Wishing you a Happy Birthday!

Hey! Another NC fencer! w00! Too bad you're several hours away xD I'm in Asheville.

You are a day early... but thanks for the birthday wishes!

Are you referring to the clip that includes Aldo Nadi?

Watch for my new book B!tching by the Master

Elk is some of the loveliest meat. It's one of my favourites. It tastes slightly sweeter than organic beef or bison. It is closest to deer.

Overall, elk, venison, bison, moose, organic beef all taste similar to each other if they are grain-fed, as they are all related. How do you know what they ate? Grain-fed come from flat prairies, where there a few trees. If they are "raised" or from a ranch, they are grain-fed... and yes, there is ranch-raised elk (I buy mine from Central Alberta).

Wild animals that live in habitat with lots of trees and very little grasses will taste more "gamey". Gamey are nasty strong pieces I feed to my dog (dogs love these parts the best).

Gamey pieces are little surprises hidden in the meat, from one bite to another you never know where you're going to hit one. The fatty areas are the gamest, however wild meat has very little fat or marbling, so it's sometimes tough to tell. You need to cook all these meats with some water in the roasting pot or it will come out dry.

*Fencergrl blushes*

Thanks for being part of my support group, you can never know how much it means to me.

Greybeard a/k/a Darryl

Anytime m'dear! Hubby loves bringing folks who have never seen true wilderness out camping.

That looks fantastic. I would grab my wife and come but.... Why oh why do all the Vet comps have to be in November? The first half of the month I am intending to be floating around in the Caribbean on a cruise and the second half involves about 1000 relatives staying at my house for Thanksgiving.

Another time maybe.
Someday we will get together and fence