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Author Topic: It's...good!!!!  (Read 513 times)

Offline Bowspirit

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It's...good!!!!
« on: October 07, 2008, 07:26:00 PM »
This one's for all those dack attackers out there who saw me and chuck's little "autopsy" on the porcupine I shot. Let me start out by saying that sucker smelled terrible. Looked pretty nasty, too. But I shot him, and by God, I was gonna eat him.
 Now, I can say I have, and I'm actually glad I did. Boiled him over at Mother Mowery's with some (a ton) of pickling salt for quite a while. Just this morning, I threw legs in the slow cooker with some potatoes, carrots, onions, and peas. Little onion soup mix and Woschestier, too.
Not bad at all. Still retains a bit of that piney smell (combated any piney taste by adding in a spoonful of instant coffee granules to the mix). All and all, I like it. I mean, I'm more partial to squirrel or rabbit. But I like it. Almost exactly like a pork roast. Fed it to several people (all non hunters) so far, and have yet to get a bad response.

That said...gonna be a long time before I shoot another. God, did he smell...  :bigsmyl:  


 
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Re: It's...good!!!!
« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2008, 07:31:00 PM »
What did he smell like?  :saywhat:  

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Re: It's...good!!!!
« Reply #2 on: October 07, 2008, 07:41:00 PM »
Like he'd died in the hot August sun and I was just opening him up for the first time that day...
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Re: It's...good!!!!
« Reply #3 on: October 07, 2008, 07:47:00 PM »
Oooffff!
I hear flies buzzing...  :p
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Re: It's...good!!!!
« Reply #4 on: October 07, 2008, 07:49:00 PM »
Nice, is that a Bear Montana I see?
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Re: It's...good!!!!
« Reply #5 on: October 07, 2008, 08:36:00 PM »
Well done, yep, looks like a Montana to me! Congrats!
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Re: It's...good!!!!
« Reply #6 on: October 07, 2008, 08:37:00 PM »
Congrats and nice photo. Stay safe and shoot straight.
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Re: It's...good!!!!
« Reply #7 on: October 07, 2008, 08:38:00 PM »
Yeah, it's a Montana...
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Re: It's...good!!!!
« Reply #8 on: October 07, 2008, 08:40:00 PM »
uuuumm should i post a pick of the white noodles that were allready inside??  :scared:    :bigsmyl:    :eek:
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Re: It's...good!!!!
« Reply #9 on: October 07, 2008, 08:43:00 PM »
Nah, no reason to put these poor people through that Ken. Had I had more sense, they would have detered me. But alas, I am no sensible fellow...he was still tasty though.
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Re: It's...good!!!!
« Reply #10 on: October 07, 2008, 08:46:00 PM »
You should have thrown out the stew and ate the pan.
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Re: It's...good!!!!
« Reply #11 on: October 07, 2008, 08:55:00 PM »
Way to go Chris....now I can't wait to see how you do on the deer!!   :thumbsup:
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Re: It's...good!!!!
« Reply #12 on: October 07, 2008, 08:59:00 PM »
Great story. I respect that you ate what you killed... I would have to be pretty hungry to eat a porcupine--- LOL.


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Re: It's...good!!!!
« Reply #13 on: October 07, 2008, 09:03:00 PM »
a not quite so detailed pic. BS being guided by Woodchucker.
 
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Re: It's...good!!!!
« Reply #14 on: October 07, 2008, 09:16:00 PM »
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Great story. I respect that you ate what you killed...
Ever since I started hunting, I've killed squirrel, snapping turtle, bullfrog, turkey, rabbit, grouse, raccoon, catfish, and now porcupine, with my bow. As a matter of personal belief, they all made there way onto my table ('cept the coon, but he was rabid imho). Some are well-known table fares that I had no doubts about dining upon. Others, like old mr. quills...well, there an adventure, to say the least...
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Re: It's...good!!!!
« Reply #15 on: October 07, 2008, 09:40:00 PM »
In the pic, you may think that's a beer I'm drinking, but its acually my puke cup.   "[dntthnk]"
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Re: It's...good!!!!
« Reply #16 on: October 07, 2008, 09:50:00 PM »
hey chris, i did a little google searching today and came up with a couple of "recipies" for porkies. turns out that your not the only person in the world to eat one. and a bunch of people said they liken the taste to a pot roast.
your a brave soul chris, cant say as i would have tried to eat it.
lookin forward to seein you fellas in feb.
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Re: It's...good!!!!
« Reply #17 on: October 07, 2008, 10:02:00 PM »
In all honesty, I've had porcupine when I was younger. 3 or so, I believe. But I just could not recall the taste. Did remember that I didn't hate it. But good lord, that smell and some of the things I saw sure had me second guessing my past experiances...
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Re: It's...good!!!!
« Reply #18 on: October 08, 2008, 04:11:00 AM »
I knew an old rancher in montana that would catch them live and feed them corn for a couple of weeks. Claims that alot of people use to do that years ago. He said it was excellent eating so long as you put them on corn for two weeks. I'm not sure about the catching part.
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Re: It's...good!!!!
« Reply #19 on: October 08, 2008, 06:35:00 AM »
Nate,
From what I heard about your cooking I bet you could of worked up a five star meal with that young sack of stickers. I wish that I could have been around for the great meals that you put together but I had to keep running over to my house to let the dogs out between and after hunting.
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