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Main => Everything Else => Topic started by: Clonedsheep on February 08, 2006, 02:07:14 pm
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So I tried Venison jerky a bit ago from this fancy shop and boy oh boy..It tasted like liver. :P I am planning on BBQing this weekend and would like to try some different cuts of meat. Questions- does venison always taste a bit like liver or is this just the way it's cooked? My local butcher has Bear steaks, ostrich and I think gator. I like to be adventurous sometimes any suggestions?
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Venison does have a bit of that livery texture but you probably got some crappy stuff. With any game meat, read up on how to cook it, because if you don't do it well it will come out poorly.
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I've been eating venison my whole life and never had any that tasted like liver... well, except for the liver. What you don't want to do with venison is overcook it, as it will turn to a substance that is very much like leather.
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Gator is absolutely wonderful!.... Looks and tastes like fish but has all the texture of steak. Pan fried over a very low heat with a bit of Garlic and it's heaven on a plate.
I don't think it'd BBQ very well though.
Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)
PS ...Oh yeah! on behalf of all bears... ARRRRGHHHH!!!! :o Bear Steaks!!!!
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I have had ostrich and it is very good. I thought it kinda tasted like steak with almost no fat. But it was prepared by a friend of mine who is a chef so...it could have been the wrap he used.
J_K_M_A_N
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Oh yeah, I will take my time picking out a good recipe before I cook it. It's just that had I picked out venison as a meat then experienced liver again I would be very dissapointed. I am used to beef steaks and chicken. I enjoy beef and love the taste but want a stronger flavor without the liver taste.
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It's actually very simple.
Kill deer.
Clean deer.
Cut deer.
Put deer on a stick over fire.
Cook deer.
Eat deer.
Game should be cooked over a real fire. You'll never get it wrong that way.
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So ostrich tastes like steak, and gator taste like fish WOW! I have fire no stick but a BBQ fork.
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I've only had gator once, but that time it had a pretty nasty and very greasy aftertaste. This could very well have been the fault of the person who prepared it, but I have never been compelled to try it again.
Elk is very good, as is moose, but on the whole deer gets my vote for the best game meat.
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I will try venison again. I will have to try it in the Embassy suites by my house. I don't know what is supposed to taste like so I will have someone show me.
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Buffalo makes a great burger.
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Buffalo makes a great burger.
GOOD ONE. I have heard that those are tasty. hmmmm
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Buffalo makes a great burger.
Indeed. I can't believe I left that one out. Buffalo (well, bison actually) and deer also make some seriously kick ass chili.
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Stop it! I'm getting hungry. :laugh:
Seriously though, I'd have to agree that ostrich is great stuff.
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So where CAN I get some of these ostrich,gator,buffalo,etc ???
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Buffalo makes a great burger.
Indeed. I can't believe I left that one out. Buffalo (well, bison actually) and deer also make some seriously kick ass chili.
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Sausage made with deer meat is awesone, too.
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Shame this one went away... Was a good joke for a while.
http://web.archive.org/web/20011201023113/www.manbeef.com/home.html
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Beaver!
Actually, a town not to far from where I want to college had a big creek / small river that emptied out into the Mississippi. Every so often beavers would decide to dam this thing, which would flood a good chunk of town and about a zillion acres of farm land if not taken care of. When this happend the county commissioner (or whatever it was they called this guy) would capture the beavers and release them elsewhere shoot the little ---daisies--- and put them in his deep freeze. Then, some Friday, it was free Barbecue day at the county courthouse.
It had a texture like beef but was sweeter.
All this being said, for all I know this guy was a serial killer and we were helping him dispose of a missing sorority girl from two states away.
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Beaver!
I have to agree. I love to eat Beaver! Nothing better than a nice, well cleaned beaver. Rare. (Rare that I get to eat it also :( )
J_K_M_A_N
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Moose burgers are probably the best I've ever had.
...besides beaver of course. "Want fries with that?"
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Moose is really good...specially if you can find some moose sausage. Very little fat on a moose.
Xam
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... don't forget Moose Knuckle.
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I hear moose knuckle is a lot like camel toe.
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yah venison does have a gamey smell & taste to it, but like the earlier post it cooks real quick, & i have had gator taste like chicken
divemaster
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Just soak the deer steaks in some beer for about an hour before you cook them.
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Hell with that! Sit and have a few with the deer, get him good and drunk, and then WHAM WHAM WHAM mm he's good eatin.
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Ostrich is very good, and they make some awesome burgers too.
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Buffalo makes a great burger.
Indeed. I can't believe I left that one out. Buffalo (well, bison actually) and deer also make some seriously kick ass chili.
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I burger joint near the college I went to switched to bison. It's pretty decent.
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yah venison does have a gamey smell & taste to it, but like the earlier post it cooks real quick, & i have had gator taste like chicken
divemaster
The gamey smell and taste usually have more to do with poor butchering than anything else.
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Get gator, fry it into bitesize 'gator bites'. Had this at a place in OC, NJ...good eats. REALLY good eats.
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Bubba Mac's? That place RULES.
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I've only had gator once, but that time it had a pretty nasty and very greasy aftertaste. This could very well have been the fault of the person who prepared it, but I have never been compelled to try it again.
believe it or not, my father used to be a crocodile hunter. contrary to the 'crocodile dundee' image, many croc hunters were immigrants. 1) because if non-english background (like my dad) you could only get certain jobs 2) only immigrants were crazy enough to do it! anyway, he never, ever ate crocodile. said that after seeing the crap they eat there's no way he would try it. just left the carcass by the river for the next crocs to eat...
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Ostrich eggs are good.