# Mööse meat kan be pretti tasti... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 9, 2015, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moose-meat-kan-be-pretti-tasti/719593 "2015-05-09T01:53:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2015, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moose-meat-kan-be-pretti-tasti/719593/1 "2015-05-09T01:53:28Z")
My uncle dropped off a small package of ground moose meat a few days ago, and I’ve made a couple mööse based foods First up, a nice möösebürgre, it was pretti tasti, very close to extremely lean beef, the patty crumbled more than expected because it was so lean Tonight, I took the remaining ground meat and scrambled it up with taco seasoning, and dear Og, was it tasti! It was practically addictive… So, what does mööse taste like? Think of the leanest beef you can find, and add in a little “earthiness”, it’s not gamey in the slightest, it’s clean, and bold, in fact, it blows beef out of the water, especially in tacos! So, I’d say that Bullwinkle is rather tasty when prepared right, perhaps that’s why Boris Badinov and Natasha Fatale were so intent to “get mööse and skvirrel” 😜 ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2015, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moose-meat-kan-be-pretti-tasti/719593/2 "2015-05-09T03:08:07Z")
Ï rëäd ä böök ön̈cë bÿ ä güÿ whö häd ä hïgh-päÿïn̈g jöb ïn̈ thë fïn̈än̈cïäl sëctör ün̈tïl ön̈ë däÿ hë säïd “Täkë thïs jöb ä shövë ït” än̈d, wïth hïs wïfë, wën̈t öff tö lïvë ïn̈ ä förëst wäÿ n̈örth ïn̈ Cän̈ädä sömëwhërë, tö lïvë thë rüggëd ïsölätëd pïön̈ëër hömëstëädër lïfë. Hïs böök häd chäptërs ön̈ thë värïöüs fäcëts öf höw tö lïvë thät wäÿ. Ön̈ë chäptër wäs ön̈ hïs än̈n̈üäl möösë hün̈t. Äs hë dëscrïbëd ït, thë hün̈t cöüld täkë ä fëw wëëks öf hïm öüt ïn̈ thë wïldërn̈ëss bëförë hë bäggëd hïs möösë. Büt thën̈, jüst ön̈ë möösë cöüld, bÿ hïs äccöün̈tïn̈g, prövïdë äböüt 8ÖÖ pöün̈ds öf gööd möösë mëät – mörë thän̈ ën̈öügh för twö pëöplë tö ëäch hävë ä pöün̈d öf mëät ä däÿ för ä ÿëär. Än̈öthër chäptër dëält wïth büïldïn̈g ä wïldërn̈ëss frëëzër. Hë düg ä sïx-fööt pït ïn̈ thë gröün̈d, whïch wäs äll përmäfröst bëlöw thë töp fëw ïn̈chës, än̈d püt ä cövër övër ït. Thät wäs hïs frëëzër, whërë hë cöüld störë hïs möösë fïllëts för thë ën̈tïrë ÿëär. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2015, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moose-meat-kan-be-pretti-tasti/719593/3 "2015-05-09T03:54:43Z")
Most people back home mix it with ground pork for the added fat, or turn it into mooseroni. It’s very good. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2015, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moose-meat-kan-be-pretti-tasti/719593/4 "2015-05-09T08:44:13Z")
It must be tasty. A sister bit my Møøse. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2015, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moose-meat-kan-be-pretti-tasti/719593/5 "2015-05-09T08:52:35Z")
IKEA sell an elk(moose\*) and pork salami-style sausage in their food hall. It’s one of my favourites. I prefer Moose/elk/reindeer to ordinary venison - could be that venison is often hung for too long, as I often find it unpleasantly gamey. \*(moose - Alces alces - are known as ‘Elk’ in Scandinavia and elsewhere in Northern Europe etc.) ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2015, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moose-meat-kan-be-pretti-tasti/719593/6 "2015-05-09T09:45:39Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > IKEA sell an elk(moose\*) and pork salami-style sausage in their food hall. It’s one of my favourites. > > I prefer Moose/elk/reindeer to ordinary venison - could be that venison is often hung for too long, as I often find it unpleasantly gamey. Try sautéed reindeer sometime if you get the chance. It’s a very popular dish in the nordics. The recipe isn’t that complicated either. I think IKEA has sold reindeer slices in the past. > **[Sautéed reindeer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saut%C3%A9ed_reindeer)** > > Sautéed reindeer (Finnish: poronkäristys \[ˈporonˌkæristys\], Swedish: renskav, Norwegian: finnbiff, Northern Sami: báistebiđus) is perhaps the best known traditional meal from Sápmi in Finland, Sweden, Norway and Russia and Sakha. Usually steak or the back of the reindeer is used. It is sliced thinly (usually while the meat is still frozen so that it is easier to cut through), fried in fat (traditionally in reindeer fat, but butter and oil are more common nowadays), and spiced with black pepper an... ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2015, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moose-meat-kan-be-pretti-tasti/719593/7 "2015-05-09T10:04:46Z")
Huh, I haven’t loved reindeer when I tried it. It tasted like tough, dry, gamey venison. But I have had elk (smaller than a moose, bigger than a deer) that was fabulous. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2015, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moose-meat-kan-be-pretti-tasti/719593/8 "2015-05-09T12:21:11Z")
