Oh, no - It's deer season again

AlleyGator said:

As far as I'm concerned, you can take out the tenderloin
and throw the rest away.

I'm just curious if anyone has a venison recipe that is way out of the ordinary.
Something creative? Anyone?

How about you swaddle yourself in that deer skin, shove an antler up
your ass, and lay out on the interstate while waiting for a semi to
come along... as far as I'm concerned all of you can be thrown away.

Sheldon

AlleyGator said:

but I'm
just curious if anyone has a venison recipe that is way out of the
ordinary - not part of the above list, or a stew or anything like
that. Something creative? Anyone?

--

Bambi burgers? You'd eat Bambi?

itsjoannotjoann said:

AlleyGator said:

but I'm
just curious if anyone has a venison recipe that is way out of the
ordinary - not part of the above list, or a stew or anything like
that. Something creative? Anyone?

--

Bambi burgers? You'd eat Bambi?

With relish (mustard, too!).

--

saerah

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disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice."
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what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear
and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There
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AlleyGator said:

Don't get me wrong - venison is OK. But now we've got one butchered
and in the freezer and I'm sure the first of December there will be
another one. As far as I'm concerned, you can take out the tenderloin
and throw the rest away. Cook it sliced up in bacon fat, make a nice
gravy with the fat, stock and cream - oh, yeah. Anyway, it's become
so boring - deer steaks, deer burgers, deer chili, deer jerkey (that's
pretty good). I don't want to solicit hundreds of recipes, and I've
seen a few listed in game recipes on a couple of web sites - but I'm
just curious if anyone has a venison recipe that is way out of the
ordinary - not part of the above list, or a stew or anything like
that. Something creative? Anyone?

--
The Doc says my brain waves closely match those of a crazed ferret.
At least now I have an excuse.

I made a hunter's pie using venison topped with a fancy potato topping
that originally is supposed to be a baked potato dish. It came out very
nice.

sarah bennett said:

itsjoannotjoann said:

AlleyGator said:

but I'm
just curious if anyone has a venison recipe that is way out of the
ordinary - not part of the above list, or a stew or anything like
that. Something creative? Anyone?

--

Bambi burgers? You'd eat Bambi?

With relish (mustard, too!).

And a couple of slices of bacon 🙂

In article <[email hidden]>,

(AlleyGator) said:

Don't get me wrong - venison is OK. But now we've got one butchered
and in the freezer and I'm sure the first of December there will be
another one. As far as I'm concerned, you can take out the tenderloin
and throw the rest away. Cook it sliced up in bacon fat, make a nice
gravy with the fat, stock and cream - oh, yeah. Anyway, it's become
so boring - deer steaks, deer burgers, deer chili, deer jerkey (that's
pretty good). I don't want to solicit hundreds of recipes, and I've
seen a few listed in game recipes on a couple of web sites - but I'm
just curious if anyone has a venison recipe that is way out of the
ordinary - not part of the above list, or a stew or anything like
that. Something creative? Anyone?

--
The Doc says my brain waves closely match those of a crazed ferret.
At least now I have an excuse.

I would just jerk it all. ;-)
I know what you mean, it's possible to have TOO much deer meat in the
freezer! Smoked deer sausage is also a good standby. A lot of folks
around here just have the butcher make sausage out of most of it.
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

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~patches~ said:

sarah bennett said:

itsjoannotjoann said:

AlleyGator wrote:

> but I'm
> just curious if anyone has a venison recipe that is way out of the
> ordinary - not part of the above list, or a stew or anything like
> that. Something creative? Anyone?
>
> --

Bambi burgers? You'd eat Bambi?

With relish (mustard, too!).

And a couple of slices of bacon 🙂

And lettuce and tomato, on a toasted bun...
with sauteed' sliced mushrooms.
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

The other night I made a Rigatoni w/3 cheeses in the oven, and substituted
Venison for the ground beef,,,,,and everyone went back for 2nds.
Didn't tell the kids,,,,they asked me to make it again!

