In preparation for a 4 day/3 night camping & fishing trip down Oregon's Deschutes River next week, I thought I'd test out the SAR5 in a kitchen setting. I decided to whip up a batch of pheasant chili to feed 4 guys.

Let's start with the main ingredient - a couple birds remaining from a stellar season in the field:


The SAR5 performed very well taking the meat off the birds and cubing. Precision was great, tendons and joints were effortless. The factory sharpening wasn't quite as good up toward the tip, but that's nothing a bit of quick attention won't fix.

Next came the green pepper, onion, and garlic:


The onion was a challenge due to the blade's thickness. Not as fine a chop as I'd like, but this is camp food so coarse chop it was!


Knifeless shot of the intermediate result. The combination of steam and no flash made the shot a little blurry:


The final result. Notice a couple key ingredients required for preparation... 4 ounces for the pot & 20 ounces for 'creativity'. Don't forget the Worcestershire sauce:


Of course I had to sample it along the way. Tasted great as usual - virtually fat free. The wife was extraordinarily upset that I didn't set aside any for her. Pheasant chili is right up there with my special dove preparation in her book of favorite game meals.

Great looking chili, an awesome meal for camping and fishing. Chili is one of my favorites. Unfortunately I haven't had any real home made chili, just canned stuff from the grocery store and $1 chili from Wendy's (I actually live near the one where that lady "found" a finger in her chili, if anybody recalls the story).

Great post m/s - that chili sounds terrific! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> By the way, I still love your avatar - "Sir Loin of Beef" ! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

that looks yummy


nice knife too!

Sounds good. Next time you do a beef chili, try adding A-1 to the mix as well. Does not go as nicely with the birds. I tried it with turkey with mixed results. Nice INFI by the way. It is a shame the next offering (black and tan) is not in INFI.

Mmmmm chili and beer, two of my favorite things in life <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Man that looks great. That trip sounds great. My friend works at the Deschutes Brewery.

Now my mouth is watering. Looks great.

Thanks a lot...now I'm really hungry! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Great post and pics too! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

I love a good home made chili...might just have to make some up for supper now. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Great post, mtrspeed. I'd love a bowl of that chili! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Looks delicious!

Particularly the first pic of the Raw Pheasant, not sure why?