Wild Tidy Joes

[ysabetwordsmith]

Today we made a batch of Wild Tidy Joes using bison meat.  (The original recipe used elk, but it works with a variety of game meats.  We've done it with venison too.)  I got six cartons of sandwich filling.  So that's 6 suppers for the two of us, plus 6-12 lunches for my partner Doug, or 18-24 servings.  We paid about $30 for three pounds of bison meat and probably another $10 for additional ingredients.  That's about $1.66 to $2.22 per serving.  You can put this stuff in a tortilla, a hamburger or hot dog bun, etc.  It also makes a great meaty dip for crackers or chips if you don't like the creamy kind.

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[drwex]

Where do you get your bison meat? I'm very fond of it but find it very hard to come by in the ordinary course of things.

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[ysabetwordsmith]

We got this batch from a co-op health store. International stores are also a good source of less-common meats because if they're not selling pork -- ours is run by a Muslim guy -- they often try to make up for it with other options.

Around here, there's no guaranteed supply of anything exotic. But bison and venison pop up periodically, and I've even found elk and ostrich on occasion.