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

[BromBones]

Fry it up in some butter, garlic, salt, pepper, and onions.

If that's too gamey for ya, I don't know what to say

[dime]

Grouse will not taste like chicken no matter what you soak it in. If that is what you want then go buy chicken.
Having said that if you want to disguise the flavour lightly fry up a package of bacon and then cut the grouse into nuggets and fry in the fat, then wrap each nugget in the bacon like you would scallops. You could eat just about anything like that and it would be delicious.

[wolverine]

First, what are you shooting them with and where? Unless you are clipping them with head shots any pellets or .22 bullet that goes through the guts and then the breast on the other side is going to foul the meat that some take for a "gamey" taste. Dark meat birds do have a bit of a wild flavor but like someone else said, it tastes like grouse. For sharps and blues I like to cut the breasts into strips and get a pan going with hot olive oil and fresh chopped garlic and toss them in that and kinda stir fry them. Only takes a couple of minutes and they're done. Not the ass fried off em but done. You can also chop some onion into the pan too if you like onion. Serve em up like a side dish. Finest kind, can't be beat. Don't do it with ruffed because the white meat dries out too fast.

Cheers.

[870]

head shots only and soak in milk.

[mr7mm]

i cube up breasts in nuggegts and shake bake and pan fry in butter dont over cook and eat warm a good friend pass this on and it the only way to eat bird in my opinion

[Fisher-Dude]

Stick to shooting hens and yearlings, and you'll be fine. If you shoot an old cockbird, this recipe works every time:

1.) Bring 2 quarts of water to a rolling boil
2.) Salt to taste
3.) Place a large, clean rock in the water
4.) Place grouse in the water with rock
5.) Boil for 1 hour
6.) Remove rock and grouse from water
7.) Throw grouse in the garbage and eat the rock.

[Spuddge]

Last weekend I tried something new with grouse. I had 5 breasts, 1 blue, 1 spruce and 3 ruffies, cut into chunks. Braise them for 4 hours in the following.

-coconut milk
-sour cream
-curry
-onion
-garlic
-Sriracha (Thai hot sauce)
-salt and pepper.

Put a nice big serving on top of rice and enjoy.
It was the best tasting grouse dish I've ever had, meat is nice and tender, even the spruce.

I don't know the measurements, I rarely measure when I cook.

[digger dogger]

Fry it up in some butter, garlic, salt, pepper, and onions.

If that's too gamey for ya, I don't know what to say

x2. cut the meat into strips, cook without the bone.

[Rodd]

I marinade them in Italian Salad Dressing for about 4 hours. Yummy! Also the soak in salted water overnight works great for small birds, and waterfoul, and rabbits!

[nano]

You can also use apples to stuff inside the grouse and then wrap bacon around it and BBQ it.Works like a charm.