11.13.06
Gunnin’ for Great Taste
Since many of you read this blog have an interest in food and food-related things, I like to do the occasional post on something weird or unique in the culinary world, to sort-of break up the monotony of my life in the kitchen and the various injuries I inflict upon myself while cooking.
And this time, I think the new, crazy product is a great idea! (Unlike the truly ridiculous Baker’s Edge I reviewed earlier.) Allow me to introduce to you “Season Shot“, the ammo with flavor.
Yes, I had to read this site multiple times myself to make sure these guys were serious, or that such a thing could even be done, but indeed, this is pellet shot for game birds that bring them down with seasoning.
Death by a shot of oregano to the gut - what a way to go.
This is for all those guys out there saying to themselves, “You know, I love the concept of Ron Popeil’s Solid Food Injector. I love shoving solid things right into slabs of meat. But gosh darn it, why can I only do it to dead animals? And what about explosions? Can’t we have some of those too?”
 Poor dog, as if the bird wasn’t already too tasty to resist! |
Well gentlemen, it looks like our collective prayers for seasoning food in a destructive and dangerous way may have finally been answered. Not since making beer can chicken with a closed can of beer, or dumping a frozen turkey into a deep fryer has the cooking of birds been quite so dangerous.
So allow me to quote from the Season Shot website:
- “Season Shot is made of tightly packed seasoning bound by a fully biodegradable food product. The seasoning is actually injected into the bird on impact seasoning the meat from the inside out. When the bird is cooked the seasoning pellets melt into the meat spreading the flavor to the entire bird. Forget worrying about shot breaking your teeth and start wondering about which flavor shot to use! “
- Cajun
- Lemon Pepper
- Garlic
- Teriyaki
- Honey Mustard
 “Hey Bill, what flavor you shootin’ today?” “Lemon Pepper. You?” “I’m a Teriyaki man myself.” |
So in the interest of full disclosure, allow me to state that I am not a hunter, nor do I have plans to become one anytime soon. But I think this is one of those ideas that ranks up there with, well, beer can chicken in terms of sheer brilliance. I love this idea, I love the product, and I would really love to try the results of a bird (I loves me some good duck!) brought down with one of these shots. Gee, now I am thinking about what flavors of bullets would go best with which birds…
 “OK, so the one on the left is Cajun, while the one on the right is Garlic… oh wait, or is it the other way around?…” |
Odd flights of fantasy not withstanding, I would relish the opportunity to write more about this if anyone out there wants to field an expedition to actually use Season Shot in the field. Please note my aforementioned lack of anything resembling hunting experience, but I would be happy to come along AND do the cooking after the fact in exchange for such an adventure.
And one quick note to the good men behind this product (Brett Holm and David Felg): you really need to be thinking about some sort of marketing cross-promotion with “Bull’s-Eye Barbeque Sauce.” Some things are just too perfect to pass up.
P.S. Special thanks to Boutros of “Nookie Cookie” for finding this for me and letting me know about it. You are a true friend, and know me very well!
Stumble it!
Boutros said,
November 14, 2006 at 8:22 am
What are those two birds DOING to each other?
Honestly, I’m surprised hunters came up with something like this. I mean, don’t deerhunters deal in gross things like bottled deer urine and doe scent? Maybe fowl hunters are of a higher aesthetic standard. They also have those awesome duck calls. Count me in on a hunting expedition, as long as I don’t have to do any plucking.
vomerific said,
November 26, 2006 at 10:17 pm
Didn’t you used to work for the World Wildlife Fund? I believe they recently were heard lobbying for legislation against the use of high-velocity flavor enhancing agents, equating the practice to chemical warfare.
Matt said,
November 26, 2006 at 10:51 pm
Yes, I did work for WWF, and while I am not sure of their current lobbying status, I am sure that they would be in favor of such an environmentally sound use of ammunition. And really, who could turn down a lemon-garlic pheasant with no buckshot in it? Not even the crunchiest of enviros could do that!
And allow me to offer a public congrats on the new kid there Vome!
Chris said,
November 28, 2006 at 9:34 pm
That is hilarious. It gives new meaning to the phrases “shooting the bird” and “peppering a target w/ ammo”!
Now for the real test…..do you think we can rig one of those machines that throws clay pidgeons so it can toss a frozen turkey so we can shoot it up with seasoning?
Great find!
Matt said,
November 28, 2006 at 11:45 pm
Holy crap - what an amazing idea! No more flavor injections with those clumsy syringes - just “Pull!” and flavor abounds. Awesome. If I ever get a hold of these - I will be sure to try this idea - even if it means having a friend of mine throw the bird in the air.
Chris said,
November 29, 2006 at 12:12 am
I heard that Dick Cheney has a hunting friend who could help you out with that…..just make sure he “ducks” before shooting!
(fyi: Not a political joke. If Cheney hadn’t done it, I would have picked on either Bobby Knight (shot his brother in law in hunting accident) or Greg Lemond (shot by his brother in law in hunting accident))