8 medium white potatoes, peeled and diced 2 sticks celery, very thinly sliced 4 hard boiled eggs, cut up 1 yellow onion, finely minced Dressing: 2T Miracle Whip 2T Hellman’s or Best Foods Mayo 6T …
Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser
I actually read this book quite a bit later than The Omnivore’s Dilemma, so it wasn’t as life altering as it might have been, but still it had some great insights, and served up some …
Elk Swiss Steak
2 elk steaks, about an inch thick 1/2 sweet onion, sliced and quartered 1/2 yellow pepper, sliced thinly 1 can stewed tomatoes 1T veggie worcestershire sauce 1t salt Combine ingredients in shallow baking dish and …
Vichyssoise
6 leeks (white parts and a little bit of the green), rinsed and chopped 3 medium Russet baking potatoes, peeled and cubed 2T butter 1/2 T salt 2 1/4 c water 1/2 c whipping cream …
It Can Be a Grind: How to Grind Your Own Wild Game
A lot of people take their animals down to a local meat processor, if not for the whole animal, at least for grinding the scraps and less tender pieces of meat, and for making sausage …
Corn and Fish Chowder
4 small white potatoes, peeled and cubed (you can also use sweet potatoes) 1 large sweet onion, chopped 1 can creamed corn 1 can corn 1 can evaporated milk 1 cup whipping cream or half …
Waynes Words: Lake Powell Fishing
www.wayneswords.com Wayne Gustaveson has been running a great site about fishing at Lake Powell for years. It is filled with all kinds of useful information if you are planning a trip down there, and if …
The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
This is the book that started it all for me. We just really don’t think enough the food we eat, or the effect it has on both our bodies and the world. Did you know …
Pheasant Quesadillas
2 pheasant breasts, cut into small pieces 1/2 large sweet onion, chopped 1-2 jalapeno peppers, seeded and chopped 2 T butter mozzarella cheese, shredded 2 T teriyaki sauce Melt butter in large skillet over medium …
Hunter Safety 101: Is that Gun Loaded?
I’m a 40-something woman and I grew up in the South and yet somehow until last week I had never fired a gun before. I strangely had several friends who also expressed interest in taking …
Alligator Eyes
1 can drained organic stewed tomatoes 1 sm can sliced black olives 3-4 scallions, chopped 3-4 jalapeno peppers, seeded. You can add seeds later if salsa is not hot enough 1 1/2 T white vinegar …
Terrine of Vegetables
6 tomatoes about 2-3 inches in diameter, or 8-10 plum tomatoes 3 medium to large green zucchini 2 medium to large yellow zucchini 2 eggplants, preferably slim 2 medium white onions, or 1 large ½ …
Aw, shoot!
Sometimes they get away. It is definitely easier to be a catchatarian in Colorado than it would be in, say, New York City or San Francisco. But as the days start getting shorter, and the …
Detached from Meat
This weekend as we were plucking and beheading and otherwise somewhat unpleasantly processing a wild turkey it occurred to me that Americans have become far too detached from the actual source of their meat. The …