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| Fri, 11-10-2006 - 11:28am |
Someone was asking me about Bison, and because I'm now such a huge fan, and because it is a health alternative to beef, I thought I'd make a whole post of it.
I get my bison roasts from the Farmer's Market, and I usually pick up a little roast for about $8-$12 and it does for Matt and I and then one or two servings leftover.
Bison cooks much quicker than regular meet - for a small roast (usually a Sirloin roast) I only cook it for 30 minutes for a medium rare.
I mix up a bit of red wine, dijon mustard, coarsly ground black pepper, and some herbes (I like using herbes de provence for roasts). Then I mix that up, lightly coat the roast all over with the mixture, and pop it in the oven at 350 for about 1/2 hour.
We've also had bison sausage to eat cold and it is very good. The meat tastes a little stronger, but the texture is fabulous in the roasts.
There is a lot of great information here:
http://www.bisoncentral.com/index.php?s=&c=67&d=99&a=1056&w=2&r=Y


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I love to cook too! I adore finding new recipes and trying them out! The Farmer's Market is exactly that, a market where farmers and other producers can sell their products, all sorts of crafts and cool different foods there.
IG, you were asking about texture, I find that if you get the sirloin roast, or top sirloin roast the texture is a bit finer than beef, not quite as grainy. The taste is very similar to beef, maybe a bit stronger. I tried a rib roast, and it wasn't nearly as good, plus I overcooked it a bit, so it was too dry.
Smile,
Deirdre
We actually saw some ostrich and elk, but decided to go with the bison again this weekend. I'd be curious to try Ostrich though!
Smile,
Deirdre
Figures it would taste like Chicken! LOL I'm going to check out some Elk this weekend at the Farmer's Market. How do you prepare it?
Darcy
Okay, that's just strange. I wonder if my local market sells anything like that. Or even the more "organic" type places. I'll have to check it out. I'm not a big meat eater (unless it's burgers) anyways, but I'm always game. hehehe. game. :P
I mean, I ate fish when I was in Maui. COOKED fish. ew. lol. I like mine raw thank you very much.
Yes, I'm delirious. I'm so tired. BTW, what do you mean by, "grainy" tasting?
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