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Among our cooking misadventures came a book cake that looked very little like what I was trying for (baking good, decorating bad), homemade sushi (inspired by the Machtolff's), and last night we grilled some elk steaks. While I wasn't 100% sure on prepping them, I figured "how different from beef can they be?" So, I put them on a cutting board with some foil on top of them and beat the tar out of them. It definitely flattened them, but not sure if I got them tender enough. I messed up on seasoning them however. In an additional attempt at tenderizing them, I coated them in kosher salt and put them in the fridge for a few hours. Well, they pretty much soaked up all the salt and so we had salty elk steaks that were a little tough. You live and you learn, right?
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Luckily, I decided to make an appetizer too and make something very sinful: prosciutto wrapped around asparagus and cream cheese. Quite simple to make, quite yummy to eat.
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So the elk was okay, but the asparagus was excellent! But thanks to my in-laws, I have more elk to experiment with later.