Plate ‘em up

Elk neck turned tacos.
Never got a pic of an actual taco.
Was not a priority.
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Your picture probably answers my question, but do you bone out the neck and leave the meat in big slabs and then package and freeze? I do shanks and bone-in blades, slow cooked in the oven, haven't done necks yet. Mincemeat is another good use for neck meat.
 
You may have cooked it too long. Calamari gets rubbery if you cook it too long in the fryer. Pisses me off when I get it when me and my son go out to eat and it sucks because they cooked it too long.
One of the best things I’ve ever eaten was grilled octopus in a restaurant right on the water in Fort Lauderdale. Super tender, it was like eating the best scallop you’ve ever eaten, just a foot long version
 
Your picture probably answers my question, but do you bone out the neck and leave the meat in big slabs and then package and freeze? I do shanks and bone-in blades, slow cooked in the oven, haven't done necks yet. Mincemeat is another good use for neck meat.
I usually just bone them out into big chunks and then process them into about two or three pound chucks. Since I cook most of them in this fashion I don't get too concerned about trimming them or making them look pretty.
 
Wife's favorite food is gyro. I'm gonna need a recipe pal.
The sausage spice I got from Waltons and is called Greek gyro. Other then that nothing fancy just diced up a few Tomatoes, a cucumber, and red onion mixed with some olive oil, salt, pepper, and Greek spices. I like this one goes good on fish or some backstrap too. For the Tzatziki sauce I start with a cup of Greek yogurt and add grated cucumber, garlic, olive oil, lemon juice, dill and a bit of the Greek seasoning. I just cooked the meatballs on a sheet pan in the oven today to make things easy. We usually do this with pita bread and I put the meat on a skewer and cook it on the grill or Blackstone. We have a bunch of these sub rolls left that the wife got at Sam's and decided to do the sandwiches.20260413_201744.jpg
 
The sausage spice I got from Waltons and is called Greek gyro. Other then that nothing fancy just diced up a few Tomatoes, a cucumber, and red onion mixed with some olive oil, salt, pepper, and Greek spices. I like this one goes good on fish or some backstrap too. For the Tzatziki sauce I start with a cup of Greek yogurt and add grated cucumber, garlic, olive oil, lemon juice, dill and a bit of the Greek seasoning. I just cooked the meatballs on a sheet pan in the oven today to make things easy. We usually do this with pita bread and I put the meat on a skewer and cook it on the grill or Blackstone. We have a bunch of these sub rolls left that the wife got at Sam's and decided to do the sandwiches.View attachment 406096
Thanks. Its on the list.
 

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