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Quoted message said:

Don't get me wrong - venison is OK. But now we've got one butchered
and in the freezer and I'm sure the first of December there will be
another one. As far as I'm concerned, you can take out the tenderloin
and throw the rest away. Cook it sliced up in bacon fat, make a nice
gravy with the fat, stock and cream - oh, yeah. Anyway, it's become
so boring - deer steaks, deer burgers, deer chili, deer jerkey (that's
pretty good). I don't want to solicit hundreds of recipes, and I've
seen a few listed in game recipes on a couple of web sites - but I'm
just curious if anyone has a venison recipe that is way out of the
ordinary - not part of the above list, or a stew or anything like
that. Something creative? Anyone?

--
The Doc says my brain waves closely match those of a crazed ferret.
At least now I have an excuse.

OmManiPadmeOmelet said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

~patches~ said:

sarah bennett said:

itsjoannotjoann wrote:

>AlleyGator wrote:
>
>
>>but I'm
>>just curious if anyone has a venison recipe that is way out of the
>>ordinary - not part of the above list, or a stew or anything like
>>that. Something creative? Anyone?
>>
>>--
>
>
>
>
>Bambi burgers? You'd eat Bambi?
>

With relish (mustard, too!).

And a couple of slices of bacon 🙂

And lettuce and tomato, on a toasted bun...
with sauteed' sliced mushrooms.

and some onion.

--

saerah

"Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a
disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice."
-Baruch Spinoza

"There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly
what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear
and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There
is another theory which states that this has already happened."
-Douglas Adams

AlleyGator wrote:
I'm

Quoted message said:

just curious if anyone has a venison recipe that is way out of the
ordinary - not part of the above list, or a stew or anything like
that. Something creative? Anyone?

Can it. We've been canning vennison since the 1960s, and it's really
quite good. I like nothing more than taking a quart of canned vennison,
adding about 1/2 pound of frozen peas, and serving the whole mess over
mashed potatoes. Or use it to make a stew. Tendy, juicy, and
delicious.

If you've got steaks pan fry them and add about 1/4 cup of currant
jelly just before they are done. Remove the steaks and deglaze the pan
with red wine; serve the wine/jelly sauce over the steak.

If you have lots of venison just make sausage...it's easy to do and fun
for the whole family. We make brats each year and enjoy experimenting
with mixtures like venison and wild rice.

-Kiwanda

AlleyGator said:

Don't get me wrong - venison is OK. But now we've got one butchered
and in the freezer and I'm sure the first of December there will be
another one. As far as I'm concerned, you can take out the tenderloin
and throw the rest away. Cook it sliced up in bacon fat, make a nice
gravy with the fat, stock and cream - oh, yeah. Anyway, it's become
so boring - deer steaks, deer burgers, deer chili, deer jerkey (that's
pretty good). I don't want to solicit hundreds of recipes, and I've
seen a few listed in game recipes on a couple of web sites - but I'm
just curious if anyone has a venison recipe that is way out of the
ordinary - not part of the above list, or a stew or anything like
that. Something creative? Anyone?

--
The Doc says my brain waves closely match those of a crazed ferret.
At least now I have an excuse.

You see, and I am sooo jealous! (well depending on what area of the
country you are in...and the deer is from) I grew up in Michigan (my
birthday being opening day) and have always LOVED venison. I have only
had it once since I moved away and it wasn't the same. 🙁 For some
reason I really never thought about the fact that deer in different
areas of the country would taste differnt due to different diets...

Anyway - I would give anything to have GOOD venison stocked in my
freezer in all it's forms 🙂

Roberta (in VA)

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Quoted message said:

AlleyGator said:

but I'm
just curious if anyone has a venison recipe that is way out of the
ordinary - not part of the above list, or a stew or anything like
that. Something creative? Anyone?

--

Bambi burgers? You'd eat Bambi?

It would be a gourmet meal - a unique flavor -

If you look carefully at Bambi's alleged parents, he was a freak of nature -

his mother was a deer, and his father was no buck deer - dad looks a lot
like a wapiti

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[email protected] said:

On 23 Nov 2005 00:51:02 -0600, "Bob Terwilliger"

virtualgoth@die_spammer.biz said:

Shirley said:

I hate venison and will not eat it. It's disgusting meat and should be
fed to the dogs only.

Cold-pack it and send it to me. I love the stuff.

Yuck !!!!

