primitives discuss cooking, dining on, bear

[franksolich]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/115733124

Oh my.

Callalily (10,529 posts)    Fri Oct 25, 2013, 11:10 AM

Anyone cook bear?

I've cooked lots of game, but not bear. I've got a small roast and it was suggested to use a crock pot. I'm okay with all of that and know what to do, but I was reading online that there is typically parasites in the bear meat and it was advised to use a pressure cooker. Is that really necessary?

pscot (15,622 posts)    Fri Oct 25, 2013, 11:29 AM

1. I've read that it 's pretty gamey tasting

libodem (13,131 posts)    Fri Oct 25, 2013, 11:33 AM

3. They are omnivors

So they'll eat anything, including meat. I've never cooked it but the neighbours.....ah....back in '72....had bear. I just remember it was....GREASY!!!!
 
I wonder what it could be carrying that you would have to pressure cook it?

Nothing kills prions.

eShirl (12,272 posts)   Fri Oct 25, 2013, 11:58 AM

4. I'd think anything that will cook the meat for hours will kill any parasites.

On the other hand, a pressure cooker isn't a bad idea, especially if it was an older bear like the one we had when I was a kid. That meat was so tough Mom would cut it up into small bite-size pieces and cook it all day in a stew. It was still pretty chewy.

Jenoch (3,674 posts)    Fri Oct 25, 2013, 12:16 PM

5. It is probably best to braise it and then cut the meat across the grain.

A pressure cooker is not really necessary, but it will speed up the process. We have a 6 liter pressure cooker (wish it was 8) and it is great for braising meat. It is also handy for cooking beans, and grains.
 
In order for the bear meat to be tender, it needs to get to about 190 degrees (just like pulled pork) to assure the meat is safe to eat.

rsdsharp (553 posts)    Fri Oct 25, 2013, 02:24 PM

9. I've never cooked it, but I've worked with it

When I was in high school I worked in the meat department of a small grocery store. The owner had been an avid bow hunter and it wasn't unusual for his friends to bring in game for us to process after normal working hours -- usually deer.
 
One day a guy brought in bear. When we put it on the ban saw it was like cutting a bag of wet cement. It flew everywhere -- the walls, the ceiling, and the inside of the saw was absolutely full of wet reeking goo.
 
No bear for me, thanks.

kestrel91316 (48,400 posts)    Fri Oct 25, 2013, 06:23 PM

10. Nope, but I've cooked oryx.

A hunter friend gifted me with a roast. I corned it and cooked it in the crockpot. BEST MEAT EVER. Not a speck of fat anywhere.

^^^the veterinarian primitive, a pal of nadin's.

msanthrope (19,834 posts)    Sat Oct 26, 2013, 07:36 PM

11. I just saw this...a crockpot will work just fine, and you really do want to cook it long and slow.

I don't like the taste, but some do.

[GOBUCKS]

They need to ask Amber Hoyt.

I'm sure the other squaws have tried to teach her about cooking bears, and bison, and meth.

[BlueStateSaint]

One of the members of the deer camp I belong to (he's got Stage 4 lung cancer in stasis right now) had a recipe for a bear roast that was good.  Crock pot, bear roast with all of the fat trimmed off, bottle of ketchup, jar of grape jelly.  Combine all of the ingredients in the crock pot.  Cook at 325 degrees 1 hour per pound of roast.  No gamy taste (if you've trimmed off all of the fat).

[98ZJUSMC]

This thread, brought to you undoubtedly, by the latest Sarah Palin bear hunting pic.

jar of grape jelly. 

Huh.  Never thought of that. 

<<<*scribbles posty note for next crock pot deer*

[vesta111]

One of the members of the deer camp I belong to (he's got Stage 4 lung cancer in stasis right now) had a recipe for a bear roast that was good.  Crock pot, bear roast with all of the fat trimmed off, bottle of ketchup, jar of grape jelly.  Combine all of the ingredients in the crock pot.  Cook at 325 degrees 1 hour per pound of roast.  No gamy taste (if you've trimmed off all of the fat).

I have read that the Chinese will pay a fortune for bear gallbladder to use in health remedies.  I would think that because of a bears diet they would taste like Cat or Dog.

[Big Dog]

I never would have expected to read a DUmp thread on eating bears.

At least not outside of the LGBLT forum.

[landofconfusion80]

I never would have expected to read a DUmp thread on eating bears.

At least not outside of the LGBLT forum.

ROFL...brilliant.  Makes you wonder though how many came prancing into that campfire and left disappointed in the topic.

[Big Dog]

The DUmmies are true to form. Bitching about the taste of something they had no hand in producing.

One of the things I enjoy the most about bear and other game, is the satisfaction of bringing it from field or forest to table- myself.

[BlueStateSaint]

The DUmmies are true to form. Bitching about the taste of something they had no hand in producing.

One of the things I enjoy the most about bear and other game, is the satisfaction of bringing it from field or forest to table- myself.

Yup.  NY's Northern Zone rifle season opened for deer last weekend.  I saw three does, and took zero shots.