Sometimes you eat the bear ....

kybuckeye

Has anybody ever cooked bear meat on the egg . I have a a bear roast and a bear tenderloin & I need a good recipe !

Wolfpack

Bear can be a hard one- chili or cut up tenderloin and fry

Thatgrimguy

For real?!?

blasting

please post your cook - I've never had bear meat - this sounds interesting.

kybuckeye

Never had it either but ended up being asked to cook it & have not found anyone who has ever cooked it !

RedSkip

Bear is pretty good if cooked properly.  Can be a little greasy but not overwhelming.  Additionally the quality of food the bear eats dictates the taste of the meat.  Berries and foliage vs. garbage.

saluki2007

I have never cooked bear, but I have seen several post/questions asked about cooking bear here on the forum and most people say to make a soup/stew with it.  Just google bear recipe big green egg and you should get your answer.

Grillin_beers

I've had bear jerky and it was great.  That's the only experience I have with bear. 

fishlessman

ive only pan fried steaks in butter but it was good, was told i was going to die for eating it on the rare side so please dont take my advice this was a new england bear, ive heard bear from other areas are not too tasty

northGAcock

Only drank (beer)....never ate (bear).

Little Steven

fishlessman said:

ive only pan fried steaks in butter but it was good, was told i was going to die for eating it on the rare side so please dont take my advice this was a new england bear, ive heard bear from other areas are not too tasty

What do they eat to make them taste better quahogs and oysters?

poster

Its great in sausage but so is everything, also it is more like pork so if you can make a ham out of it, that is really good too. Ive had steaks and they were dry and pretty terrible to be honest. This was a Canadian black bear that wasn't near a dump, lol

Legume

I've always heard it's important to eat locally sourced bear whenever possible, like honey.  

We only get retired circus bears here in Texas.

fishlessman

Little Steven said:

fishlessman said:

ive only pan fried steaks in butter but it was good, was told i was going to die for eating it on the rare side so please dont take my advice this was a new england bear, ive heard bear from other areas are not too tasty

What do they eat to make them taste better quahogs and oysters?

berries and camping food, they really like oreo cookies ive been told you dont want meat from fish eating bears out west

Ladeback69

I have had bear floored with salt & pepper and cooked in a skillet with some oil back about 10 years ago that was pretty good.  It wasn't gamy a was tender.  It was a coworker who cooked it and had shot it up in Canada on a hunt.  I would like to try and cook some.

theyolksonyou

Legume said:

I've always heard it's important to eat locally sourced bear whenever possible, like honey.  

We only get retired circus bears here in Texas.

Do they taste like popcorn and cotton candy?

Legume

Clowns.

mahenryak

OT -- PSA: Probably not a concern for most of you, but just don't eat brown bear meat.  Known to be carriers of the dreaded trichinosis.  Even frozen meat can be a problem. 

Edit:  Apparently a concern for Black bear as well, so make sure the meat is cooked well,  but I've heard more stories surrounding brown bear up here.

http://www.adn.com/article/medium-rare-bear-dishes-severe-trichinosis-alaskan

blind99

@mahenryak Extremely few cases of trichinosis from commercially raised pork as they don't eat off the ground.  About half the reported cases now are from wild game esp bear.  I think cougar is the other carrier.  Also pork raised free-range on small farms.  No rare bear meat for me please!

mahenryak

blind99 said:

@mahenryak Extremely few cases of trichinosis from commercially raised pork as they don't eat off the ground.  About half the reported cases now are from wild game esp bear.  I think cougar is the other carrier.  Also pork raised free-range on small farms.  No rare bear meat for me please!

Yep.  My message is regarding bears, not pork.  Thanks.

luckyboy

I might try it like a chuck roast with veggies and such and make a.gravy at the end.Goggle may have a recipe or two.Good luck.

setdahook

Black bear sausage is so delicious!