This garlic butter panfish sandwich is the perfect thing to make with a mess of perch or bluegill, though any lake fish or store bought white fish will do. Crunchy chips offset the silky soft fish and squishy bun. I like to use plain chips, but try your favorite flavor out and see how it works!   Prep Time: 10 min Cook Time: 5 min Total Time: 15 min Yield: 4 sandwiches CUISINE: American COURSE: Main Course COOKING METHOD: Braising   Ingredients   1/3 cup (75g) butter   5 large ...

I am lucky enough to live on enough land that I can hunt out of my back door. Most years, I take a white-tailed doe out there to help fill the freezer. Being able to drag a deer out whole instead of packing it out on my back for a few miles lets me be a little more creative when I butcher. Last year, I decided to experiment a bit and butchered one of the backstraps as bone-in chops. I set them in my freezer for a special occasion. Then, during the spring I was lucky again, and won a Burch ...

Heart is something my family always overlooked when I was growing up. Like many, we stuck to the classic cuts of meat and didn't utilize organ meat well. My husband changed that when he did a quick fry of heart strips and I realized what I was missing. Over the years, I've modified it from his recipe and it has become a favorite with our own family! This is a quick, easy weeknight meal that we look forward to with every animal we harvest. As with all breading recipes, there's lots of room ...

July in Missoula is characterized by days floating the three major rivers that run through town; the Clark Fork, the Bitterroot, or the infamous Blackfoot, and evenings spent attending concerts at the Kettlehouse Amphitheater or downtown at Big Dipper Ice Cream. One particular float trip with an impromptu visit by a BHA collegiate club member will continue to serve as a reminder to me of what we already knew--community is the secret sauce of BHA. North Carolina State University club ...

These smokey moose burgers have bacon ground in with the moose meat, are stuffed with ramp butter, seasoned with spruce salt, topped with cranberry ketchup and sautéed chanterelles, and served on special bannock buns!  Employ one or all of the wild elements above to turn your ground moose into an epic treat! The cranberry ketchup recipe will make more than you need. It will keep in the fridge for 1 month.   Ingredients   For the Cranberry Ketchup  1 bag (12oz, 340g) cranberries, fresh or ...

Cold Summer Noodles is a great field to table option for those who are harvesting their own meat and growing a lot of their own seasonal produce. The salad itself is cool and refreshing, plus it's versatile for any ingredients. Add what you have in your refrigerator or what's exploding in your garden that week - it'll be delicious covered in this dressing. I love this recipe in the summer when it's too hot to cook inside. I'll trade a lot of chopping for not having to turn my stove on in ...

  The noble northern pike does not get the respect it deserves, but I will die on this hill, violently swinging a red and white spoon like a medieval flail as I face the charging hordes of  walleye purists, wielding whatever lure of the day they carry designed to catch more fishermen than fish. Whether that pike be fried, baked, broiled, skewered in kabobs, pickled and canned, poached as if lobster, or even the eggs salted for a poor man’s caviar, I will put it up against anything (and ...

Photo by Aaron Agosto   Greg Kvale and Pete Kvale, from BHA's Minnesota chapter, wowed the judges for the second straight year during the Wild Game Cookoff at the 2022 Rendezvous in Missoula, Montana. This year the magic came from their "Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness Breakfast," which included a Chaga Rose Hip Maple Tea, Norsky Wild Rice Pancakes, Blueberry Port Compote, Corned Venison Wild Rice Hash, Pike and Walleye Fingers and a Remoulade Sauce. Here's the recipes for the winning ...

The 2022 Catch + Cook for a Healthy Ocean Competition brought together an incredible community to celebrate wild food, coastal access and the good stewardship of our natural resources.  A huge thank you goes out to our event partners, Fin + Forage, for their role in helping to make the event an incredible success. The annual Monterey Catch & Cook for a Healthy Ocean Competition is a family-friendly event where a freedive-spearfisher competes to create the best wild fare before a panel of ...

Elk Meatballs with Huckleberry-Jalapeno Jam and Labneh, Sauteed Morels and Wild Asparagus, Flathead Cherry and Huckleberry Crisp and a Midnight Forest Bourbon Cherry-Basil Smash Building relationships and connection to place is key to how and what I cook. My wild game comes from friends or my students who want to share their experiences with me. Most of my Wild Game Cookoff menu was foraged or grown by my family, or the same market vendor I’ve been going to since I was a kid. Finding and ...