With the penultimate package of ground venison (Jim saved the last for his traditional going-to-bag-another-deer venison meatloaf), we made Carpetbagger burgers. We don't much bother with a recipe anymore, because it's just fresh oysters, bacon and mushrooms stuffed inside a burger. However, we think that we started with this recipe. We have so much venison, that we usually just substitute it for beef.
The cool thing about the dish is the name. Peta asked Jim what a "carpetbagger" was and he gave a decent definition, an exploitative Northerner who came South during Reconstruction after the civil war. But here's the real one and we had no idea that the terms scalawag and copperhead also came from this period in American history!
We hope that Sean enjoyed the luxurious burger during his stay and learned a bit about US history to boot. Fifty-four forty or fight! (Just kidding, you Canucks!)
Jim and Peta
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