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What really angers me is here in Wisconsin they have deer hunting during
the week of, and on Thanksgiving day. So, I prepare a nice Thanksgiving
dinner, all our friends come over and all the men leave to go hunting
(except one guy that dont hunt). So, all I see of my husband on this
holiday is a flash of blaze orange fly out the door armed with a handful
of guns and lots of beer. I end up spending the holiday with all the
wives and that one guy who are all really fed up with the guys leaving
each year. We spend the whole day waiting for them to come back.

Can't you think of any party games? Seems like this would be a perfect time
for Naked Mazola Twister. And what's stopping you from boozing it up while
they're gone? Only thing better than Naked Mazola Twister is DRUNKEN Naked
Mazola Twister.

If I could find one, all us women would go to a strip club. That
would show the guys.

Create your own.
Hire a few...
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

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Sandy said:

I look forward to Hunting Season,,,,,,my man works hard all year long, and
he deserves to go out in the woods and play Hunter.
That's the week, I enjoy doing female things with my friends, re-decorating,
painting a room,,,,,girl-time, shopping, etc.
We both need a break from each other.

I see it the same way.
She needs a serious wake up call!

<sigh>

She has no idea how good she has it.
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

Shirley replied:

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Why not PLAN to have dinner after dark? If you know that they're not
going to be back until after dark, isn't it STUPID to make a banquet that
is ready hours and hours too early? If I were in your bitter worn-out
shoes (and GOD am I glad I'm not!) I'd plan to have dinner ready around 8
PM. That ought to be enough time for the hunters to get cleaned up and
have some nibbles with cocktails before dinner starts. And with wives
like you, I'm sure they NEED those cocktails.

We have always had thanksgiving dinner at noon. My parents and
grandparents did the same. Its tradition, and is not getting screwed
up because the guys want to play war in the woods while they are
drunk. There's 364 other days of the year they can do that nonsense.

Oh, so you value a tradition that comes from your PARENTS (not HIS family, I
note) more than you value your marriage. Nice.

There are *not* 364 other days in deer-hunting season, nor are there 364
days when all his friends have time off from work. I'd chuck your
tradition; I see no value in it. When you marry, you're supposed to form a
NEW family with your husband. I see that you haven't, nor do you intend to.

Deal with the situation as it *is*, not as how you *wish* it were.

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C'mon, li'l lady, don't be that way...you just don't understand huntin'.
There *are* reasons for the dates applied to the various hunting seasons,
but you wouldn't know about that kind of ecology or forestry; all YOU
care about is your precious Thanksgiving dinner, which you DELIBERATELY
turn into a martyr-fest.

Like I said, There's 364 other days of the year they can do that
nonsense.

Like I said, [censored]! (Okay, I paraphrased a bit...) You just want to feel
sorry for yourself, but you don't have a leg to stand on.

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I dont like the idea of killing on a holiday anyhow. My
Tha.... dinner takes a lot more work than drinking beer and blasting
guns at each other or what ever the hell they do out there.

There's another problem with your attitude. I cook elaborate meals on
holidays because I *enjoy* doing it. It's almost like I'm performing on
stage. Rather than embracing the opportunity to showcase your skills,
you've turned it into drudgery. You've turned what SHOULD be an occasion of
social and familial warmth into a [censored] session. Shame on you!

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Sounds like you have a terrific marriage going there.

I married my husband to be WITH me. Not to be alone on a holiday. I
thought holidays were a time to be with family.

He comes home for dinner, doesn't he? There's your family time, right there!

I doubt that any of this will sink in, but in truth, you haven't come up
with a single thing that I consider a valid complaint.

Bob

How about you swaddle yourself in that deer skin, shove an antler up
your ass, and lay out on the interstate while waiting for a semi to come
along... as far as I'm concerned all of you can be thrown away.
Sheldon
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Why's that Sheldon?
I gather from this you not only hate Venison, but hate people who hunt?

If so, maybe you have gotten a wrong imprssion at some point in your
life, perhaps a bad childhhod memory that soured you against the sport,
and those that partake in it? Honestly, I don't know?

I've hunted in my younger years, pretty much small game, and Fowl, but
never Deer Hunting, and enjoy Target, and Trap/Skeet.

