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Title: Cooking Grouse in the field
Post by: dentalboy on June 07, 2011, 06:21:45 PM
Anyone have good suggestions for eating grouse while camped out in the back country?
Title: Re: Cooking Grouse in the field
Post by: kglacken on June 07, 2011, 06:30:48 PM
step on the wings and pull on the feet! fry in a pan with butter!  :tup:
Title: Re: Cooking Grouse in the field
Post by: ICEMAN on June 07, 2011, 06:37:42 PM
there is a far nicer way to clean grouse....  http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,33461.0.html (http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,33461.0.html)
 
As far as cooking them up, I have always liked to Pan Fry them lightly brown in some olive oil, then simmer for a long while in water to soften them up.... then later pour in some chicken flavored rice a roni....  Easy camp food.
Title: Re: Cooking Grouse in the field
Post by: dentalboy on June 07, 2011, 06:49:38 PM
What about cooking them without a pan available.  Anyone tried this?.
Title: Re: Cooking Grouse in the field
Post by: ICEMAN on June 07, 2011, 06:58:16 PM
What about cooking them without a pan available.  Anyone tried this?.

Sorry, read your original post too fast. IMHO, grouse are always really tough when cooked over a fire or any other quick method.......hence the simmering suggestion I posted about... Length of cooking is what softens them up nice...
 
 
Title: Re: Cooking Grouse in the field
Post by: jechicdr on June 07, 2011, 09:41:46 PM
While camped out in wilderness for archery elk season, would occasionally come across a grouse and take off its head for fresh meat for camp (back packed in...so no steaks from the cooler).  Stuck the grouse on a stick an slowly cooked it over an open fire (put a container of Nature's Seasonings in backpack for flavor).  Then pick off bits of flesh and put them in a "Mountain Home" dehydrated food pack with the appropriate amount of boiling water from my Jet Boil.  Depending on the flavor of the food pack, could change the meal up a little.  Left the pack sealed for a little longer to let the meat "simmer".  Then eat up.  Good flavor, a little more tender, and protein to replace the stuff I was damaging on my daily hikes.
Title: Re: Cooking Grouse in the field
Post by: Bigshooter on June 07, 2011, 09:46:48 PM
Salt and pepper a little butter wrap in tin foil set it on top of some coals (not to much heat) and cook for a bout an hour.  Falls off the bone.
Title: Re: Cooking Grouse in the field
Post by: Pinetar on June 08, 2011, 08:07:16 AM
I like to age them for a day. I usually take the breast and leg meat put it in a zip lock and eat it the following day. I have found they are much more tender after a day of aging. I usually fry it up with garlic and butter and then add to a Pasta Alfredo Package.  I have eatin meat on a stick over an open fire on too many nights to remember. A small container of BBQ sauce goes a long way.
Title: Re: Cooking Grouse in the field
Post by: STIKNSTRINGBOW on June 08, 2011, 10:56:07 AM
We would brown them over fire, then put them in a pot of water, add "Lipton" soup mix, simmer.
Every day add rabbit or grouse, seems we always had some soup on the back of fire, one year up in Ferry county we shot so many rabbits and grouse, we ended up bringing soup home.
Title: Re: Cooking Grouse in the field
Post by: STIKNSTRINGBOW on June 08, 2011, 11:00:35 AM
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What about cooking them without a pan available.  Anyone tried this?.
I also usually had an empty coffee can with certain "necessities" stuffed inside as part of my pack, loose odds and ends (possibles).
Title: Re: Cooking Grouse in the field
Post by: dreamunelk on June 08, 2011, 07:56:19 PM
Makes me drool for September.

Don't forget to throw in some Chantereles when found.
Title: Re: Cooking Grouse in the field
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on June 17, 2011, 09:47:40 PM
butter salt & pepper and garlic .....cant beat it ......
Title: Re: Cooking Grouse in the field
Post by: Alchase on June 22, 2011, 10:03:18 AM
Wrap in bacon, season with Johnny's seasoning salt,  place in foil, set in the coals for about 20 min. 
Yum!
 
My boys loved to cook them over the fire on sticks, they still say that was one of the highlights of hunting camp.
Title: Re: Cooking Grouse in the field
Post by: CP on June 22, 2011, 11:47:15 AM
I “discovered” this recipe last elk season:

Skin & gut one grouse
Drop it on the ground so it is covered in pine needles & dirt
Brush it off and poke a stick through it
Hang it by the stick over your camp fire
After the stick burns through and breaks, pull it out of the fire and brush the ashes off it
Poke in a new stick & repeat until it’s burnt on the outside and almost raw inside

Enjoy – anything tastes good when you’re hungry enough
Title: Re: Cooking Grouse in the field
Post by: WSU on June 22, 2011, 12:03:25 PM
I've added it to my freeze dried meals with good results.  Just figure out a way to cook it, chop into bite sized chunks, and add to the meal.  Good stuff.
Title: Re: Cooking Grouse in the field
Post by: dscubame on June 22, 2011, 12:14:07 PM
On your trucks engine exhaust manifold wrapped in foil.
Title: Re: Cooking Grouse in the field
Post by: jackmaster on June 22, 2011, 12:24:05 PM
I “discovered” this recipe last elk season:

Skin & gut one grouse
Drop it on the ground so it is covered in pine needles & dirt
Brush it off and poke a stick through it
Hang it by the stick over your camp fire
After the stick burns through and breaks, pull it out of the fire and brush the ashes off it
Poke in a new stick & repeat until it’s burnt on the outside and almost raw inside

Enjoy – anything tastes good when you’re hungry enough
dude thats the funniest sh#t i have ever heard thats awesome :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
Title: Re: Cooking Grouse in the field
Post by: Tony on June 22, 2011, 12:24:56 PM
Wrap in bacon, season with Johnny's seasoning salt,  place in foil, set in the coals for about 20 min. 
Yum!


+1
Title: Re: Cooking Grouse in the field
Post by: RadSav on June 24, 2011, 04:51:09 PM
I “discovered” this recipe last elk season:

Skin & gut one grouse
Drop it on the ground so it is covered in pine needles & dirt
Brush it off and poke a stick through it
Hang it by the stick over your camp fire
After the stick burns through and breaks, pull it out of the fire and brush the ashes off it
Poke in a new stick & repeat until it’s burnt on the outside and almost raw inside

Enjoy – anything tastes good when you’re hungry enough

Hey, I've tried that recipe a few times!  Add some burnt marshmallows and you've really got yourself a treat.  Goes great with the buffalo piss and water you filled your canteen with at the local watering hole.
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