Aunt Carolyn's Moose Pot Roast

Ingredients

• 4 lbs moose roast
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 6 onions
• 1 teaspoon parsley, fresh,chopped
• 1/4 teaspoon thyme
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups hot water
• 1/4 cup salt pork, cubed
• 6 carrots
• 6 potatoes
• 1 stalk celery, chopped
• 1 cup tart fruit juice or cider
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 3 tablespoons butter

Directions

1. 1

   Lard the roast well by inserting cubes of salt pork into small cuts in the roast.

2. 2

   Heat butter in a Dutch oven or deep casserole and brown the meat on all sides.

3. 3

   Add hot water, fruit juice, celery, parsley, thyme, salt and pepper.

4. 4

   Cover and simmer gently for 3 hours on top of the stove or in the oven at 350 degrees until meat is tender.

5. 5

   If liquid gets low, add water.

6. 6

   About one hour before meal is to be served, add peeled potatoes, carrots and onions.

7. 7

   Add a little additional salt for vegetables.

8. 8

   When vegetables are tender, remove them and the meat to a platter and keep hot.

9. 9

   Thicken liquid with 2-3 Tablespoons flour.