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Ted,
That reminds me of the man that fed his dog turnip greens; his buddy said " my dog won't eat turnip greens", to which he replied "mine wouldn't either, for the first three days". If you prepare something "normal", if made with beef, any adult should eat it as a matter of courtesy, if nothing else. If anyone refuses to eat it, maybe they would understand your point, if you refused to eat something they worked hard to prepare( and eat a sandwich instead).
Mike

Ted:

I seldom pay much more than $15 for a good jug of red (usually closer to $10). My inner-heathen comes from Appalachia, where nobody pays too-much for what they're drinking. A good, cold beer with my meal is something I fondly remember and miss.

Mike,
Rule here is, you have to try it, don't eat it if you don't like it.
Been down that road, and, where it concerns my Wife and Son, food, time away for hunting, fishing, bicycle trips across weekends, and other areas where we don't mesh 100%, I pick my battles very carefully.
Food, isn't worth it. I try to have a good stock of the things I like when they go to visit relatives in Colombia, which, is their thing, not mine. Outside of that, peace at the dinner table is a virtue, and I accommodate them, more often than not.
Today, I made pork and beans, not the vile stuff that comes in a can, but, cubes of pork shoulder, browned, and put up in the slow cooker, with onions, garlic, cilantro and black eyed peas. My wife will prepare a tomato and onion sauce that goes over it, after the pot has been on low for 6-7 hours. Crusty bread, and a pale ale will complete the very simple meal.
Everyone will be happy. At dinner, anyway.
I seldom shoot more than a brace of anything, and it isn't just because of some sort of respect for taking less than the limit allows. It is all I ever really need.

Lloyd, if wine was all I had, my taste would likely be more refined. I can drink too much beer for a 10 spot.
Accepting elk donations, for the time they are in South America this spring, by the way.

Best,
Ted

Elk, moose, deer, antelope, wild hog if female or very young, Canadian goose, wood duck, teal, or any duck eating corn or soybeans, quail, dove, squab, rabbit, tree rat, pheasant and wild turkey are all top fare to me. I would be lucky if my family would try or eat more than a taste of any of that except dove and quail. Lesser tasty to me, game when cooked, would include black bear, raccoon, brant, sea ducks, snake, marsh rabbit, gator, or beaver. Not interested in eating possum, crow, black birds or grackles. Wife and kids did not grow up with game as their main meat in any meal so they stick to the basics.

I like whitetail, I thought it was very good until I tasted moose.

Now it's just good.

I shot a moose here about 25 years ago (near Walden, CO) and it wasn't what I hoped it would be. This was a young cow that should have been excellent, but I found her to be rather chewy and somewhat flavorless. I much prefer the spectacular flavor and texture of elk, and since the State of Colorado only allows one moose per resident (at least they used to, last I checked) I now leave them alone.

Ted: My FIL loves elk, so I'll probably drag some along for grousemas meals next year.

Ted,
I lost the battle with my daughter, when she was young, mostly because her mother stepped into the middle. She would rather eat eye lids, lips, and a$$ holes (hot dogs)than good healthy meat. I pretty much lost it with the wife, concerning liver, heart, and kidneys; but she doesn't eat calf or chicken liver either. Your beans sound great, but you should be careful. I made a 16 quart pressure canner full of my chili, for the church's contribution to another church's "wild game" show. Now I have to do it every year, that much is an all day job, but it is a good cause. Down here we are not "tea totalers", but sweet tea is more popular than beer or wine, with our meals.
Mike

My latest photo of that big doe I shot two weeks ago.



Momma loves me. 36 lbs. each of burger and breakfast sausage plus four sections of backstrap. The tenderloins were fabulous.