How to prepare Bear Meat

Zakhar Stepanovich Yaganov recounts how bear meat used to be prepared in the past: it was left to stew for a long time in pits dug into the tundra. Heated stones were used for cooking, and alder wood was added to give the meat a distinctive aroma. They made sure the meat was well cooked — it needed to fall off the bone. Prepared in this way, it was considered a delicacy and, when dried, could also be stored for the winter.