Posted on 10/29/2015 8:50:51 AM PDT by w1n1
Don’t age whitetail deer! Remove all fat (tallow), it stinks and aging deer imparts the tallow flavor.
You may age elk and moose. The fat does not stink.
Never ate blacktail/ mule deer so I don’t know about that species.
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People better learn to like it when things go to crap....
I’ve heard that the “gamey” taste is also greatly affected by area where the deer resides. Namely, in more marshy/swampy areas, the animal will taste more bleh than in dry, pristine wilderness like Sierras/Rockies/etc.
The secret is GRAVY! The secret to all good food is GRAVY. Sometimes called sauces by the French.
I hate the taste of fish
People here in Florida use dogs to chase deer back to the road. So the deer have been running and scared when they’re shot.
Can’t imagine they taste good.
d I feel like a fish out of water sometimes on this site lol I would love to try all of those. There’s a restaurant in Manhattan that serves them. Or I can order them online. I can hear the laughter 😊when I tell family I want to try them they look at me like I’m a serial killer lol
Deer are basically grass-fed goats, so you start with a huge disadvantage. You want good meat, go shoot a nice fat steer in a feedlot.
I cook venison meatballs and sausage in red gravy or sauce if you will (my Napolitano and Calabrese family says gravy.....my wife’s Sicilian family says sauce). You should add beef or pork fat to these.
What I really prefer, is to cut fat steaks from the rump or (prime?) rib roast (then mash flat and thin with mallet or side of a cleaver ). Marinate for 3-4 hours in a good balsamic vinegar Italian dressing. Wipe off the excess marinade and Cook on a hot charcoal grill for a few minutes on each side....leave a little pink in the middle unless that bothers you.
Not much better than that.
I have never had a whit tail dear that wasn’t highly gamey no matter who killed it, how it was butchered or how it was prepared.
It’s wild game I wish it didn’t have that gamey flavor as I don’t care for it but it’s wild game I expect it.
Probably getting farm raised European roe deer or another old world species in Manhattan. Can’t sell hunted whitetail deer in NY. Farm raising a game animal makes it no longer a game animal. It will taste different.
I started hunting in the 60s to save money on meat. Now that I no longer have the economic need to hunt, I still do but won’t just shoot to fill my freezer. My grown boys do though and I wind up with meat in the freezer every year.
Your family would look at me as a serial killer and a canibal if they saw pictures (and videos) of me and my family and friends butchering a deer or 3 in my garage.
Now that there sounds righteous, I can almost taste it!
thank you for the information. It sounds like fun with your family. I would never lie to a fellow Free Republic person. I don’t know if I could shoot a deer. I don’t care that others do I would love to watch it being cleaned up cut and cooked. It sounds fun and delicious. Maybe with a gun in my hands and deer in front of me it might be different lol
I have turned around 5-6 people who never ate venison that they liked. They were impressed All wild game needs a gentle touch. You can’t cook like a fine cut of beef or whatever. I admittedly prefer a fine beef prime rib etc. but a properly cooked piece of whitetail can be very good.
I have a limited tolerance for some fish and game. If I eat the worst of those species too much I tend to not want it for a long time.
Taste has a lot to do with how hungry one is. Dont eat for 3-4 days you’ll be surprised what tastes good.
I age all my deer 7-10 days with the hide on. My venison will rival a good beef steak. Of course this is a good corn fed Illinois deer.
I have gotten more ‘live and let live’ as I get older. The excitement is in the hunting not in the killing. It is anticlimactic and it is when the work begins. (Though not being ready to kill one if the moment presents itself takes away from the hunt...photo safaris do not have the same excitement)
One or all of my 3 kids usually tag out early, so I don’t shoot unless the deer has a phenomenal rack. So I have gone from a meat hunter to a trophy hunter and in doing so have not shot a deer in a decade, though many have passed by me.
chicken fried - AND gravy
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