[Sand_Squid]

Originally Posted by Jess

VENISON
First I would like to address the whole "i don't eat venison" nonesense some of my *cough cough* girl friends try to use to get their husbands not to hunt, or worse IMO not to keep the meat. There are a few keys to tasty eats, and they start in the field. Some of this might seem like I'm stating the obvious so bear with me.

1-appearance of animal before you shoot it
2-shot placement, if you gut shoot a deer its going to take extra work to make it taste decent
3-don't push the animal, unless you see it fall give it time to lay down and die.
4-clean your animal in the field and clean it properly. do NOT use water from a hose to wash out the cavity (you don't want to know about hose bacteria)
5-if temperature allows you want to hang your deer for a few days its really worth it.
6-when we process our deer, which we do at home, we don't package any bones with the meat. This year we're going to try ribs though so I'll let you know how that goes. but our roasts/steaks/etc are just the meat.
7-everything is better with bacon. Since venison is a such a lean meat the burger can have a very strong flavor. so when we process our burger we grind fresh bacon right into it. You can add different types of bacon (i really like the peppercorn type) This gives your burger some fat and flavor.

now you have your deer in the freezer, what to do with it....

for whole pieces of meat I like to thaw it ahead of cooking time and soak it in milk. weird right? It seems to take some of the *game* taste out that everyone seems to use as the reason not to eat venison.

Recipes to follow

How much bacon do you mix in with a lb of venison?

[willshoum]

Why is it some hunters only take the back strap, to me that is the worse cut of meat. Just like pork loin.......Its time for some deer burrito's.......

[Sand_Squid]

I'll take the hearts with no problems

[willshoum]

I've got some fresh 15 count white shrimp. I need a new way to cooke them up.......Tell me......

[PC167]

Alrighty...my mouth is watering and stomach growling after reading through these recipes. :O

[PC167]

Originally Posted by willshoum

I've got some fresh 15 count white shrimp. I need a new way to cooke them up.......Tell me......

I haven't done it as of yet, but smoked shrimp sounds good.

Another recipe that my wife does is shrimp scampi...really really good... :-)

[willshoum]

I'm really looking for something out side the box....

[jjfuller1]

heres mine. forgot onions today though

[eatmydust]

Here's a real good recipe, sounds a little weird, but damn it's good!

Steam or boil shrimp in the shell, in a light spice mixture.

Cool shrimp, peel, de-vein and butterfly, but don't cut all the way through.

Mix blue cheese and cream cheese 50/50.

Stuff cooled shrimp with blue/cream cheese mix and roll back of shrimp in fresh or dried, chopped chives.

They're great with cold beer or a lighter style white wine.

[tri70]

If the weather is warm you can soak your game in an ice chest with water, vinegar, and a little Lemmon juice. Add ice to keep cool, this will remove gamie flavor.