Has anyone heard of Bear Gravy ?
I am invited over at neighbors for dinner, they're cooking meatloaf with bear gravy?
What the hell ?
Ok
I am pretty sure is was not a typo.
These neighbors are avid hunters, and eat a lot of venison. And bison. So maybe it is gravy made from bear meat.
I will let you know.
Report.
Yes in fact it was Bear Gravy, made from Canadian black bear meat. The meatloaf was ⅓ bear meat, ⅔ beef. The gravy was rendered down from the bear meat alone. So good. Think of it as a regular beef meatloaf, with added robustness. Not "gamy" at all. The gravy was dark brown in color and thick. Smoky, and full of flavor. If you have eaten bison or moose steaks, sort of like that, but different. The meatloaf had egg and something else as a binder, don't know what.
4 stars.
More.
I asked the cook for recipe.
Her response: "I don't got no recipe, I grill the bear meat and then cook it down to a gravy. Grind up Beef chuck, and Bear steaks, throw in an egg or two. Some other stuff, and spices. What ya gonna do tell the world about it. No way, if anyone wants to eat it they got to come to my house."
She could have just said no.
@corlin interesting! We had bear meat one year and I tried to make a bear meat roast but it was not good. I think we ended up throwing the rest out. Unless we made it into sausage possibly. I do hate wasting food. I just remember not liking it.
@corlin Sounds good. Is that an invite?