Nov 15, 2008

How to disguise deer

I do not llike venison.  I have never liked venison.  It's funny what a tight budget  can do to you.  I'll eat it, but I won't like it! 


 A couple of years ago, we used to turn down venison that was offered to us.  My husband and I had a hard time with the taste.  Now, we feel so blessed to have been given, not one, but two, whole deer.  The deer, plus the turkeys and chickens we butchered, almost fill the freezer.  It feels good to know that we are eating such healthy meat. (I still don't like the taste.)  There'll be a lot of slow cooked venison with beef broth.  I'm canning up a bunch of small pieces today.  I like it that way.  So if you want to get rid of any gamey taste, canning does it.  I'm also going to put a few trays of jerky to dry in the dehydrator.  I like the jerky.  I may try to make some sausage out of the venison burger we have.  Anyone have a good recipe?


Totally  different note- One of my Angora goats came into heat today and I put her in with the buck.  I can't wait for babies.  We're bringing our Alpines and our Icelandics to get them bred also.


And lastly, my honey just got home from town and brought me a bag of Doritoes, which I am consuming as I write.  Now if that doesn't just top off a perfect day....


God is Good-You know-all the time.


Love,


From Glory Farm.


Rhonda

3 comments:

inthemeadow said...

I'm wondering...is there a lot of pine,cedar, or evergreen where you live. that the deer eat? When we lived in Northern MI, that was the case and I would not allow deer cooked in my home. Even the smell was sickening to me. When we moved to southern MI I was so surprised at the difference in the taste of the meat (much better). Here they have lots of farmlands and grasses to graze on which we didn't have much of up north. Between the better taste of the meat down here, and the fact that I've grown to prefer it..I just cook it like "regular meat" now...lol! It's my favorite kind! DS brought home a big one today!

Sweetmama2 said...

I dont always like the taste of wild meat either.

Take care

Peg

homesteadinthemaking said...

The way we get rid of the "wild" taste of the deer is by soaking it in salt water over night. That takes out all of the blood and gets rid of that taste. I then wash all of the salt water off and marinade the meat.


Blessings,

Trixi

Nov 15, 2008

How to disguise deer

I do not llike venison.  I have never liked venison.  It's funny what a tight budget  can do to you.  I'll eat it, but I won't like it! 


 A couple of years ago, we used to turn down venison that was offered to us.  My husband and I had a hard time with the taste.  Now, we feel so blessed to have been given, not one, but two, whole deer.  The deer, plus the turkeys and chickens we butchered, almost fill the freezer.  It feels good to know that we are eating such healthy meat. (I still don't like the taste.)  There'll be a lot of slow cooked venison with beef broth.  I'm canning up a bunch of small pieces today.  I like it that way.  So if you want to get rid of any gamey taste, canning does it.  I'm also going to put a few trays of jerky to dry in the dehydrator.  I like the jerky.  I may try to make some sausage out of the venison burger we have.  Anyone have a good recipe?


Totally  different note- One of my Angora goats came into heat today and I put her in with the buck.  I can't wait for babies.  We're bringing our Alpines and our Icelandics to get them bred also.


And lastly, my honey just got home from town and brought me a bag of Doritoes, which I am consuming as I write.  Now if that doesn't just top off a perfect day....


God is Good-You know-all the time.


Love,


From Glory Farm.


Rhonda

3 comments:

inthemeadow said...

I'm wondering...is there a lot of pine,cedar, or evergreen where you live. that the deer eat? When we lived in Northern MI, that was the case and I would not allow deer cooked in my home. Even the smell was sickening to me. When we moved to southern MI I was so surprised at the difference in the taste of the meat (much better). Here they have lots of farmlands and grasses to graze on which we didn't have much of up north. Between the better taste of the meat down here, and the fact that I've grown to prefer it..I just cook it like "regular meat" now...lol! It's my favorite kind! DS brought home a big one today!

Sweetmama2 said...

I dont always like the taste of wild meat either.

Take care

Peg

homesteadinthemaking said...

The way we get rid of the "wild" taste of the deer is by soaking it in salt water over night. That takes out all of the blood and gets rid of that taste. I then wash all of the salt water off and marinade the meat.


Blessings,

Trixi