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A Blast of Flavor--The Latest In Ammunition
Posted by Pile
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[Diamond Studded Toenail Clippers]
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 Don't you just hate it when this happens?
You go out hunting on a beautiful, crisp fall day. You and your buddies bag a couple of fat ducks, or maybe a wild turkey perfect for Thanksgiving. But when you get home, you have to dig all that nasty buckshot out before you can fire up the grill. And if you miss a piece...ouch! my tooth!
Well, those days are over, friend, now that there's Season Shot...bird shot made from spices.
Yes, Season Shot, the shotgun ammo made from tightly packed seasoning bound by a fully biodegradable food product, is on its way, hunters! It's also environment-friendly; instead of lining the local marshes with thousands of tiny pellets of lead or steel, you'll be seasoning them up for the local wildlife! No longer must waterfowl and deer go without the addition of a little bit of lemon-pepper flavoring to go with that marsh grass. |
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Brett Holm, a carpenter from Chaska, Minnesota, came up with the idea after watching a friend struggle to dress a bird he had just shot. His friend had to cut the bird into pieces and then roll it with a rolling pin to find and remove the BBs before he could prepare and serve it.
"Well, he missed one," recalled Holm. "And I chipped my tooth."
It was shortly thereafter that Holm had his brainstorm.
"I just thought to myself, 'There's got to be a better way,'" he said.
Holm, who himself had not hunted in years, got to work in the kitchen. He envisioned creating a product that would allow for a perfect Thanksgiving Day turkey or a Christmas goose instead of a mutilated bird reduced to usable pieces.
"I came up with a concoction and loaded the shells up," he said. "I knew it would work."
With a couple of birds in hand, Holm tested out his invention. The shells are designed such that, once they enter the bird, fluids dissolve the pellets and the seasoning is distributed throughout.
What did Holm think upon first taste of a Season Shot bird?
"It was amazing," he said.
Initially, Holm and Feig plan to start with a few flavor shots ranging from lemon pepper and mesquite shells to Mexican and Creole.
"The chemists are working out the exact spice proportions right now," Holm added.
They'll offer five flavors to start, and then they'll tackle their long list of other flavor possibilities.
"We'll introduce flavors like a new color of M&Ms," said Feig.
If the financial predictions are correct for Season Shot, Holm and Feig could be very wealthy men in the near future. But so far, they aren't spending too much time thinking about what they may do with the money.
"I'd like to buy an old plantation in Georgia and fix it up," said Holm.
"I'd buy my wife a new car," said Feig.
But until the dollars start rolling in, both Holm and Feig have a lot of work to do.
Holm and Feig will be doing hunting and game fairs this fall to generate a buzz about their product. First up is the Game Fair in Anoka County, the second and third weekends in August.
Then comes the really hard work, completing their vision for an advertising campaign and getting a theme song recorded. But Holm has an idea for that as well.
"I'm going to get Ted Nugent to do it," he said of the renowned game hunter. "I'm sure he will." |
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| Posted by MoT on 2006-10-16 15:58:49 | | That's freakin' hilarious. Kinda makes sense, though. If they made some out of Neosporin they'd make a great gift for Cheney from his hunting pals. |
| Posted by Meateater on 2006-10-16 20:37:25 | This is a TERRIFIC idea!!
Most intelligent people know, there is NOTHING wrong with eating meat...so what would be wrong with shooting prey with spices instead of lead????
Any sane, reasonalble human being would attest, NOTHING.
If I had time/money to hunt, this is what I'D do..:) |
Blue Sky thinking here!
Posted by Jayhawk on 2006-11-03 14:23:42 | | And we all know that Blue Sky stands for - B.S.! |
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