WHILE YOU ARE IN THE WOODS VENISON STEW

RECIPE

Come out of the woods at dark

Stoke the stove

Cut up an onion

Coat the bottom of a large pot with olive oil 

Open can of whole peeled tomatoes

Squish into pot

Add onions and place on woodstove

Make hot toddy and warm yourself next to stove

Marinate venison stew meat with soy sauce, hot sauce, basil olive oil, salt and pepper

Cut up three red potatoes

Make another drink

Add another log to the fire and potatoes to pot 

Switch to red wine and add to stew

Add venison and can of red bean soup

Remove from stove and place on unheated porch

Sleep

Get up at 5:00 am

Hunt Majestic

Take one step too many and spook a big group of deer in the bowl

Return to house at 11:00 am and place stew back on stove

Stoke the stove

Hunt behind the house in a snow storm and see nothing

When the skies clear drive down to river and hunt the orchard

Tie a stick to a string and toss into the apple tree shaking apples to the ground

See two bald eagles and no deer

Come out of the woods at dark

Take stew from the stove and serve

Serves 6