bear meat

[PA BEN]

Steak the back straps and T-loins. Smoke the hams. You can make roasts too. Other then that breakfast sausage.

[ICEMAN]

Only one bear under my belt so far....and I cut it up myself and turned the whole bear into steak and stew meat, no processed products, no grinding.  The bear made great dinner and brkfst steaks, the stew sized chunks made great shishkabobs and stew, fajitas, scrambled with eggs, stroganoff, etc..... Excellent eating meat.

Next bear I plan on pressure canning a bit aswell....

When I am hungry for pepperoni...I buy pepperoni....

[dogtuk]

Firemedic

i use 15 % pork butt roast and a couple pounds of pork back of beef suet/fat if your gonna use just pork or beef fat i would go 10% fat

[SHANE(WA)]

teriyaki sticks

[DeKuma]

I am with ICE.  I have steaked and stewes all my bear.  My favorite big game to eat if treated correctly.

[cascademountainhunter]

we usually get pepperoni or red hots made from bear. and save the back straps for steaks.

[saylean]

just had some summer sausage (spring bear) and cheese for snack tonight...

good stuff man~

[billythekidrock]

What do you guys do with the BS and tenderloins?

Tender loins are floured and spiced and cooked hot and fast in a little oil and butter. Backstraps are either cooked whole in a crock pot or sliced thin and cooked as steaks. Thin is the key.

[lokidog]

Bratwurst, backstrap steaks, and when I was a kid, we had a bunch processed like chipped beef.  My brother and I would sneak into the freezer and eat it out of the package, yum!! 

[rooselk]

I don't want to steal the thread, but on the same subject, does anyone know what the mix of fat is that most butchers would add to bear meat to make hamburger??

That's pretty much up to the customer. The processor will usually go with the percentage you ask for.