Steve..that sounds good. I love crockpot stew and chile and make it often with venison. I season and brown the meat first, then let the meat simmer for about 2-3 hours in beef broth and dry onion mix soup before adding the veggies.
I'm curious as to what kind of texture moose meat has. it similar to beef or venison? Is it really lean like venison? We use the venison exactly like we would beef. We make a lot of hamburgers out of venison. It's too lean to hold together without adding fat to it, so I grind it with bacon, and throw in some onion and add some garlic powder and worshtershire sauce. We had burgers last night and they were delish. I actually prefer them to beef and I know what's in it.
When I make bulk sausage, I use hog jowls or the cheap higher fat bacon and season it good according to what I'm going to use it for, like Italian for spaghetti sauce/meatballs, or spicy breakfast sausage patties..
I also make venison jerky for the pups and freeze it. The frozen jerky makes them chew it longer. The funny part is, I can open the freezer door 5 times a day, but somehow they instantaneously know when it's the jerky bag I take out.
The dogs now have to fight my brother for it, he's hooked on it too. I told him if he wants the dog's jerkey he's going to have to sit up, beg and look cute!
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I cooked a shoulder in the crock recently with a can of mushroom soup, a package of dry onion soup mix, some beef broth, worshtershire sauce, finely minced onion, garlic and dry sherry. I added mushrooms, potatoes and carrots for the last hour. It turned out wonderful and smelled so good while it was cooking.
We don't care for it cooked like steak, grilled or pan fried.
I have two deer in the freezer from December and it's a challenge to use it up before next season.
Hopefully, some of my venison ideas appeal to you and moose meat can be substituted. Also, as a side note, except fot making hamburger, I always soak the meat in buttermilk overnight. It tenderizes it and neutralizes any gamey flavor, although the deer around here aren't gamey. Possibly because they are heavily corn and rice bran fed by everyone starting a month or two before hunting season.
