Thursday, April 3, 2008

Mmm...It Tastes Like Chicken

O.K., "it" doesn't really taste like chicken, but it made for a good title. "It" actually tastes a lot like ground beef, but maybe even better. The "it" I'm referring to ladies and gentlemen is in fact caribou. Yes, caribou, as in the North American Reindeer.


When Eric went to Adak he didn't have the luxury of hunting his own caribou, but he was lucky enough to bring some home. One of his co-workers took it to have it processed and we ended up with a sampling of ground caribou, caribou hot dogs, caribou meat sticks, and caribou chorizo. Surprisingly, it is all quite good, so good in fact that even the kids have looked forward to eating it.


We have made chorizo and egg burritos, spaghetti, and tonight we're having burritos with ground caribou. I don't know what it is exactly, because the meat doesn't have a distinct flavor, but something about it has added a little bit to each of the meals. If you were having dinner at our house and I didn't tell you I used caribou meat you would have no idea. I know you probably don't believe me, but you'll just have to trust me on this one!

6 comments:

Christy said...

Hmmm, thanks for the warning . . . now I'll know just to be a little suspicious when we are there!

Anonymous said...

Be sure you have some for us when we get there.

B

Anonymous said...

What you are tasting is pure unadulterated natuarally grown meat. NO additives, NO preservatives, NO forcefeeding. It hadn't been feed massive doses of growth hormones and antibiotics. It is food that was grown the way the good Lord meant for it to grow. It wasn't penned up so that it wouldn't lose weight through excercise. Tell the boys to enjoy every mouthful because in the lower 48 the only way they'll taste anything that good is if the buy an animal when it's young and raise it, or have it raised naturally, and then have it slaughtered and processed for the table. They could also hunt for their meat during hunting seasons when they get older as long as it's not one of these so-called "Release and Hunt" boutiques so many so-called hunters have been using. Oh well, enough of my postulating. Enjoy the good food while it lasts.


Dad

Kelli said...

interesting!

Stephanie said...

Who knew I was gonna' move to Alaska and my dad was gonna' turn into a tree hugger!

Anonymous said...

Bill,

I am disappointed; it is apparent by your comments that you did not read my ghost post about Adak. The Good Lord did not intend for caribou to grow on Adak! They were introduced, at the request of the U.S. Navy, to Adak Island by Alaska Department of Fish and Game and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to provide sport hunting for local Navy and civilian residents and to provide an additional food resource in the event of a national emergency. There are no indigenous land mammals on Adak Island. As for being penned up, they live on an island, isn’t that kind of like a pen?

Your favorite Son-in Law,

Eric