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In my three trips to Zim, I would always shoot an Impala so I could have Impala liver and eggs. I was told Impala liver was the best and I have to agree. It was always fantastic. I was also told that Eland backstrap was viewed as the best of the "venison". I had eland backstrap and loved it. Was wondering if anybody else had any particular opinions about certain game animals and certain cuts of meat. Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue. What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | ||
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The best meal I've had was Kudu Wellington. That tenderloin with the Wellington tratment was out of this world. My second best meal was the left overs made into cold sandwiches from a chop box in the field the next day! | |||
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I don't know that I ever had a bad meal in Africa. Although the worst we had was a steak from a domestic cow in SA. | |||
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Sadza and matemba for lunch gets my vote, though I agree with Mike, impala liver is hard to beat. I always show the cook how to make chicken fried steak out of kudu backstrap with cream gravy and mashed potatoes. | |||
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A couple of dishes I remember fondly... 1. Grilled Roan kabobs in Benin. I was told you could taste wild gardenia (a roan favorite) in the meat and strangely enough you could! 2. Hippo Tail Soup and hippo rocky mountain oyster appetizers in Zambia. Actually much better than it sounds. 3. Thinly sliced eland backstrap marinated in lemon juice and grilled quickly over a mopane fire in the Limpopo Province and consumed as soon as they were pulled off medium rare. Makes my mouth water now just thinking about it! 4. Sand Grouse breasts wrapped in bacon and grilled under the stars in Namibia... with a cold Windhoek lager. 5. Buffalo filets freshly grilled by a smiling old cook named Joseph in Zimbabwe. A little chewy and slighty tough... but it's my buffalo damn it! These are a few of my favorite things... On the plains of hesitation lie the bleached bones of ten thousand, who on the dawn of victory lay down their weary heads resting, and there resting, died. If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch... Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son! - Rudyard Kipling Life grows grim without senseless indulgence. | |||
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Eland backstrap/filet cooked on my own hot, cast-iron stone was the best meal I had. I meant to be DSC Member...bad typing skills. Marcus Cady DRSS | |||
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What is matemba? Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue. What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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Also called kapenta. Little sardines netted in Lake Kariba and sun dried whole. You can eat them dried as a salty snack with a beer, or cooked as in the photo with sadza. Cheap protein and really tasty! | |||
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Buffalo inside filets (medium rare), egg, and chips washed down with a cold Castle. And lots of All Gold Tomato Sauce. Yum! Will J. Parks, III | |||
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I was pleasantly surprised how good buffalo oysters were. I'm not a big organ meat fan, but I'd shoot many more just to have julienne and fried nuts again. -------- www.zonedar.com If you can't be a good example, be a horrible warning DRSS C&H 475 NE -------- | |||
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Kudu liver is not to be overlooked. _________________________________ AR, where the hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history become the nattering nabobs of negativisim. | |||
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Heres a favourite we always make in Camp One Eland back strap which we cut carefully so it opens out into one large flat piece of meat. We then layer garlic, bacon, Mozarella cheese across the meat and roll it up like a rolled roast , tying it together with string. Wrap the rolled meat up with bacon and roast slowly for about an hour. Slice it when hot , and serve with crispy roast potatoes.......awesome.........or cold sliced on fresh camp bread with gobs of butter...Cholesterol be damned!! | |||
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Whole roast klipspringer. It is excellent. The PH did not want to eat Duiker????? | |||
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Warty ribs, springbock fillets and pot roasted guinea fowl. | |||
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Duikers have a habit of hanging around compounds and other human habitation and eating all sorts of undesirable waste. many Zimbos wont eat duiker cos of this habit. | |||
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Love Impala liver, but a fryup late morning with pygmy antelope liver, kidney and heart out of sight. Cat (Leopard or Lion) backstraps are great as is Zebra backstraps. Have not had Zambeze Valley Oysters yet but maybe that can be recetified when Frank get his Buffalo and Hippo next month, and maybe some Buffalo Tail soup. Another good item was Grysbok soup, I just called it gravy and sopped it up with good bread. | |||
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Roasted bush pig in the Save was a standout. Also, ox-tail soup made from buff, which I always request when a buffalo is killed. | |||
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I´m a bit surprised that nobody have mentioned Gemsbok yet? I´ve tried a few different ways to cook a meal from a Gemsbok liver, testickles to fillet steak I´ll eat liver but it´s not a first choise for me..... The balls was actually a plesent surprise, grilled, shopped and fried in butter/garlick was extremly good! My favorite though is the Gemsbook fillet steak, grilled uncut over acasia wodd fire to medium rare! I also really liked a Impala osso buco our guide made us last year in Namibia. We had a really good night around the fire sipping good red and waiting for the pot to simmer down slowly _____________________________________________ The bitter taste of poor quality stays in the mouth far longer than the sweet taste of the low price! | |||
