Hank Shaw's Blog, page 54

Hunting prairie chickens in South Dakota, one of their few remaining strongholds, makes you think about how important it is to conserve this iconic bird.

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To pluck or skin? It's a question all bird hunters face. Most of a bird's distinctive flavor is in its skin and fat, but plucking can be tricky. Here's how to go about it.

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I love crepinettes. Think of them as sausage patties wrapped in a blanket of fat. Learn to use caul fat and it'll change your cooking.

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This dish is so simple, all the flavors come together beautifully. And if you've never made homemade spatzle, it's easier than you think.

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Blutnudeln. Pasta al Sangue. Blood pasta. Yes, it is what you think. And I've been wanting to make this macabre pasta for a long time. It was worth the wait.

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Green chile elk burgers made in the classic Southwest style. Simple elk burger patties topped with roasted green chiles, cheese and the normal fixins'.

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Ptarmigan hunting in the Lower 48 states is an exercise in mountaineering. So if you want to hunt them, you need to climb mountains.

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This plate of food looks better than it tastes. It's a work in progress. Here's the process I go through to create new dishes.

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Broiled trout is a quick and easy way to cook trout fillets too large for a frying pan, too thin to stand up to the grill. Here's how to master this technique.

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Dove breasts, marinated in Moroccan spices, stuffed in a date, wrapped in bacon and grilled. What's not to love?

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