Most of the top finishers in the News Tribune's Great Venison Sausage Contest chose not to get specific about their sausage recipes. But Matt Lange, whose Venison Snack Sticks with Pepper Cheese tied ...

The judges moved around the venison like wolves circling a buck. Once in a while, one would move in, snatch a chunk of sausage or jerky, then retreat to sample its flavor. That was the scene at the ...

Deer hunting season may only come once a year, but the Great Central Minnesota Meat Stick Debate rages year-round. Every local butcher, grocer and meat market thinks their meat sticks (also called ...

Jerky. Some people like it. Dentists, mostly; gleaming-eyed men and women who build dream homes and finance their kid’s Ivy League educations by fixing the cracked teeth and irritated gums of poor ...

GRAND FORKS — It’s a snowy December afternoon, and the kitchen of Jason Laumb’s Grand Forks home once again has been transformed into a portable meat processing shop, of sorts. The task at hand: Make ...