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I was craving a roast of red meat and since there are no elk/deer/moose roasts in the freezers.... I bought a beef chuck roast. And holy cow this hit the spot! Chuck roast, carrots, parsnips, potatoes, pearl onions and gravy.

Black bear from Canada. Not gamey at all, quite mild. Their taste is highly dependent upon their diet. The ones living on fish are actually fishy to the point that most hunters won't take a coastal bear to eat. Between deer and moose, closer to the sweetness of moose than the mildness of deer.

I am the cook in this house so- if I'm going to be down for any amount of time, I pre-make options (when its a planned outage). Example-I have dental surgery tomorrow. So there are leftovers for Partner that will cover him for days. (he is happy to eat the same thing every day and he loves a leftover. Thank God!) For myself I bought some protein shakes and yogurt and there are soft leftovers when I decide I want real food (pasta, mashed potatoes, stuffing with gravy). We wont starve this week. When Partner is down (surgical) I also pre-plan and have appropriate foods ready. (usually a soup with homemade stock and a ton of veg) Our last bout of covid, he got sick first. I knew I had 24 hours, 48 max, before I was down for the duration. I mad-dash made pick up orders and got to making 2 different soups. (Pick up was for things like cough drops, gatorade, restock veg etc.) Generally there is some sort of pre-made (by me) stuff in my freezers and enough fill-ins from the pantry that even if I was catastrophically ill, Partner would still eat. He may not know whats available but there's food if he looks. Off the top of my head- enchiladas, cooked chicken, gumbo, pulled pork in the freezer, along with various veg. Tuna, beans, salsa, vension and taco meat that I've canned. Pantry has microwave rice along with pasta, veg, snack stuff etc. One of us could easily eat from what we have being tossed in the microwave (or oven) just to reheat for weeks before real cooking had to occur.

Pasta with bear sausage And since I have dental work again this week, I made one of partners favorites that I don't like- turkey. With mashed potatoes and stuffing (both should be soft enough for me post dental work)

@Maison Rustique thats a great buy! Those flights are usually around $20. And mine at least has different options in the flight depending on time of year.

Taco salads last night

Sausages, peppers and onions, and acorn squash.

Venison again. Brussel sprouts with bacon and sweet potato.

Potatoes and an omelet with ham and Beehive cheddar

Whitetail deer backstrap, mushrooms, butternut squash, potatoes and gravy.

My NYE is closer to @Darienne than anyone else's! This is the first year in many that partner and I were together- he is usually away hunting and both of us asleep long before the ball drop! We made it to midnight this year. Chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, brussel sprouts with bacon. Since we are both northerners, neither greens nor beans are a tradition for us. I've usually tried to do pork of some sort for the first and partner requested BLTs a few days ago so that's for dinner tonight.

Pancakes and bacon this morning. And a bucket of ice coffee. Not pictured, partners eggs. (Mine with unmelted butter. His with peanut butter and real syrup). Not a dirty lens- steam off pancakes.

Same same same!! An only and the youngest grandkid on both sides. Hard alcohol and ear plugs please! Wonder if partner would like your broccoli salad, he's not a raw veg fan but bacon and cheese can cover a lot of sins in his eyes!

@MaryIsobel congrats!! @sartoric that's my kind of tradition.

Eek, i hope everyone starts feeling better. No pics but last night was our main feast with Partners daughter. Shrimp cocktail, salmon dip, and halibut with pasta and lemon sauce. Dessert was Tillamook raspberry white chocolate ice cream and a cobbler with blueberry, cherry and blackberry. Just the two of us tonight after a very chill day (yes we watched Die Hard) and it'll be pizza for dinner.