Soaking Spruce Grouse to get rid of gamey taste other suggestions?

[billjc33]

Been seeing lots of spruce hens this year over ruffs and was wondering what you guys do if anything to get rid of the gamey taste of the spruce and sharptails

[luckynuts]

Don't shoot them

I have a lot of spruce out my way, try shake and bake works great! Kids love them and my boy is turning out to be a pretty good head hunter with the 410

[sobirch]

I prefer them just as mother nature intended them. I like them better then ruff.

[Kiwi]

Try slowing cooking with a mixture of sherry and plum sauce...works well for pretty much all gamebirds!!!

[swamper]

I have heard so many people commenting about the gamey taste of spruce grouse, but over the last 40 years I have eaten more than my fair share of them and find them quite palatable. Granted, very late in the season they get a bit of a sprucey taste. If you don't think they don't taste good, spice them up in something like a catcatorie. You could also try soaking them in milk for a few hours prior to cooking. This tends to take away the gamey tastse.
If none of that doesn't work, don't shoot them.

[sparkes3]

i hunt because i like the gamey taste of wild critters

[NaStY]

Use lots of ketchup

[Bistchen]

Gamey taste?......its called Flavour!

No, serious, Spruce grouse are gamey???? Not the ones i've tried.

[Bistchen]

Sorry,forgot to mention......soak in salted water over night. I do this with Snowshoe hare. Or the old classic, buttermilk.

[1/2 slam]

We soak them in milk. Works great.