Bison Cannelloni

Was at Jean-Talon market a while back, I think at Capitol and spotted some frozen bison cannelloni. I don't know. The whole concept of bison is that it's lean and tasty.

But Brigitte wasn't too thrilled. Me, I don't have a love affair with lamb, either. I'm a pork and beef guy.

But I bought it anyway, and made it last night. I made a tomato-red-pepper sauce with mushrooms, covered it with some 5-year-old cheddar, a little Emmenthal and some Reggiano, and baked it nicely, but it was a failure.

The BISON was the failure. It was grainy, slightly gamy, and just tasted bland and unpalatable.

I guess it's like oysters. You WANT to like them because everyone else does, but once is truly enough.

There will be no more bison dying for my sake.