Not many people, especially inhabitants of middle and southern latitudes, can brag of the fact that they tasted bear's flesh. Today this product is considered a delicacy more likely. But if nevertheless an opportunity to try it is presented to you, it is necessary to have an idea of its taste and properties.
Whether it is possible to eat bear meat
On a question whether eat bear's flesh, there is a definite answer — yes. Since ancient times hunted bears therefore their meat belongs to a game and it, of course, it is possible to eat. It, as a rule, is a part of a diet of inhabitants of northern regions. Because of a large number it is prepared and eaten as required. Replace with it meat of pets if there is no opportunity to grow up them.
On structure it is rough. The taste reminds pork, but with sweetish smack. It is also necessary to note presence at bear's flesh of a specific smell. It is connected with its big fat content.
Important! It is forbidden to eat a bear liver. In it there is a lot of vitamin A, besides it is toxic.
What it is dangerous to the person by
Before consumption bear's flesh surely should be subjected to heat treatment. Experts are categorical in this plan and explain why it is impossible to eat it in other forms. The point is that in it there can be bacteria, dangerous to the person. Depending on with what the product can be infected, there is a big risk to ache with a brucellosis and trichinosis.
The last disease caused by hearts nematodes is most widespread and it is dangerous. Worms get into all systems of a human body and settle in muscle tissues. The last increase in sizes, strongly hurt. The disease also gives complications on heart, nervous and respiratory systems. Besides, bear's flesh contains a lot of cholesterol that is also somewhat dangerous to a human body. It is not recommended to use it to people with oncological diseases.
Important! According to scientists, trichinosis infected about 90% of bears. That is why bear's flesh surely should be checked for presence of diseases before consumption.
Whether there is an advantage
Bear's flesh is useful and is eco-friendly, these animals just are not found in the polluted regions and eat only natural food. This product is rich with protein necessary for an organism. Besides, as a part of meat practically all line of vitamins necessary to an organism and useful substances contains. There are no many of them in beef or pork habitual to us. Especially recommend to eat bear's flesh to people with problems of the immune system, bodies of blood circulation and digestion diseases. This product improves the general condition of an organism.
Whether you know? Bear fat copes with diseases of lungs better than many drugs. It can be used in the liquid state or to use as a part of compresses.
How to check for trichinosis
If all of you decided to regale on bear's flesh, then it should be checked for presence of diseases. Especially it concerns trichinosis. In field conditions it can be done by means of the special device called trikhinelloskop. It will reveal causative agents of this disease. But it is better to use services of experts of veterinary health control, of course. They, certainly, will give the full answer whether meat is infected and than.
Whether you know? Bears — only of wild animals who can eat both meat, and plants. They have different teeth, a part from which is intended for animal food, and a part — for vegetable.
What can be prepared from bear meat
As bear's flesh is a game with rough structure, from it will not prepare so many dishes, as from usual meat. Because of the rigidity it is absolutely unsuitable for any frying. Bear meat very long is cooked. It can be baked in an oven a whole piece at an average temperature. Great boiled pork or rolls will turn out. Soups, roast, ragout turn out very tasty from bear's flesh. But jelly is especially tasty. Judges consider this dish a delicacy if it is prepared from paws.
Recipe
As it was told above, from bear's flesh very tasty ragout turns out. We bring to your attention the recipe of its preparation. The following ingredients will be necessary for us:
- 1 kg of bear meat;
- 2 bulbs;
- 1.5-2 kg of potatoes;
- 1 l of orange juice;
- 1 tsps of rosemary;
- 0.5 tsps of black ground pepper;
- 0.5 tsps of salt;
- 3–5 tablespoons of soy sauce.
It is necessary to prepare that process of preparation of ragout of bear's flesh will be quite long. It is connected with the fact that meat very rigid and has a specific smell which can be removed in the course of long cooking.
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Process of preparation of ragout of bear's flesh such:
- Meat needs to be washed out in cold water and to take away veins.
- To cut on average pieces up to 5 cm in length and up to 2 cm in width.
- To pour out orange juice in capacity, to add salt, pepper, rosemary, soy sauce. To lower meat in marinade and to put in the fridge to be pickled for 5 days.
- After the specified time, meat can be cooked. It is necessary to shift it from capacity together with marinade to a frying pan and to extinguish not less than 1.5-2 hours.
- To cut potatoes on quarter timbers or big into cubes. To cut onions half rings. To mix all this and to add to meat. As meat will be almost ready to this moment, it is necessary to extinguish a dish to readiness of onions and potatoes.
Bear's flesh fairly is considered a delicacy in comparison with other similar products. Judges note its incomparable taste. However it is necessary to understand what danger this product can conceal in itself, and it is serious approach process of its preparation.
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