Wild Game Cookbook

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Summary: Cook raccoon, rabbit, fish, venison, and fowl
Review: I found Martin Rywell's "Wild Game Cookbook" in a rural butcher shop 20 years ago. I asked for a recipe for cooking quail, and the butcher handed me this book. He said it was all I needed, and he was right.

Whether you want to cook raccoon, rabbit, fish, venison, or any kind of fowl, Rywell has creatively written recipes that an average person can make. It includes general instructions for field dressing. The recipes are standards, with none being overly exotic to any domestic hunter. From this cookbook, I have made many delicious wild game dinners, including venison roasts, bobwhite quail, and pheasant breast. His directions are clear, and his ingredients are easy to find at any local grocer.

You will enjoy the recipe for cooking an elephant. I can't comment on whether or not it works, but he tells it well. There are a few other entertaining recipes, including one written in a regional, backwoods dialect.

There are only 70+ black and white pages but they are filled with recipes. This is not a coffee table cookbook decorated with pictures of spices or plated dishes. Mostly, Rywell is all business, providing a neatly packed collection of tasty recipes.

If you hunt, are the spouse of a hunter, have friends who hunt, or happen to live near a specialty butcher, then buy a copy of "Wild Game Cookbook" by Martin Rywell.

Anthony Trendl

Rating:
Summary: Cook raccoon, rabbit, fish, venison, and fowl
Review: I found Martin Rywell's "Wild Game Cookbook" in a rural butcher shop 20 years ago. I asked for a recipe for cooking quail, and the butcher handed me this book. He said it was all I needed, and he was right.

Whether you want to cook raccoon, rabbit, fish, venison, or any kind of fowl, Rywell has creatively written recipes that an average person can make. It includes general instructions for field dressing. The recipes are standards, with none being overly exotic to any domestic hunter. From this cookbook, I have made many delicious wild game dinners, including venison roasts, bobwhite quail, and pheasant breast. His directions are clear, and his ingredients are easy to find at any local grocer.

You will enjoy the recipe for cooking an elephant. I can't comment on whether or not it works, but he tells it well. There are a few other entertaining recipes, including one written in a regional, backwoods dialect.

There are only 70+ black and white pages but they are filled with recipes. This is not a coffee table cookbook decorated with pictures of spices or plated dishes. Mostly, Rywell is all business, providing a neatly packed collection of tasty recipes.

If you hunt, are the spouse of a hunter, have friends who hunt, or happen to live near a specialty butcher, then buy a copy of "Wild Game Cookbook" by Martin Rywell.

Anthony Trendl