Vaðarholmr's Cooking, brewing and food experient Thread

**Flinn** · February 15, 2019, 06:10 AM

ah I see; well I love sheep meat but I never tried the ham (not typical here); I guess I need to look around for it next time I'm travelling north of Europe

**Aexodus** · February 15, 2019, 07:32 AM

I wasn’t aware anything existed north of europe except penguins and polar bears

**Vaðarholmr** · February 15, 2019, 08:04 AM

Originally Posted by Flinn

ah I see; well I love sheep meat but I never tried the ham (not typical here); I guess I need to look around for it next time I'm travelling north of Europe

You definitely should! Great taste!

**Vaðarholmr** · February 15, 2019, 08:22 AM

I actually have a bunch more stuff I can dump here, but I'm too lazy to have a good format like I tried in the start of this tread:

I found a squirrel on the road a while back (still flowing blood, and cold air, so fresh!). Skinned it, grilled it, and it was very good!

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Whale burger I tested. Result: I's great and beefy.

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Some seal with sesame oil gravy. Result: Tastes great, just like whale.

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And some foreign food: Mongolian khuushuur! Made with minced lamb and onion in a deep fried dumpling. A simple dish I can recommend to anyone.

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**Aexodus** · February 15, 2019, 09:47 AM

All of those look super tasty. Squirrel could be a little gamey

**Flinn** · February 20, 2019, 12:03 PM

man, no way I'm going to eat a squirrel I found on the road side.. ok I did much worse things in my life in.. other settings.. but this is too much even for me

**Diamat** · February 20, 2019, 04:25 PM

VATTER, surely there are some risks involved when eating roadkill. In the US they'd call you a "redneck."

**Vaðarholmr** · February 23, 2019, 11:15 AM

Originally Posted by Flinn

man, no way I'm going to eat a squirrel I found on the road side.. ok I did much worse things in my life in.. other settings.. but this is too much even for me

Originally Posted by Diamat

VATTER, surely there are some risks involved when eating roadkill.

Was still fresh, insta-kill with the head ran over. I normally would not take risks with meat, but it started with me only wanting the skin, and after skinning it it still looked and smelled okay, so I figured why not!
Bigger worry for me was parasites and disease, so I made sure it was well-done.

Mother was a passenger while I was driving. Did not approve of me bringing it home.

In the US they'd call you a "redneck."

I'm a proud Norwegian redneck

**Abdülmecid I** · February 23, 2019, 12:24 PM

Excellent recipes, gastronomy without taboos can produce some of the finest dishes. Here we cannot obviously reach the Scandinavian variety, as reindeers and whales are unfortunately out of reach, so the local spécialités are limited to rather mainstream goat heads. The meat of the head is tastier than that of the rest of the body, but the real delicacies are the eyeballs and the brain (some also like the tongue, but I'm personally not so enthusiastic). The latter should be sprinkled with lemon and pepper (and perhaps accompanied with goat cheese), but be careful. Depending on the manner in which the animal was slaughtered, you may find tiny skull fragments inside (too small, however, to cause any serious concern).

**Vaðarholmr** · February 22, 2020, 07:41 PM

I know a guy who shoots foxes.

Was cleaning the head of one to get to the skull, but figured I could try the meat as well since it would be wasted.

Some fox

Not very good, but might be due to me cooking it very well. I brined it and then stewed with some stuff. Ended up though and with a strong gamy taste. Won't do again unless famine probably.

You're safe for now Påsan

**Akar** · February 22, 2020, 07:55 PM

Hello VATTERHOLM it is good to see you again.

we have often wondered what became of pasan so seeing your scrumptious dish explains it all

**Vaðarholmr** · February 22, 2020, 08:04 PM

I can neither confirm nor deny the name of the fox

**Akar** · February 22, 2020, 08:18 PM

my dad used to work on a nuclear submarine and whenever you asked him if his ship had nukes on it he'd always say the same thing so we always knew he's the one who sold the weapons to the soviets

**Diamat** · February 23, 2020, 01:54 AM

The thing about low-grade meats is that you cannot cook them for long. The longer you cook them, the tougher and more tasteless they get. Pigeon is a good example. You just wanna cook the pigeon enough so that it's safe to eat.

**Akar** · February 23, 2020, 02:03 AM

I don't want to cook pigeon at all to be honest.

**Vaðarholmr** · February 23, 2020, 08:35 AM

Originally Posted by Diamat

The thing about low-grade meats is that you cannot cook them for long. The longer you cook them, the tougher and more tasteless they get. Pigeon is a good example. You just wanna cook the pigeon enough so that it's safe to eat.

Tasteless wasn't exactly the problem though. Toughness was bad, but you'd think neck meat could take. Not like it was tender from before after all.

Originally Posted by Akar

I don't want to cook pigeon at all to be honest.

Get one from the forest and it would probably be better.