These axis shanks were gifted to me by fellow Field Staff Writer John Vile while we were together in Texas. They’d somehow made it into the back of my freezer and languished there for a couple of years until I recently found them. Thank goodness for modern vacuum sealing, these shanks didn’t have a lick of frost bite on them! Axis are relatively small deer and a single shank can feed one hungry Adam, or maybe two normal people, so it’s up to you to serve them one per person on the bone, or to shred the meat after it’s cooked and mix it into the curry sauce in order to serve it to more people. Lambsquarters (also known as goosefoot) are a common wild green from the amaranth family that is enjoyed the world over… except for here, where it’s considered a weed. Instead of yanking and tossing it, try bringing it home to eat! This stuff is healthy, delicious, and free – what could be better? Lambsquarters usually come up in areas with disturbed soil in the summertime. I’ll often have it growing up opportunistically in my vegetable garden. I just leave it there until it looks like the picture below, and then I’ll pull the whole plant and harvest the tender leaves and tops, discarding the tough stems.