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Here's a plug for Eileen Clarke's "Slice of the Wild" cookbook. I bought it for my wife, and she loves it. She told me to share that, in a decade of regular cooking, she's never had a stew turn out well -- until Meredith's Secret Ingredient Stew (made with elk). Looking forward to trying more recipes in Eileen's book.

Thank you. Will check it out. Always looking for someway different to cook game meat so the wife will eat it.

Eileen reprinted Slice earlier this year, in a paperback with spiral binding so the book will lie flat on a counter or table. The price is also somewhat less than the hardcover, but she does have a few hardcovers left for those who prefer them.

I've enjoyed the recipes, but the section on processing is the best described and illustrated I've seen in any book. I got enough tips from that section (especially on cutting steaks from the rump) that I feel that section alone is worth the price of the book.

I utilized the illustrated butchering instructions as well. I might just purchase a spiral bound version and give the hard cover to a friend for xmas.

The paper/spiral edition also has an index, which Eileen didn’t include in the hardcover—though she eventually posted one on riflesandrecipes.com 2-3 so people who wanted an idex could print it out. Some errors in the first edition were also fixed, such as one place where she neglected to suggest exactly how much of “Gideon’s grub rub” should be used on a roast. So it’s a slightly improved version of the hardcover.

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Tom,

How's the annual Dink-a-Thon going?

This has been the weirdest hunting season we've had in a long time. After our annual freezer-shuffle, we realized we didn't have much space for "new meat," especially after putting 150 pounds of ducks and geese inside after our trip to Alberta in September. That's in addition to the 10 big game animals we butchered last year, if you can call a couple of 50-pound Texas pigs and several doe deer and pronghorn big game.

We planned to trophy hunt only this fall, but didn't draw pronghorn tags (first time in decades), and also got wrapped up in some unexpected work, including my trip to Finland during the second week of November. So far we've each seen several bucks but nothing outstanding, but Eileen has a whitetail B-tag and her trigger finger is getting really itchy....

I received my copy a few days ago.
Looking forward to putting it to use.

I'm sure, like me, you've all bought a bunch of "wild game cookbooks" through the years. Maybe a decent recipe or 3 in most of them. I have nothing that's even in the same league as Slice of the Wild. Well written, best processing section I've ever read, fantastic recipes all. I also appreciate that the ingredients she calls for are what you already have in stock, or you can pick up at your local grocery store.

I have the hardback version, and have been able to survive without an index! Can't imagine anyone being disappointed.

+1

The cookbook is good and the Sausage book is also a good one. We just made a batch of breakfast sausage with elk meat scraps that have been in the freezer to long. I swear it is the best sausage I have ever had.

Eileen says it's good to hear all the positive feedback!

its a great book! We butchered our first three deer this year thanks to the wonderful "How to" section.
We love this book. Next up is to try our hand at sausages. I am Betting that Sausage season will be just as easy to follow and have great recipes as well.
A most excellent book!

where did you find this cookbook?

Me too?

donsm70

Rifles and Recipes is John Barsness and Eileen Clarke's website where they sell their self published books. I've read that due to the loads the holiday traffic has put on their website it's better to call.

406-521-0273 Monday to Saturday 4 to 7 PM Mountain Time only

Azar,

Thanks for listing the phone #, but actually you can call any day but Sunday.

Apparently our web provider typed Thursday when he should have typed Monday. Eileen's trying to fix it right now.

John,

Sorry I simply pulled that from your website not knowing it was wrong (it did surprise me a bit on the limited days ). I've corrected my post to reflect the correct days.

No problem, in fact thanks for posting it! We didn't realize it listed the wrong days, but Eileen's got it fixed now.