Jalapeño Goose Breasts Suprême Recipe – A Hunting Lodge Favorite!

June 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Jalapeno Goose Recipe PhotoWho hid the jalapeños? This is without a doubt our hunters’ favorite dish at the hunting lodge.

It is best made with tender young goose breasts. We do the preparation in the kitchen but Stewart, our camp manager, actually finishes them off on the barbecue.

As he told the camera crew from ESPN when they were filming him at the barbecue, "The girls in the kitchen might call these Jalapeño Goose Breasts, but we fellows call them Goose Boobies and they are delectable."

INGREDIENTS

  • young goose breasts
  • soy sauce
  • fresh garlic cloves, crushed
  • pickled jalapeño peppers and juice
  • bacon drippings

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Use approximately 3 breasts per person. Put a single layer of goose breasts in a glass or plastic dish. A plastic ice-cream pail also works well.

2. Spread breasts with 2 crushed garlic cloves and pour over 1/4 cup (60 mL) soy sauce.

3. Add another layer of breasts, crushed garlic and soy sauce until all breasts have been used. Be sure the soy sauce almost covers the meat.

At Dymond Lake Lodge we usually put the breasts in the marinade* very early in the morning and leave them to marinate* all day . . . but early in the morning at Dymond Lake is about 6:00 a.m. since we serve breakfast at 5:00 a.m. If you are like us and not too keen on being up at that hour of the morning, we would suggest you marinate them overnight.

4. About an hour before serving, remove the breasts from the marinade and put a small slit on each side of the breast with a sharp knife. Into each of these slits stuff a small slice of pickled jalapeño pepper.

5. Pile the breasts back into the dish or on to a tray to be taken out to the barbecue. On the tray put a small dish of melted bacon drippings and a dish of jalapeño juice from the pickle jar. You will also need a pair of tongs, a pastry brush and a small knife to check for doneness.

6. Barbecue the breasts over medium-high heat, brushing with bacon drippings and jalapeño juice until medium (still pink in the middle), about 4-6 minutes per side. Do not overcook.

SERVING SUGGESTION: We serve this with Marie’s Wild Rice Casserole, Onion Salad, Broccoli Salad, fresh rolls (of course) and any one of our great desserts.

* MARINADE OR MARINATE? Marinate is an action and marinade is what you do it in!

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Spring goose hunt in Manitoba a welcome break from reality

June 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment

You’re sitting in front of your computer right now.

You’ve probably needed a break for hours or weeks because this isn’t how you normally spend your time – wondering what you could do other than reading emails or surfing the Web. You just needed a mindless escape for a few minutes, but time is so precious and you’re crazy busy. The economy sucks and you want to make sure that if you take a REAL break you’ll get back to your busy life recharged and not regret spending one single dollar (feel free to regret the gas money you forked over to get to the airport).

John and Randy spring goose hunting at Webber's Lodges

Webber’s Lodges specializes in pauses from the grind, by providing wilderness experiences that are addictive. As Manitoba’s most trusted outfitter we strive to give you full value for every penny you pull out of your pocket to book with us.

We’re committed to quality hunting and fishing experiences and we have a 40-year legacy of satisfied guests to prove it. Caribou, moose and goose hunting, incredible fishing, luxury lodging, gourmet cooking and quality customer service – owner operated and family run.

That’s what we do.

Randy and John had the foresight to know they would need a break and decided to book a spring goose hunt with Webber’s Lodges.  They were here a couple of weeks ago and gave us every indication they had the time of their life.

They left with their batteries recharged.

Goose hunting and sun bathing at Dymond Lake Lodge

John heaped gracious praise on Dymond Lake Lodge Operator/Guide Doug Webber, and also added to the guest book:

Best lodge ever!! Spring goose fling! Wow! Thanks Doug.

Randy, equally generous with the compliments, was moved to write a poem in the guestbook:

 Goose breast dinner, Van Ruiten wine
Limits of geese, cold front, all is fine
The tundra has stolen my heart
I wish this wasn’t the end but the start
The north is a mystery shrouded in fog
Wander all you want, stay out of the bog
Mother Nature is my guide to the north
But wait until late spring before you go forth.

Here’s some of what Randy wrote to us once he returned home:

John Van Ruiten and I had the opportunity to shoot the first five days of spring goose season under the direction of Doug Webber at his well-equipped lodge on Hudson Bay. As we crossed the ice by snow mobile, we came upon a large concentration of geese. Turns out this large concentration of both snows and blues was very close to the cabins that comprised the lodge. This told John that we were in the right spot at the right time.

