Tuesday, October 12, 2010

If you give a moose a muffin...



If you give a moose a muffin he'll want some jam to go with it.

So you'll bring out some of your mother's homemade blackberry jam.

When he is finished eating the muffin, he will want another. And another.

Basically that moose will eat you out of house and home- so Charles and I ate him first.

He was DELICIOUS.

I actually MADE this meal! I am so proud of myself!
Charles gets credit for BBQing it, taking the photo, and pouring himself a glass of wine.
Moose steak marinade 

2 tablespoons lemon juice
¾ teaspoon salt
¼ cup Worcestershire sauce
2 tablespoons olive oil
¼ cup minced onion
1 clove garlic, minced 

1 tablespoon Worcestershire sause
2 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon chopped parsley

Combine ¼ cup of the Worcestershire sauce with the oil, lemon juice, salt, onion, and garlic until well mixed.
Put the steak in a plastic bag or tight-fitting bowl. Pour the marinade over the steak and leave to marinate in the refrigerator for 2 hours.

Put the steak in a plastic bag or tight-fitting bowl. Pour the marinade over the steak and leave to marinate in the refrigerator for 2 hours.

Remove the steak from the marinade and grill it over hot charcoal for 7 to 10 minutes per side, brushing it occasionally with the leftover marinade after boiling it for 5 minutes. After they are cooked let the steaks sit for 10-15 minutes to allow the juices to settle back to the outside of the steak- it ads flavor.


Melt the butter in a small pan and stir in the parsley and the teaspoon of Worcestershire sauce.
Pour this over the grilled steak, slice, and serve. This mixture also tastes really good poured over any veggies you are serving. I poured a little over the broccoli, as well as the sauteed mushrooms and onions (that were placed on the steak) to add some flavor.

(Leanne, I am sorry. Just pretend this is a tofu recipe!)

This post is dedicated to all the men who don't bring their woman flowers and instead present them with two chunks of "mystery meat" seal on an unlabeled, slightly bloody Styrofoam tray wrapped in a Canadian Tire bag. This post is further dedicated to those same men who allow their woman to think they are preparing and consuming beef steak and then once they are 3/4 of the way done their meal, and have admitted it is delicious, inform them they have just consumed Barney the moose. Men, we salute you!