Well, not the most thrilling part, but the necessary part. Earlier in December we had the privilege of watching a friend shoot a deer in our front yard. It didn't drop in our yard so he had to track it, but he did find it and it hung in our shop garage for several days till Chad cut it up and brought it inside to process into roast, chops, and hamburger!
The chops were pretty good once you got over the thought of it being deer. The hamburger I fry with some beef for the grease and you can't tell the difference in casseroles. The roast makes a mighty fine Italian Deer sandwich!!!
This appears to be a chunk of the hind leg.
Chad's job was to cut into smaller chunks the children could manage.
Jesse and Jolene cut the meat into small enough pieces to put through the grinder.
Jared put the meat through the grinder and Javan kept his hand over the end where the meat comes out because it was splattering all over the place.
2 comments:
Hi Laura! I like to read your blog it helps me helps he get ideas for raising a big family! Anyway - I saw this post about deer - although i personally am not a big fan of it - totally phychologically....but my husband is a hunter and he got one this year and processed it and did some research on recipes that he thought I would try. One in particular got rave reviews when we made it for some friends. So if you are interested here it is:
You use the dear tenderloins cut into 1 inch thick medelions / steak.
Then marinate in a apple cider for 6 hours (or overnight)then dump out apple cider and cover them in barbaque sauce for 4-6 hours (2 minimum) Then wrap medalions in bacon and secure with toothpicks. We grilled them ouside with foil on grill to prevent grease dripping from bacon - but have a glass of water nearby! Grill till bacon is crispy and inside is to your preference (medium - is what we did). It was extremely tender and great flavor. also make sure you use apple cider not apple cider vinager...we read somewhere that someone tried that and it was gross!
let me know if you ever try it!
Hi Jessica! Thanks for the recipe, I look forward to trying it. We press our own cider in the fall, and I actually have some in the fridge so maybe I'll have to dig out some loins and try it!
Feel free to pass on any other recipes! When you live on a deer run, it's pretty cheap meat and easy to get too!!! I can tell my husband what time the deer pass through so all he would have to do is be there early, saves time!!! He hasn't gotten a deer yet because of time but he has practiced with a bow and has his license he just has to find the time. :) We have friends that share their meat for the privilege of hunting on our property! We could just skip the hunting part but Chad likes the idea of meditating in the deer stand. Kind of like Steve Chapman's book!
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