Butte bagels!
If you do something epic a gut bomb breakfast at the Gas Cafe (or Power Stop if you're rolling through Gunny)
Figalicious and Mac Daddy at the Stash are my favorites
Beers at Eldo, Talk, and Kochevars
cocktails at Montanyas
ice cream at Third Bowl
fish the Taylor (or buy a lot of...
This guy (Bruce the Elk) was a bit harder of a hunt than last year's bull.
Reasons:
He was hard to find after the shot (shit shooting on my part)
Weather served up a number of torrential downpours
Moving between 10k-12k is more difficult when you're 13 weeks pregnant :)
Just wanted to pop...
THE FIELD OF COMPETITORS
Already intro-ed, the 3 elk hunters (dishes pictured above, plus another elk adobo taco dish that SLAPPED)
Harvest ladies:
Italian au pair
Vegan mom
2 cocktail ladies
Upon entering kitchen stadium I discovered that Vegan Mom was also cooking sage brown butter...
Ok we're about an hour and some change out. Mr.A is actually cooking a northern thai stew as the glaze over the elk medallions. It's quite good and really packs a punch! I have toasted my hazelnuts, squeezed lemons, and microplaned some nice pecorino romano. Onsite at the harvest off (not...
Alright y'all - it's been awhile since Mr.Ammo and I have done a cook-off. Tonight friends are hosting a "wild harvest"-off where there will be 3 meat competitors (myself, Mr.Ammo, another hunter-friend) and a handful of "harvest" competitors (ie vegetables?!).
On deck I have an elk sausage...
Husband and I fill our freezer with elk every year on public. But yeah...it sucks....don't come here....there are no elk! Also, there's no more snow - so no need to drive I70 to ski anymore either. The rock climbing is sub par too, best just go to Yosemite. Craft beer? Also on the outs.