Venison

letspushthingsforward
letspushthingsforward Posts: 14 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Hello all!

Does anyone here eat venison on a regular basis? I've done some wider reading on the subject which seems largely positive on the protein and vitamin content but I wondered if anyone had first hand experience of inclusion in a balanced diet?

Cheers,

J

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  • cityruss
    cityruss Posts: 2,493 Member
    It's fine.

    Anything is fine.
  • rsleighty
    rsleighty Posts: 214 Member
    We used to, when my kids were little. Two years in a row a friend who hunted filled our freezer for us. I personally don't like venison steak. Chops are nice if you don't overcook them. The ground meat, I used in EVERYTHING! Best chili you'll ever eat.
  • suziecue20
    suziecue20 Posts: 567 Member
    I love venison and eat it regularly. It is low In fat [compared to beef] and has lots of protein. My son, who is a professional Chef has just given me a whole, butchered deer for the freezer. I have steaks, striploins, fillets and braising cuts.

    I flash fry the fillets in stir fries
    I pan fry the steaks and striploins and have with a redcurrant sauce
    I slow cook the braising with blueberries, juniper berries and port wine

    Did I say I LOVE venison :)
  • suziecue20
    suziecue20 Posts: 567 Member
    I forgot to say that I make a stock from the bones for the braising cuts.
  • rybo
    rybo Posts: 5,424 Member
    I eat venison year round. Its how I grew up and is a normal way of life for me.
  • drwilseyjr
    drwilseyjr Posts: 225 Member
    I love venison and will be getting back out into the woods this year for the first time in a long time. Honing my bow skills and hoping to get two to have meat for a good portion of the year.
  • ASH_DVM
    ASH_DVM Posts: 160 Member
    Had it twice in the past week and have much more in the freezer. If you know how to cook it correctly and which cuts to use for which meals, it is wonderful!

    I guess my profile pic would give away the fact I eat venison.
  • auddii
    auddii Posts: 15,357 Member
    letspushthingsforward wrote: »
    Hello all!

    Does anyone here eat venison on a regular basis? I've done some wider reading on the subject which seems largely positive on the protein and vitamin content but I wondered if anyone had first hand experience of inclusion in a balanced diet?

    Cheers,

    J

    I eat it when available (my fiance and his dad have not been hunting in a while). I enjoy the taste, and it's pretty lean. It can be tricky to cook with (gets tough easily if not cooked properly), so I'm on a learning curve.
  • Rocknut53
    Rocknut53 Posts: 1,794 Member
    Venison is great, elk is the best.
  • auddii
    auddii Posts: 15,357 Member
    Rocknut53 wrote: »
    Venison is great, elk is the best.

    I've never tried elk. We're going to a game restaurant sometime soon to celebrate my promotion, and I'm waffling between the game sampler and just getting antelope:

    http://www.rainbow-lodge.com/Menu-Dinner-03-16.pdf
  • Sassie_Lassie
    Sassie_Lassie Posts: 140 Member
    I don't eat it on a regular basis but it's really delicious. Just make sure when you cook it you do it blue to rare other wise it's a tasteless hockey puck.
  • capaul42
    capaul42 Posts: 1,390 Member
    I grew up on venison. My dad always hunted 2-3 a year and we butchered and froze it. Stew, steak, burgers, sausage...whole nine yards. I'd love to be able to eat it more but most of the people where I live now go moose hunting and I don't like it much.
  • MelaniaTrump
    MelaniaTrump Posts: 2,694 Member
    edited April 2016
    If you get it ground, make sure you trust the source. If ground, they can use fatty beef or pork to make it taste better and look like more food. Get it in steak form.
  • Serah87
    Serah87 Posts: 5,481 Member
    Rocknut53 wrote: »
    Venison is great, elk is the best.

    Love elk, when we lived in Colorado, hubby is a hunter, we had it all the time. Really missed it. :/
  • T1DCarnivoreRunner
    T1DCarnivoreRunner Posts: 11,502 Member
    Yes, but I'm all out until Dec. (hopefully). I don't get a deer some years and have become discouraged because there are a lot of deer where I hunt, except there are also a lot of unethical hunters who ruin it for some of us who are trying to be fair. Game wardens enable it... for the past 2 years, after getting fed up for quite awhile, I turned in some tips. For one of them, they put an illegal permanent tree stand on state land (only temporary stands are allowed), killed a buck, cut off its antlers, and left the rest there. That really upsets me.
  • letspushthingsforward
    letspushthingsforward Posts: 14 Member
    Thanks everyone for your responses - pretty much covers everything I wanted to know.

    Just to make sure, can I eat it the same way I eat beef, rare to medium-rare?
  • drwilseyjr
    drwilseyjr Posts: 225 Member
    letspushthingsforward wrote: »
    Thanks everyone for your responses - pretty much covers everything I wanted to know.

    Just to make sure, can I eat it the same way I eat beef, rare to medium-rare?

    Yes. You actually want to cook venison more on the rare/med-rare side as cooking it too long will turn it tough because of how lean it is.
  • knowleka
    knowleka Posts: 16 Member
    I eat venison sausages which are lovely approx 118 cals for 2, i buy them in tesco
  • jsecret
    jsecret Posts: 606 Member
    We do a lot of "different" meat for meals: buffalo, duck, venison, etc. If it's a steak or bigger cut I will soak it for the day in an ice water/salt mixture to draw out the blood and get rid of the "gamey' taste then marinate and cook as needed.
  • Sassie_Lassie
    Sassie_Lassie Posts: 140 Member
    letspushthingsforward wrote: »
    Thanks everyone for your responses - pretty much covers everything I wanted to know.

    Just to make sure, can I eat it the same way I eat beef, rare to medium-rare?

    Honestly I would cook it blue to rare. Anything over that and it's going to be like eating shoe leather.

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