Gary Reeder
Another unusual treat is one that one of our African
Wednesday, April 01, 2026, 11:39

guides cooks for us. First we have to shoot an eland, and normally on any safari one of the hunters will go for eland. I have shot 2 of them and Kase another one and the villagers love me when we do. That eland will feed a whole village for a week or two.



John Taffin shot one too.

Some other large animals will work for this but the eland is best. I saw the guide slinging something around behind the cook shack and asked another guide what he was doing. He said he was slinging the shit out of the large intestine. When he finished doing that he cut off a section of the intestine about 2 feet long. He cleaned it out back then the heart, kidneys and liver are chopped up into small pieces. He then crammed the intestine full of the pieces of
the heart, liver and kidneys. When he finished that he took some twine and sewed up each end of the intestine and deep fat fried it in a large pot. When the whole thing was finished it was crispy and smelled great. He laid it on a table and cut off sections about an inch thick and passed it to each of us. It was some really good eating. You have to keep telling yourself it's just eland steak and forget what it really is.