Cougar Meat Recipes

Cougar meat is a great tasting meat and tastes somewhat similar to pork. However, it has to be treated well and the animal should be skinned as soon as possible. Old mountain men considered cougar meat a delicacy. Since cougar is a predator that hunts and eats other animals, it is recommended to cook it thoroughly to avoid contracting the dreaded Trichinosis parasite.

            Cougar stuffed meatballs with cheese

            Ingredients

1 or 1 ½ pound of finely ground cougar meat

2 eggs

1 cup of fine bread crumbs

30 to 40 ml of milk

1 teaspoon of salt

½ teaspoon of black pepper

^¼‘ cubed cheese

            Mix meat with all the ingredients, leaving aside the cheese and make small balls of the mixture with pieces of cheese inside. Keep these balls in the refrigerator and chill for an hour or so. Pour oil in a frying pan and heat it for about ten minutes then release the meatballs one by one and deep fry till they turn brown and crisp.

            Rolled Schnitzel

            Ingredients

2 medium to larges size boneless steaks

one pound of salami, bacon or spicy sausage

 Mix

½ cup of margarine melted

1 teaspoon of fresh lemon juice

1/3 cup of milk

Mix

½ cup of fine bread crumbs

½ teaspoon of onion powder

 crushed corn flakes about one cup

½ teaspoon paprika

½ teaspoon of parsley

salt to taste and pepper as needed

            Pound the steak until its thickness is reduced to about ¼ of an inch. Cut the steak into two wide strips and top it with salami or bacon. Roll up the steak along with the bacon or salami and secure with a toothpick. Dip the rolls in the moist ingredients and coat it with dry breadcrumbs. Take a frying pan and apply very little oil to it place the rolls in the pan and cover the pan with a lid, bake at 350 for thirty minutes after thirty minutes uncover the pan and bake for another twenty minutes.

            Cougar Steaks

            Ingredients

1 pound of cougar steak

Marinade

Flour

1 teaspoon bacon fat

3 tablespoons of cooking oil

            Marinate the steak in your favorite marinade for two to three hours. Dry the steaks with flour by applying it on both the sides of the meat. Pour some cooking oil in the skillet along with the bacon fat and place the steak in it and cook over medium heat. Keep turning the steak till it is well cooked.