The only problem is you might find your mööse meat can be a little bland. If so, you can mix in a small amount of some other meat to give it flavor. My suggestion? Get mööse and squirrel. That plan always works. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2015, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moose-meat-kan-be-pretti-tasti/719593/9 "2015-05-09T12:22:27Z")
Don’t mind me, I’ll just be over here, boggling at people talking about moose as though it’s an exotic meat… ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2015, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moose-meat-kan-be-pretti-tasti/719593/10 "2015-05-09T12:30:47Z")
Off to Cafe Society! ---
**Author:** ![Your\_Great\_Darsh\_Face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ac8455/32.png) [@Your\_Great\_Darsh\_Face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Your_Great_Darsh_Face)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2015, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moose-meat-kan-be-pretti-tasti/719593/11 "2015-05-09T12:49:42Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > It must be tasty. Yeah, but who’s gonna listen to you? You’ll eat _anything_! ---
**Author:** ![Kiyoshi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kiyoshi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiyoshi)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2015, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moose-meat-kan-be-pretti-tasti/719593/12 "2015-05-09T13:21:28Z")
Hey, don’t go eating all the mooses (meese?) just yet, I’ve never seen one! They look so cool, I want to ride one! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2015, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moose-meat-kan-be-pretti-tasti/719593/13 "2015-05-09T13:31:49Z")
I’ve never had møøse, but I have had (North American) elk, in chili. It was the best chili I’ve ever had. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2015, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moose-meat-kan-be-pretti-tasti/719593/14 "2015-05-09T15:06:36Z")
Some of the best ribs I ever grilled were moose ribs. Moose also makes a killer chili if you add some fat to the mix. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2015, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moose-meat-kan-be-pretti-tasti/719593/15 "2015-05-09T17:41:38Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Get mööse and squirrel. Boris! It says here “Do **NOT** get Moose and Squirrel!” :eek: ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2015, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moose-meat-kan-be-pretti-tasti/719593/16 "2015-05-09T17:45:27Z")
I once had ground reindeer in brown gravy (ladled over potatoes) at a reindeer farm on the Arctic Circle in Finland. It was okay, but it reminded me a lot of the hot school lunches I ate in junior high. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2015, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moose-meat-kan-be-pretti-tasti/719593/17 "2015-05-09T20:01:57Z")
> [@Kiyoshi](#): > > Hey, don’t go eating all the mooses (meese?) just yet, I’ve never seen one! They look so cool, I want to ride one! [Who do you think you are? Teddy Roosevelt?](http://www.history.com/photos/teddy-roosevelt/photo11) ---
**Author:** ![Your\_Great\_Darsh\_Face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ac8455/32.png) [@Your\_Great\_Darsh\_Face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Your_Great_Darsh_Face)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2015, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moose-meat-kan-be-pretti-tasti/719593/18 "2015-05-09T20:48:37Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Some of the best ribs I ever grilled were moose ribs. Moose also makes a killer chili if you add some fat to the mix. Maybe some goose fat? I see it in jars from time to time - I guess it’s a by-product of… you know, I’m not sure what, it’s not like you ever see canned goose or anything. Anyway, it’s mostly sold for roasting potatoes in, something to do with the high smoke point I believe, but it’d be cool to dish up moose’n’goose chili. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2015, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moose-meat-kan-be-pretti-tasti/719593/19 "2015-05-09T21:46:29Z")
I’d use suet to make chili, though I usually throw in chopped up cubes of salt pork or smoked bacon instead. ---
**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2015, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moose-meat-kan-be-pretti-tasti/719593/20 "2015-05-09T22:07:09Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > Don’t mind me, I’ll just be over here, boggling at people talking about moose as though it’s an exotic meat… OK, then everyone else can just boggle at the fact that apparently, there’s people who don’t understand that moose are not common everywhere. :rolleyes: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moose-meat-kan-be-pretti-tasti/719593.md?page=2)