Once we arrived at the lodge, we were given some direction from Doug, however we were pretty much able to hunt when and where we chose – a unique experience. Both John and I are veteran water fowl hunters and once Doug understood that, he gave us the opportunity go in the direction we wanted to shoot as long as we were within the limit.

It proved to be 4 1/2 days of wonderful goose shooting for snows and blues. We observed a great deal of Canadian Honkers as well as ross geese, but our game was snows and blues. Given the freedom to hunt within walking distance of the lodge itself, we had a wonderful time.

When we wanted decoys, decoys were set for us. When we needed a warm lunch, we were picked up by either snowmobile or cart. We were checked on a regular basis to see if we needed anything such as shells, or if we wanted to come in from the cold. On a couple of days we had exceedingly warm weather and actually sunbathed with a glass of wine on the deck of the house. While we sat on the deck, we could observe the geese and their movements. This allowed us to plan and chart our next hunt.

The chef, a young man who had obviously been in camp before, did a wonderful job of cooking, but one night he surrendered the reigns to John and I. We did chicken fried goose steak and goose breast chicken fried along with a fine gravy and fruit relish. This was a success. It made for a nice evening. Cocktails and wine were available.

The lodge is immaculate, although putting your shoes on and off every time you entered was a bit much, but we accomplished it. Doug couldn’t have been a nicer host and was with us at all meals and available for all hunts. You could tell he had bit of an itchy trigger finger as well.

The rare adventure of hunting geese on the frozen tundra, ice and snow is different than John and I had ever experienced. Witnessing the travels of the geese as they were moving to breed was something I had always wanted to do.

I certainly hope that I can return with friends of mine I have shown the pictures to. Perhaps their favorite photo was the snowmobile and the sled slowly sinking on the melting ice. Good thing helicopters are available.

Snows and Blues at Dymond Lake Lodge

Thanks Randy! Much appreciated! We look forward to seeing you, your friends and John again soon at Dymond Lake Lodge for our spring goose hunt. We certainly enjoyed your company!

 

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Manitoba Spring Snow Goose Hunt – Only a few spots left at Webber’s Fly in Goose Lodges

March 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment

With the spring snow goose hunts already underway in the southern states, its time to start thinking about snow goose hunting in ManIMG_0663.JPGitoba. The snow geese are on their way into Canada and as the snow begins to melt they won’t stop until they’ve hit the nesting grounds. These snow geese stage by the hundreds of thousands in Northern Manitoba as they wait for the snow to melt so they can continue on their course north of the Arctic Circle.

Our Nanuk Goose Lodge is situated on the shore of the Hudson Bay, 500 miles north of Winnipeg, Manitoba. It is here that the snow geese stage before making the flight north along the coast line. Nanuk Lodge has been said to be the most extreme snow goose hunt in North America. With snow geese flying overhead in constant waves, Nanuk Lodge is certainly a goose hunting experience of a lifetime. Check out the Last Chance Geese article done at Nanuk by Ducks Unlimited.

Once the snow geese leave Nanuk by the hundreds of thousands, they make their way along the shoreline of the Hudson Bay and arrive in Churchill, Manitoba. They fly over Churchill and head north over the Churchill River and then over Button Bay. Once across the small bay they must fly directly over Dymond Lake Lodge. It’s here at Dymond that we take another “shot” at the snow goose as it passes overhead. Wave after wave they fly over Dymond Lake, while hunters concealed in natural willow blinds, or snow blinds take aim and try to thin the flocks.

There are simply too many snow geese as the population has exploded in the past several years. No matter how many times yPC030216.JPGou shoot you can’t get them all. That’s why we tell our hunters the geese just have to come back south in the fall when we do it all over again during our fall goose hunt; which includes of course the Snow Goose, Canada’s, Ross’, Blues, Specks, and a wide range of ducks.

Space is limited for our two exclusive snow goose hunts at Nanuk Lodge and Dymond Lake Lodge, with only four spots left for each location.
Available dates for Nanuk are May 12th to the 17th 2010. Packages begin out of Gilliam, Manitoba.
Available dates for Dymond Lake are May 20th to the 25th 2010. Packages begin out of Churchill, Manitoba.

For more information or to book your next Snow Goose Wing Shooting adventure, call us today at 1-888-932-2377.

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