One of our favorite weekend dishes!  We serve with a tomato and cucumber salad.

CREAMY BISON AU GRATIN POTATOES ALA GEAR

1 LB BISON BURGER, browned in olive oil with 2 cloves of diced garlic

2 RUSSET POTATOES, sliced thinly

1/2 onion, cut into rings

1 TBL butter

2 TBL flour

1 cup milk

1/2 cup grated pepper jack cheese (optional)

Cook the bison burger and set aside. Grease a casserole dish.  Layer 1/2 of potato slices in bottom of dish, top with onion slices, 1/2 browned bison burger, salt and pepper to taste. Repeat.

In saucepan, melt butter, add flour, stir unti blended, add milk and cook until thick and bubbly.  If you like cheese, a great addition is 1/2 cup of grated pepper jack.  Pour over potatoes in dish, cook at 325 for 30-40 minutes, until bubbly.  Eat!

Pueblo Bonito as it appeared in 1930 (left) and in 1970 (right).  In our opinions, this is one of the grand moments in Native American prehistory.  The Ancestral Puebloans, better known as the Anasazi, were master astronomers, architects, engineers and artists.  Chaco is one of our favorite places in North America. 

Just a small genetic change in a bacteria can change human history…

http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2015/06/how-small-genetic-change-in-yersinia.html#.VZkT8GAbCt8