The Great Southern Wild Game Cookbook - Paperback

by Sam Goolsby (Author)

A comprehensive collection of time-proven, southern-style recipes for savory dishes featuring venison, squirrel, rabbit, alligator, bear, duck, and more.

Many people like to hunt but are not sure what to do with the game once they bring it home. A popular misconception is that only true outdoorsmen can stomach the taste of meat taken in the wild. Sam Goolsby is about to disprove that idea!

Hunter and outdoor writer Sam Goolsby is president of one of the most successful hunting lodges in the South, Cedar Creek Hunting Lodge, in the Piedmont area of Georgia. In the pages of this book, he demonstrates how to create savory dishes that any gourmet would love. Mr. Goolsby contends that wild game, when prepared with know-how, is every bit as delicious as food bought at the local grocery store. Learn how to cook venison, quail, wild turkey, and much more.

Back Jacket

Hunter, outdoor writer, and wild game expert Sam Goolsby, for more than a decade president of one of the South's most successful hunting lodges, contends that virtually any wild game can be cooked, served, and savored by almost anyone. In this comprehensive collection of time-proven recipes, he shows how.

Included are step-by-step instructions for preparing a wide variety of tasty dishes featuring: venison, squirrel, rabbit, possum, coon, alligator, bear, armadillo, rattlesnake, duck, goose, wild turkey, quail, pheasant, dove, grouse, fish, seafood.

Uneasy about the flavor or texture of some of the more exotic species of wild game? Don't be. The author decisively puts to rest many of the myths concerning the taste of meat from the hunt, showing how, with the proper preparation, food such as venison can be as appealing to the taste buds as traditional meat dishes.

Author Biography

Hunter and wild-game expert Sam Goolsby created this collection of recipes to quell readersí fears of cooking what they hunt. Despite popular apprehension about the flavor and texture of game such as venison, rabbit, and armadillo, to name a few, he insists that virtually any meat can be properly prepared, cooked, served, and enjoyed. Mr. Goolsby is president of Cedar Creek Hunting Lodge. Located in the Piedmont area of Georgia, it is one of the most successful hunting lodges in the South. He thoroughly enjoys hunting for its restful and exhilarating properties, and he finds preparing and cooking the food to be equally relaxing. Mr. Goolsby hopes that by sharing his techniques, an increasing number of people will come to share his enjoyment of game preparation.