Alaskans truly enjoy sharing the bounty of the land. For instance, if a neighbor catches some halibut you can bet they will be calling and offering several fillets as a gesture of neighborly goodwill. And back in August when we were walking on the beach at Captain Cook State Park and some commercial fishermen beached their boat and offered us a freshly caught silver salmon (which I declined--and never heard the end of), it was all about sharing the riches of Alaska's robustly rich and consumable wild game.
So, when a friendly camper entered our site last weekend at Russian River Campground and offered us some recently procured moose sausage I accepted immediately. We put it in our fridge until evening and spent most of the day in anticipation of eating it for dinner. When the time came we formed it into patties and cooked it in a frying pan. The aroma or red pepper flakes and sage filled the cabin of the RV as we waited for it to finish searing and browning.
The first taste was fabulously delicious, as was the next, and the next, and the next, and the last. As we ate we all talked about how good it was and how we hoped someday some Alaskan would share more...moose sausage.
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