Merry Christmas & a Happy Year to all from the wilds of Northern Alberta, Canada!!!

In northern Alberta, beef, pork, moose, elk, deer, chicken, turkey, supplemented by mallard ducks and Canada geese make up our staple diet. Only the imagination controls what you can or are able to do with it!!!

Try this!!! Separate & peel several heads of garlic. Spread out on smoker racks, put in smoker and cold smoke them for a minimum of 4 hrs for starters. Your next batch might need more or less depending on your personal tastes. You can also hot smoke it for use as a spread on your bread or grilled to...

My father(German immigrant)always told us they used everything from the hog, except the squeel. They collected all of the squeels from the neighbourhood and sold them to the Scots for their bagpipes, and then had an excuse for a neighbourhood beer, saurkraut, and sausage fest!!!!!

Wow CW your ego is HUGE. I doubt at this juncture many members can see your "point" You may have been better off establishing and ruling your own forum. I have been absent from this site for some time, and come back this this crap!!! When I see what you have to say Bob K, why would you in your wild...

Looks like when I was a kid on the farm in Saskatchewan!!! My father would do the same thing. The house smelled of smoked meat and when we got "company", the knife came out and there was an abundance of ham, sausage, and whatever anyone who was there wanted to accompany their choice of drink, includ...

I have a set of Henckels knives, including an 8" chef, 6" chef, 10" slicer, 6" boning knife, 4" paring knife, bread knife, & a serrated tomato knife and a steel that have been handed down to me from my father. My grandmother got them a a wedding present in the early 1900's. They came to Canada with ...

I make my kabonosy from pork that has been frozen for at least 30 days. When I do it up into the sausage, it is smoked at 140C with seasoned red willow for 6 hours, and hung it to dry in my garage for 4-5 days, sampling it on a regular basis(with Molson's Canadian). I have found it be far more to my...

I also bought the pattie maker that fits on the grinder from Cabela's and found the patties to be somewhat bigger that what we wanted. I took the unit to a friend's machine shop where he built me the patty forming insert(from inert and food safe material) with a smaller diameter and thickness. I use...

Try this one for size. We have found it be excellent!!!! Cognac Mustard Ingredients 6 tablespoons yellow mustard seeds 2 tablespoons brown mustard seeds 3 tablespoons cognac 2/3 cup white wine vinegar 1/4 cup light brown sugar 1 teaspoon salt Preparation 1. Put mustard seeds, 1/3 cup water, cognac, ...

Another recipe similar to my mother's homemade mustards!!! Whole Grain Dijon Mustard Ingredients 1/4 cup brown mustard seeds 1/4 cup yellow mustard seeds 1/2 cup dry white wine 1/2 cup white wine vinegar 1/2 teaspoon Kosher salt 1 teaspoon light brown sugar (optional) Procedures: Place mustard seeds...

Trust me Jan, it is a real treat. It beats capers all to hell. I still get the raw seeds from a buyer in Saskatchewan, 5lb bags of each(when I need them) for the price of our father's having been poker buddies!!!! Can't beat it with a stick. Mustard made from seed, and depending on the pungency, yel...

A rather unusual & unique recipe. My Mother used to make something like this 50 some years ago on the farm in Saskachewan where my father grew the mustard. Mustard Caviar Ingredients: ●1/2 cup rice wine vinegar ●1/4 cup brown mustard seeds ●1/4 cup yellow mustard seeds ●1/4 cup apple cider vinegar ●...

When you re-assemble it after cleaning, be sure to coat the o-ring with vaseline to prevent the plunger from sticking and possibly ripping the o-ring. Experience is a good teacher!!!!

We shot 4 moose & 5 elk this fall, between 7 guys. Deer are for later(until Nov. 30). Lots of good fixings in the freezer. Some sausage has been made by those that do it themselves, and more made by commercial makers. I would not trade!!!! I will be curing and drying some more moose & elk backstraps...