Ron's Bear Stew

[Ron G.]

BEAR MARINADE

2 cups Guiness Stout

2 cups vinegar (or 4 cups or either)

1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce

1 bay leaf

2 whole cloves

Pinch of salt

1 tbsp. whole black pepper

Combine all ingredients

4 pounds bear meat 5 quart slow cooker

2 pounds small red potatoes, quartered

1 package celery, sliced

1 pound baby carrots

1 24 ounce package small whole mushrooms

2 packages Lipton Onion Soup

16 ounce package frozen peas

2 large onions, all chopped up in little pieces

2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce

1/2 teaspoon thyme

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 slices crumbled bacon

2 teaspoons crushed garlic

2 cups beef broth

1 cup Madeira or red wine or sherry

1 tbl corn starch

Directions

Marinate meat 24 to 36 hours in marinade

When ready to cook, boil potatoes until half cooked

Drain potatoes and place in a 5 quart slow cooker

Combine celery, carrots, mushrooms, onion soup mix, peas, onions, Worcestershire sauce, thyme, salt, bacon, garlic and beef broth

Mix well and cook on low setting for about 12 hours

Add wine and some corn starch and cook VERY SLOWLY while stirring for another 2 hours

Eat

[ChasUFarley]

I've never tried bear - what's it like?

[Abigail]

Does it taste like chicken?

And just where does one buy bear? I've never seen it at my local grocery store.

[waysider]

Waitress:" How is the chicken,sir?

Customer: "Fine,it tastes just like rattlesnake."

Actually, I have had black bear. To me it tasted like roast beef with waaaay too much salt.

Btw------If you should ever cook bear, be sure to cook it fully as bears are known to carry trichinosis which is a particularly unpleasant parasite.

[Sudo]

Waysider,

Thank you. I didn't know about Trichinosis and bear meat!

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[likeaneagle]

waysider- Im sure that putting that much vinegar into a stew with bear in it, will kill of all germs, one should hope. My understanding is no germs can survive in the intensity of the ph factor...same for lemon juice.dual purposes..

[Ron G.]

Abi,

Bear isn't usually available at the grocery store. I do a lot of my grocery shopping out in the woods where deer, rabbit, squirrel and bear seem to hang out.

I shop with a .50 cal. muzzleloader.

It tastes more like a mix of beef and pork. Since bear is related to a pig, and it's quite the scavenger, the trichinosis thing only makes sense. You have to cook it REAL good.