While I'll eat Venison if it's prepared properly, I personally dislike
the thought also of killing Deer.... but I have no qualms about those
that wish to, provided they do so in a legal, and responsible manner.
Yes, there's always the clowns who give the "sport" a bad rep.

I parenthesize the word sport, as I myself actually don't see the sport
in shooting a Deer with a High power rifle, or shotgun with slugs.
It would truly be a sport if the Deer was maybe shooting back?

Truth is, in many states without hunting, the overpopulation of Deer
would be unbelieveable.
Way more deer would actually die from disease, than from hunting. Even
states that you wouldn't suspect hold vast numbers of Deer population,
let's say like West Virginia.
I read one year 48,000 animals were killed, and the state was still
overrun.

I respect your opinon Sheldon, and you're entitled to it. As I mentioned
earlier, for those who do so legally, and responsibly, I have no
problems with. If you eat any other meat, it's essentially the same
thing, except the slaughterhouses, and butcher is making it painless for
you. Mark

Mark D said:

I respect your opinon Sheldon......

Well, that pretty much shoots your credibility all to Hell.

nb

[email protected] said:

We have always had thanksgiving dinner at noon. My parents and
grandparents did the same. Its tradition, and is not getting screwed
up because the guys want to play war in the woods while they are
drunk. There's 364 other days of the year they can do that nonsense.

....snip...

Like I said, There's 364 other days of the year they can do that
nonsense. I dont like the idea of killing on a holiday anyhow. My
Tha.... dinner takes a lot more work than drinking beer and blasting
guns at each other or what ever the hell they do out there.

Wow. We have some control issues happening here. Deer hunting season is short.
There are not 364 other days to do it. It's a real bonus for a deer hunter to
have holiday time so that he can go hunting. Deer hunting is usually a morning
thing, or late afternoon, so he could do his hunting and be back right after
dark, which is a good time for a nice hearty meal.

But nooooooo...... you family had supper at lunch time so you have to rain on his
parade.

However, I draw the line at drinking and shooting. The deer hunters I know retire
to the cabin for beverages. Only fools drink while they are hunting. If he is
one of those guys who drinks while he hunts I wouldn't let him back in the
trailers. Make him sleep under the porch with the hounds.

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Yup, thats exactly how I feel about it. I suppose they will get all
drunk on Christmas too. If he keeps it up, he's going to be living in
the corner bar with all the other drunks and huntersm and he can sleep
with men instead of me. I'm starting to think that maybe he's like
that better anyhow. I'm just waiting till he starts to bring his guns
to bed with him since he loves his guns and those men more than me.
That's when he leaves. I already threatened him.

I am starting to see why he prefers the company of his friends.

Good luck

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Don't get me wrong - venison is OK. But now we've got one butchered
and in the freezer and I'm sure the first of December there will be
another one. As far as I'm concerned, you can take out the tenderloin
and throw the rest away. Cook it sliced up in bacon fat, make a nice
gravy with the fat, stock and cream - oh, yeah. Anyway, it's become
so boring - deer steaks, deer burgers, deer chili, deer jerkey (that's
pretty good). I don't want to solicit hundreds of recipes, and I've
seen a few listed in game recipes on a couple of web sites - but I'm
just curious if anyone has a venison recipe that is way out of the
ordinary - not part of the above list, or a stew or anything like
that. Something creative? Anyone?

1) Take whole dressed cuts and roasts of venison, plus the trimmed choicest
offal, and wrap each piece individually in sterile muslin cloths, and leave
refrigerated until excess surface moisture is no longer present - the meat
should feel dry to the touch.

2) Unwrap each piece, then wrap once more but in /fresh/ pieces of muslin.

3) Place into a spotlessly clean, sturdy cardboard box or clean plywood case
into which has been placed about a pound of *dried* salt, split 8 ways into
small muslin wraps evenly distributed around the box/case, making certain
there is no room for the meats to jostle.

4) Immediately Fed-Ex Overnite or similar the cased meats to me here in
England.

5) Sit back with a large glass of something gorgeous and feel the immense
and soul filling satisfaction that comes with gifting generously to someone
appreciative.

HTH ',;~}~

Shaun aRe