[BILLY D.]

cranes are pretty good really. prepare the meat the way you would do a pot roasrt. a moist cooking method. garlic, taters, celery, carrots or yams. the first time i've ever eaten it, it was prepared by my mother in law when my wife and i made our first visit to north dakota after we were married. a fine meal, topped of with homemade chokecherry wine and apple pie and homemade ice cream.

thats been a few months ago and i can still remember that meal. the first wild meat i had ever eaten, besides rabbit and squirrel.
my wifes family was first generation germans from russia. boy, those floks knew how to eat and live and enjoy even though their lives were pretty tough.