DammitJanet
Well-Known Member
I dont have much use for someone who hunts and doesnt eat what he kills. Or donate it. I never thought I would be involved with hunting given that I was city born and bred but now I am in a country family. My kids have been hunting since they were big enough to hold a gun. Well Billy doesnt hunt but that is because his eyesight is so horrible he cant hit the broadside of a barn. He used to just go out with Tony as the bird dog...lol. That is the way most of the little guys started out...bird dogging. Picking up all the dead doves during dove season. He also got to try at turkey shoots but simply wasnt any good so his interest waned. Jamie and Cory were winning at turkey shoots at 6 years old. We had 410 shotguns for them back then.
As far as how to make venison not taste gamey it is very easy. You have to dress that deer the day you kill it. Tony butchers all his own meat. He brings the deer home and we have a stand that he hangs it from and removes the skin and innards and then bleeds it all night. He cuts it into pieces and puts it into coolers filled with ice which he changes for about 3 days until the ice water is pretty much clear. Then he brings the meat in and cuts it up into roasts, stew beef, steaks, ribs, the neck bones go in a big bag to cook for a stew, he strips off some of the tougher meat to go into bags for grinding for sausage and burger. All the large bones go for the dogs. Some people soak venison in milk but you dont need to if you have prepared it correctly before freezing it. As long as you soak it in ice water for a few days before butchering it, it will take all the gaminess out.
I have several tried and true recipes we use constantly.
Lisa...Tony has said we can send you some fish if you want some. All we have to do is pack it in dry ice and ship it overnight. He goes deep sea fishing at least 3 times a year. Right now he doesnt have a fish to clean but as soon as he gets one we will video it.
As far as how to make venison not taste gamey it is very easy. You have to dress that deer the day you kill it. Tony butchers all his own meat. He brings the deer home and we have a stand that he hangs it from and removes the skin and innards and then bleeds it all night. He cuts it into pieces and puts it into coolers filled with ice which he changes for about 3 days until the ice water is pretty much clear. Then he brings the meat in and cuts it up into roasts, stew beef, steaks, ribs, the neck bones go in a big bag to cook for a stew, he strips off some of the tougher meat to go into bags for grinding for sausage and burger. All the large bones go for the dogs. Some people soak venison in milk but you dont need to if you have prepared it correctly before freezing it. As long as you soak it in ice water for a few days before butchering it, it will take all the gaminess out.
I have several tried and true recipes we use constantly.
Lisa...Tony has said we can send you some fish if you want some. All we have to do is pack it in dry ice and ship it overnight. He goes deep sea fishing at least 3 times a year. Right now he doesnt have a fish to clean but as soon as he gets one we will video it.
