BLANCHARD - Sunday brunch: buffalo burgers washed down with sweet maple tea followed by homemade maple syrup cookies and ice cream covered in fresh maple syrup. It didn't get any better for visitors to Breakneck Ridge Farm on Saturday and Sunday - unless they considered the magnificent mountain view from the farm's sugar shack and a close encounter with buffalo.
Marlene and David Groves were not exactly what you'd call the ranching type. They lived in Southern California, where he ran a stainlesssteel-manufacturing business and she did businessing work. They were living in their comfy suburban home, where the closest thing to wildlife was their pet cat. But they discovered that background doesn't always matter; what counts is the passion to succeed. And succeed they have with their 10-yearold grass-fed- bison business, Buffalo Groves Inc. On their 2,000-acre ranch in Kiowa, they raise about 100 bison, sell bison meat to the public, give tours of the operation, work to educate the public about grass- fed bison, and research the nutritional aspects of bison for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Since they began, orders for bison have doubled ye...
GERMAN TWP., Clark County -- Before January, the closest that anyone in Clark County could get to a bison would have been to stand under the Buffalo Wild Wings sign in downtown Springfield. Now, the curious have only to drive along Detrick-Jordan Pike in German Twp., where Kevin and Trisha Keplinger have a home where the buffalo roam.
Hunting has its rewards and its disputes. One classic debate has to be seeking a trophy versus a meat-to- eat motive for the pursuit.
NEW YORK - Struggling with soaring food costs and cash-strapped customers, restaurants across the country are swapping expensive ingredients for cheaper fare and adding new dishes that won't break their bottom line. Call it a menu makeover: Steakhouses are adding buffalo meat alongside filet mignon, pizza joints are trying new cheese products and seafood spots are replacing pricier entrees with humbler dishes like catfish.
Trail life was not a Carnival cruise. Breakfast was before sun-up and usually consisted of beans, corn mea I mush, John nycakes and coffee. "Nooning" meant leftovers or a piece of meat quickly cooked over fire. It was not until after wagons had circled for the night that a full meal could be cooked; bread prepped in the wagon during the day was "baked" over the campii re. Women learned to make subsistence rations like hardtack -thick, hard, unsalted crackers - and pemmican, buffalo meat cut into bits, dried and pounded between stones, then mixed with melted animal fat. Pemmican was mixed with flour and boiled or eaten raw. Fresh meat was whatever could be hunted (antelope was more common than buffalo, despite legends). A pioneer's account from 1858 told of eating mules during bad winter...
NEW YORK -- Struggling with soaring food costs and cash-strapped customers, restaurants across the country are swapping expensive ingredients for cheaper fare and adding new dishes that won't break their bottom line. Call it a menu makeover: Steakhouses are adding buffalo meat alongside filet mignon, pizza joints are trying new cheese products, and seafood spots are replacing pricier entrees with humbler dishes like catfish.
Want to be health conscious and a red meat lover? Try bison. Bison (also called buffalo) meat has a flavor that is similar to beef, though many say it is slightly sweeter. But what is most notable, especially to the healthy cook, is that the American Heart Association has included lean cuts of bison as part of a heart healthy diet.
Warily, the buffalo come slowly to the fence. Grunting softly, curious to see if there is any food involved in this encounter, the younger cows approach first while the bulls act as sentries. The fence is electrified - 8,000 volts - so they keep their distance, their tongues exploring the grass, the huge heads and eyes keeping a careful watch. Yet as majestic as these symbols of wild America are, this is no zoo. It's a meat farm. American buffalo meat - lower in fat, cholesterol and calories than other red meats, but higher in protein and nutrients - has gained a following among the health-conscious.
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