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Springbok Medallions were the best I have had, one night we ate about 10 between 2 of us. Zebra was also very succulent and very tasty, although it was a bit rich and I could only eat 1 steak. Greg Brownlee Neal and Brownlee, LLC Quality Worldwide Big Game Hunts Since 1975 918/299-3580 greg@NealAndBrownlee.com www.NealAndBrownlee.com Instagram: @NealAndBrownleeLLC Hunt reports: Botswana 2010 Alaska 2011 Bezoar Ibex, Turkey 2012 Mid Asian Ibex, Kyrgyzstan 2014 | |||
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Ingredients: 1. Impala large intestine - the part with the external fatty globules (solidified dung pellets internally). 2. Selected pieces of liver, kidneys, heart and fillet (from the same impala)- cut into small even pieces and marinate for several hours. 3. Thoroughly wash the intestine once the pellets have been squeezed out - you are left with a "tube". 4. Turn the tube inside-out (fatty globules are now inside) and rinse again the external part which once housed the pellets. 5. Tie one end of the tube with roasting twine and stuff the tube with your marinated assortment and tie the end. You now have a sausage approx. 12" long. 6. Grill the sausage over a bed of coals and allow to grill without charring for between 15/20 mins. - Slice 1" chunks and serve hot with jacketed potatoes and cream and english mustard. You need to try it to believe it! | |||
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I agree with others, I don't think I ever had a meal in camp that was less than excellent. Best that come to mind were the impala liver with bacon, eland filets, kudu, buffalo, bushbuck. Even the elephant was pretty good. Paul Smith SCI Life Member NRA Life Member DSC Member Life Member of the "I Can't Wait to Get Back to Africa" Club DRSS I had the privilege to fire E. Hemingway's WR .577NE, E. Keith's WR .470NE, & F. Jamieson's WJJ .500 Jeffery I strongly recommend avoidance of "The Zambezi Safari & Travel Co., Ltd." and "Pisces Sportfishing-Cabo San Lucas" "A failed policy of national defense is its own punishment" Otto von Bismarck | |||
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I eat to live in Africa...I eat to enjoy in the States I do like to try all for the experience but enjoy...well...uh...David W had it right: " I always show the cook how to make chicken fried steak out of kudu backstrap with cream gravy and mashed potatoes." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ J. Lane Easter, DVM A born Texan has instilled in his system a mind-set of no retreat or no surrender. I wish everyone the world over had the dominating spirit that motivates Texans.– Billy Clayton, Speaker of the Texas House No state commands such fierce pride and loyalty. Lesser mortals are pitied for their misfortune in not being born in Texas.— Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to Texas in May, 1991. | |||
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Summer sausage made from Gemsbok makes for a great snack. Jim "Bwana Umfundi" NRA | |||
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Oxtail stew made from a buffalo tail. When hunting buff first you look at the horns. If the horns are okay you must look to make sure he has a good tail for the stew. Otherwise why shoot him. BigB | |||
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You guys who like to eat out of the gut pile are welcome in my camp, I will eat the backstrap, you can have all the organ meat you want. Liver gives me a sore throat, I keep trying to swallow it and it keeps coming back up and rubs my throat raw! I hear you guys talk about how good the kudu liver is etc.,, just never have been able to acquire the taste for it, I just don't like the taste or texture. I see guys going,,man this stuff is super! I wonder what I am missing and I try it and it tastes like poop to me. Give me eland, kudu, gemsbock, filets or francolin anytime! I hear Hippo is outstanding as well. I have eaten almost all of the standard plains game animals prepared different ways and enjoyed all of them,, except the organ cuts. My hats off to those who find them yummy.... you can make more money, you can not make more time | |||
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Guinnea fowl meat pies...great for lunch Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue. What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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I loved eland filet with mustard crust and all other meat from the elandbull was great too. | |||
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"puff adder"...Similar to the stuffed impala intestine above...absolutely delicious. | |||
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ J. Lane Easter, DVM A born Texan has instilled in his system a mind-set of no retreat or no surrender. I wish everyone the world over had the dominating spirit that motivates Texans.– Billy Clayton, Speaker of the Texas House No state commands such fierce pride and loyalty. Lesser mortals are pitied for their misfortune in not being born in Texas.— Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to Texas in May, 1991. | |||
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I'm not big on organ meat or other "odd" cuts such as warthog cheeks. I prefer to stick to skeletal muscle from one of the major muscle groups. That said, kudu tongue is one of my favorites. Jason "You're not hard-core, unless you live hard-core." _______________________ Hunting in Africa is an adventure. The number of variables involved preclude the possibility of a perfect hunt. Some problems will arise. How you decide to handle them will determine how much you enjoy your hunt. Just tell yourself, "it's all part of the adventure." Remember, if Robert Ruark had gotten upset every time problems with Harry Selby's flat bed truck delayed the safari, Horn of the Hunter would have read like an indictment of Selby. But Ruark rolled with the punches, poured some gin, and enjoyed the adventure. -Jason Brown | |||
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Plus one on the Wartie! Good pig that.
