Most don't realize that salted buffalo tongue was the first and most popular part of the buffalo. Boiled in salt water, cooled, peeled and sliced, was a tender and tasty meat. Obviously an elk tongue isn't anywhere close to the size of a beef or buffalo, but big enough to make it worth while. My wife, Lucille, is from New Mexico and she would have me cook a beef tongue every Christmas to prepare, grind and mix with minced meat and pinion nuts to make empanadanitas. I would always slice a couple for a sandwich with onion and mayo. Don't knock it if you haven't tried it.

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