Internet Chef Unearths Wyoming Gov Ed Herschler’s Brown Elk In Beer Recipe

History doesn’t have much to say about the cooking or hunting habits of Wyoming’s three-term governor, Ed Herschler, but some mysterious clues have surfaced, thanks to an off-the-wall cooking blog called Cookin' with Congress .

The blog, produced by Southern California resident Bennett Rea, explores “unhinged” favorite recipes from politicians with the motto “Salute bad taste.”

Think celery bread from Sen. Ernest Hollings of South Carolina, for example, or Jimmy Carter’s insane cheese ring recipe, which is a blend of mayonnaise, sharp cheddar, raw onion, and nuts, served with strawberry jam and crackers.

Or how about former Oregon Gov. Tom McCall’s blue cheese mold with fruit?

If the recipes all sound pretty awful, that’s the point of Rea’s cooking blog. Although Rea had to admit