky
         

     

26. WOODCHUCK(GROUNDHOG):

    Information
     

    1. Woodchuck (Groundhog), Raccoon or Opossum Patties
        
    2. Woodchuck (Groundhog) Stew
    3. Fried Woodchuck (Groundhog)
    4. Woodchuck (Groundhog) Meat Patties with Tomato Sauce
    5. Woodchuck (Groundhog) Pie
    6. Fricasseed Raccoon or Woodchuck (Groundhog)

     

27. WOODCOCK/SNIPE: Information
     
    1. Woodcock, Snipe, Dove, or Quail Almandine

    

Vegetable, Flowers,

Fruits, Roots, and

Nuts Recipes

http://www.countrylovers.co.uk/
wildfood.jj/rwfgrcs2.htm

DANDELION PETAL TIMBALE

Made with couscous soaked in a small amount of hot stock [or use water with some seasoning].

Take recently opened dandelion flowers which have a delicate sweetness [older ones become bitter]. Remove the green sepals then slice across the base of the flower to release the petals. Mix with the soaked coucous, rubbing with fingers to break up and disperse the tightly knit petals.

Place in lightly oiled ramekins and press down. Place in a moderate oven for 5-10 minutes then turn out.

ALTERNATIVES
Where older flowers are used consider making up a spicy sweet sauce to accompany - simply made, when fruit is out of season, by reaching for a good quality blackberry or blackcurrant conserve and adding a little chilli. Cooked rice can replace couscous.

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Cuban Black Beans and Rice

1 pound dried black beans

1/2 gallon water

1 large onion, chopped

3 green peppers, chopped

1 clove garlic, minced

1/2 cup olive oil

Small ham bone

3 bay leaves

1 tablespoon salt

1 ounce white bacon

1/2 cup vinegar

Wash beans thoroughly, drain and then soak overnight in 1/2 gallon of water. Use this water for cooking. Slightly sauté onion, green pepper and garlic in olive oil; combine all ingredients, except the vinegar, which is added a few minutes before beans are ready to serve. Cook slowly until beans are tender and the liquid has a thick consistency. Serve over cooked rice, white or yellow, with chopped onions for garnish.

Artichoke Pickles

• 2 gallons Jersualem artichokes
• Vinegar (5%) to cover
• 2 cups canning salt
• 4 tablespoons turmeric
• 10 to 12 medium red peppers

Pickling Solution:

• 1 gallon vinegar (5%)
• 13 cups (6 pounds) sugar
• ½ cup pickling spice (tied in spice bag)
• 2 tablespoons turmeric

Yield: About 10 or 12 pint jars

Procedure: Scrub Jerusalem artichokes and cut into chunks. Pack in a food grade plastic container, crock or glass jar. Cover with vinegar. Add 2 cups salt and 4 tablespoons of turmeric; mix. Soak 24 hours.

About 30 minutes before that time is up, prepare pickling solution by combining 1 gallon vinegar, sugar, pickling spice and 2 tablespoons turmeric, in a large pan. Simmer for 20 to 25 minutes. Remove spice bag.

Drain artichokes, discarding the liquid. Pack artichokes into hot pint jars, adding 1 medium red pepper to each jar. Be sure to leave ½ inch headspace.

Fill to within ½ inch from the top with hot pickling solution. Remove air bubbles and adjust headspace if needed. Wipe rims of jars with a dampened clean paper towel; adjust two-piece metal canning lids. Process in a Boiling Water Canner.