Posted: 8/3/2008 5:00:40 PM EDT
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If you had too could you eat bear meat? I've never had so I don't know. 
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YES !! bear is very tasty. the ribs are outstanding. around here we grill it, bbq it, bake it, smoke it...hard to keep lit sometimes... or just plain fry it. prepare your bear as you would pork. some would say it's as good or better than most wild game. I for one would rate bear meat as some of the best ! 
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You will know the minute you start to dress the animal if it has been eating fish because it will SMELL. Bear that eats lots of berries is good to go.
Take your pick www.bowhunts.com/recipe_bear.html Edited to make URL hot. |
| My dad loves brown bear if it is cooked right and hasn't been eating on fish. We eat both black and browns in the family. We tried black that was turned into breakfest sausege and it was very good. Smoked and peppered bear is very good. One year we smoked and peppered a black so that the meat was liked the old ham's very tender. |
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Gotta Kill it To Grill It!
PETA When I lived in MaineI had bear meat a few times. It was good. Cast Iron Skillet. Olive oil, Garlic a little salt and pepper. Ribs are good to on a grill. my .02 cents |
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The one I ate was very fatty. Taste was not bad. It was like very marbled beef. I love bear meat. I've shot, butchered and ate several black bear and usually it's the first thing gone from the freezer. In my experience, though, I've never had one with marbled meat...quite the opposite. The ones I've butchered all carried their fat on the outside of the muscle, so it could easily be trimmed off. In fact I recommend that you trim off as much of the fat as possible, as the only bad experiences I've had with bear meat were ones where the fat wasn't all trimmed off. I usually grind most of it and use it like ground beef, but I also really like to make roasts on the grill. |
| Glad to hear the positive comments on bear meat. I've always wanted to hunt bear and see some very reasonable rates from outfitters in the Northeast. But, I've never gone because I was unsure of the meat. I won't shoot something I won't eat either. Now, I'll at least start calling some bear outfitters. Anyone up for a New England bear hunt next year? |
Yummy yummy bear! 
I have helped to eat several blacks over the years. Delicious! Makes good jerky too. My father used to use the fat for deep frying donuts. It is very light and high temp. Good stuff! ETA- They look really strange skinned and hanging. Kinda like a human. Could freak out the neighbors 
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ETA- They look really strange skinned and hanging. Kinda like a human. Could freak out the neighbors You mean like that?
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I was given some bear meat by a coworker. My wife cooked it up, took one bite, looked up at me and said............ "Go kill a bear." She is a cornfed Ohio girl who refused to eat salmon for years. +1 The lady and I were on a wild foods campout with a bunch of folks and we were eating all kinds of wild foods, including black bear and wild boar. The lady had never had any (was telling me her granddaddy used to eat squirrel brains regularly though !) and she LOVED both the bear and the boar. Black bear fat is great fat for use, I've used it for cooking and adding to stews after it's been rendered. In fact, people round here look at it as a good cooking fat if you don't have access to store bought. Now she is really looking forward to bow and rifle hunting bear. This spring we were in the house and I saw something at the front door (we had the glass/screen outer door only) I looked and it was a BIG fat blackie. Just sniffing at the door mat. I walked up to it and it still hadn't looked up to see me. I knocked on the glass. It jumped, and had this very human "Oh Shit!" expression on it's face before it took off. Funny shit. |
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It's apt to be infested with trichinae, the parasite that was until fairly recently the bane of pork, causing trichinosis from undercooked meat. That's pretty much a thing of the past in commercial pork, but bear meat should be thoroughly cooked. True. I've had it several times, in several regions. It's good. last time I had it was from a spring hunt - and it wasn't nearly as good as autumn bear. YMMV. -JC |
| I enjoy bear. alot like roast beef. Had a bear roast last night up at camp. Our meat prep consisted of a can of gingerale, a bottle of stubbs beef marinade, a little worstershire, and some old steak rub we had in the cook box, 4 gallon pot sat on the wood stove for about 4 hours. Turned out fantastic. |