Hmmm, I can't say I haven't ruined a dish or two over the years. It happens. Overall, I'm considered a pretty good cook. When I cook for a gathering, it's usually the first to be gone.
Well, CWR, I say use it to your advantage. You like to hunt critters. Critters like salt. Put it out in the back yard like a salt lick and you've got meat all winter long without leaving the property.
I, of course, couldn't kill anything unless it was trying to have ME for a meal. I'm one of those people who, if I meet the meat while it's still alive, that's it. Nothing but veggies and fruit for a week. (Try that one on spelling/grammar police! )

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