CHAPTER IX 



MOOSE MEAT AS FOOD 



It would be difficult to measure the service 

 performed by the moose and other species of deer 

 in the era of exploration and colonization in 

 furnishing food for those who left the markets far 

 behind, and sought to accomplish the conquest 

 of the wilderness. The era of colonization past^ 

 however, venison becomes for most merely a con- 

 venient dish to vary an otherwise ample bill of 

 fare. But venison is much more than a conveni- 

 ence in an emergency. It is adapted for use as 

 food in a wide variety of ways, and is highly 

 esteemed, when properly cooked, whether broiled, 

 roasted, stewed, or otherwise prepared for the 

 table. 



According to the dictionaries, venison is the flesh 



of any animals of the deer kind. Moose meat, 



and the flesh of the Virginia deer, the caribou, and 



the elk, are alike venison. Each of these has 



its partisans among epicures, some giving one the 



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