Try the pineapple juice trick. I dont know much about cooking but I do know its significantly more tender after a 1hr soak. I am interested in how it will turn up with the jaccard + pineapple juice.
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Used a chuck roast which I normally would braise until tender from a steer I alfalfa and grain fed for fifteen months. Made a Jamaicam jerk seasoning which is vinegar, soysauce, green onion, garlic, cinammon, allspice, nutmeg, salt and couple other things, Cut all the sinew, fat and bone away. Then put the Jaccard to it until it was twice the size it was before I started. vaccuumed sealed it for about a week and pulled it out to see what I had. Handled it and it felt felt like a stretchy piece of shoe leather. Decided to cut in into stir fry chunks and cook it with veggies and rice. It was palatable but not something I would pursue again....
That sounds like a hell of a recipe.
I guess the big deal with the pineapple is it has bromelain (might not have spelled that right) which is an enzyme/acid that breaks down the tissue. You cant marinade for too long because it will turn your steak into a mashed potato.
Well... I made some elk mac and cheese tonight.
The only change was making sure the ground was dry , not pouring in the blood/liquid and cooking it uncovered. It browned up nicely and tasted significantly better then what I have been doing. Wifey loved it also.
The only change was making sure the ground was dry , not pouring in the blood/liquid and cooking it uncovered. It browned up nicely and tasted significantly better then what I have been doing. Wifey loved it also.
Shoot yearling elk! AAAAAAA-MAZING! Don't have to age, jaccard, etc...
Anytime you have to wipe the milk off of the lips. You know it’s going to be tender. 
I killed my first elk on the WMAT res. It was a cow holding milk. The indian guide "Rivers" was trying to get me to try drinking some. I never did, I still think I should have at least tried lolAnytime you have to wipe the milk off of the lips. You know it’s going to be tender.
Snake Charmer
Happiness is a warm gut pile
My wifes first big game animal was a deer and her first elk was a calf. Both were great table fare, she took the deer on our property and consequently was processed and chilled within about two hours. Her first elk was a calf that we were able again to process it within about three hours gutted and whole at the local processor in Az. They hung it for a day until we could get home to face the 2007 fires in San Diego. We left it at a processor in Yuma because we did not know what we were coming home to. It came out great and is one of the best game animals I have been able to consume. I wish I could have taken her to bull elk but sadly her health has left her short of that... Those young animals are the best at the table for sure.
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Great photos of Tracy, Fred. Her thirst for life at the time was rivaled by few.
Good memories brother.
Good memories brother.
