Pastrami bear tenderloin, sauerkraut stew, and boiled muskrat are among the foods that Andrew enjoys on the Paul Bunyan trail. He joins Northern Minnesota natives for potluck dinners of wild rice, crayfish, duck, and fish head soup.
Andrew Zimmern rides the last 200 miles of the Pony Express Trail to Sacramento, Calif., enjoying foods that the young riders would have eaten, such as son-of-a-gun-stew, fire-roasted duck hearts, boiled elk tongue, and pine nut soup.
Andrew saddles up for life as a cowboy. From barbacoa made with the centuries-old traditions of vaqueros, to calf guts stew on the chuckwagon, to fried and funky snacks at the rodeo, Andrew eats fresh and meaty cowboy cuisine.