Cooking Anyone have tips for cooking elk meat?

[dani blaski]

I bought two elk rump roasts from our farmers market (the same one featured on Top Chef Chicago, BTW--ooh! ahh!) and have never cooked this meat before. the rancher who sold it said his wife cooks it like a regular slow cooker roast. Since its lean add enough moisture--marinades, etc. Since its 2 1.6 lb roasts I am cooking it with 2 cans of cream of mushroom/chicken soup, 1 can water, 1/2 cup tomato sauce, salt free all purpose seasoning, and one pack of Lipton onion mushroom soup mix. This is my standard fool proof base for Crockpot roast. I will add in celery, carrots, & potatoes. He mentioned ginger is a good spice for cooking elk meat so I added a 1/4 tsp of ground ginger. Anything else?