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Interesting...my PH always played down wharthog...said the meat was very lean and tough, IIRC Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue. What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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Mike, I fondly remember the guinea meat pies. Pierre's cook did a great job. I agree that most of the African meat makes excellent table fare. Eland, Kudu, springbok, buffalo, etc. all made very good meals. I am surprised that nobody has mentioned Nyala. My son was reminding me just this week that the best meal he ever had was nyala backstraps in Zim. Cheers, Bill | |||
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Bill, I couldn't remember his name until today...Isaac. Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue. What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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An entire Dik Dik made into stew by cook in Natron South was excellent--Greeff, Camp Mgr and I ate it all....no leftovers for camp staff Never had Buff balls that were bad since they were all from MY Buff Kalahari Gemsbok liver is amazingly good and does not taste any thing like RSA game ranch transplants Eland fillets----oh my....YES ! DO NOT try Giraffe filets killed that morning when you must leave the next morning or for that matter, under same circumstances, Zebra filets! | |||
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Gemsbok fillets about an inch thick, rare to medium rare with onions and roasted pumpkin Frank "I don't know what there is about buffalo that frightens me so.....He looks like he hates you personally. He looks like you owe him money." - Robert Ruark, Horn of the Hunter, 1953 NRA Life, SAF Life, CRPA Life, DRSS lite | |||
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Impala liver that was still in the animal in the back of the vehicle when you came into camp, it immediatly cut into 1/2x1" tidbits, flash grilled in a cast iron skillet with real butter and then simmered a bit with a little water, some Tabasco and ground pepper, a bit of red wine and flour to make gravy... then mashed into a ball with white rice like sushi rolls with a steamed grape leaves wrapper that had a tiny tad of raw sugar rubbed on it, a bit of squeezed lime juice for a citrus tang.... All done in front of you on a tiny grill over mopane coals. Dang! You get about 2 good bites from each. What a surprise after getting out of the Cruiser tired as heck, putting up your firearms, washing up, hitching up your American flag pajamas and then wandering back to the fire to listen to the wildlife, stare at the fire and have a toddy. The best hors d'oeuvre I've ever had... and I didn't get but one 'cause I was asking recipe questions instead of eating and the other guys were hungry pigs! At least, I got a buffalo that day and the food-stealing hogs didn't. There is some justice! JudgeG ... just counting time 'til I am again finding balm in Gilead chilled out somewhere in the Selous. | |||
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My favorites are in this order: 1. Impala liver 2. Crocodile tail 3. Warthog | |||
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Keep the organs, best used for garden fertilzer. Liver makes me gag although the taste is okay. We had eland hearts with onion that was edible. The ph loved his bone marrow soup (kudu or eland marrow only) and it was edible also. I don't like even like impala steaks....all the ones I've ever had were gamey. Tsesebee was also a little gamey but they cooked it in a barbeque sauce one day to good effect. Kudu, eland, reedbuck, warthog and sable were all very good seemingly no matter how they prepared it. Also liked francolin or guinea fowl casserole. For some reason they didn't cook the smallies (duiker, steenbok, oribi) nor wildebeest and zebra. Pretty much what the ph liked we ate. | |||
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