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Re: Interesting article on "gamey" tasting meat
[Re: S.A. hunter]
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01/23/21 12:43 PM
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I'll be honest I think the "gamey" taste is in some peoples head. When posting about subjects other than TU Football, some tea sips actually can make sense.
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Re: Interesting article on "gamey" tasting meat
[Re: HankZudd]
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01/24/21 03:55 AM
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Over cooking venison is another thing that I think contributes to the gamey taste people complain about. My wife used to complain that deer was too gamey and wouldn’t eat it. What she was really complaining about was that it was too irony/liver tasting. She likes her steaks cooked well done and wanted her venison the same way. the first time she ate venison that was medium rare, she completely changed her tune.
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Re: Interesting article on "gamey" tasting meat
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01/30/21 08:07 PM
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Grass fed beef doesn't taste like grain fed beef, same for wild game. Very true. A lot of folks like the idea of grass fed beef because it seems to be in style these days but many don't like it once they buy it. We raise our beef and I have had folks try to get us to raise them a grass fed steer. I won't do it because I wouldn't want someone to be unhappy with beef that they paid me for. That article was a good read, thanks.
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Re: Interesting article on "gamey" tasting meat
[Re: HankZudd]
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01/31/21 02:40 PM
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In Africa I asked our PH what elephant tastes like. He said it’s exactly what one would expect, tough and gamey. It’s fifty years old and eats sticks. But everyone eating elephants are smiling, they are eating meat.
Slightly on topic, Many years ago I had uncle who would feed garlic, onions and other stuff to chickens for a while before butchering. He had a secret mix and it was the best I ever ate, flavor in meat not just on it. I remember he said he had some terrible tasting birds before getting it right.
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Re: Interesting article on "gamey" tasting meat
[Re: HankZudd]
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01/31/21 03:50 PM
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Re: Interesting article on "gamey" tasting meat
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02/01/21 12:59 AM
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I have shot for sure one, if not two bucks that were just nasty tasting and smelling both were shot with clean, DRT shots, gutted, washed and hung in cold storage in short time. I did my part..
Family wouldn't eat it.. it tasted like it smelled
my wife basically told me not to bring home any more bucks and all I shot were does for meat.. I have shot a few cull bucks, 5 years old that I aged on ice and drained water every day for a week and half that were perfectly fine
FYI, this is all hunting the same property for 11 years
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Re: Interesting article on "gamey" tasting meat
[Re: Ol Thumper]
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02/01/21 02:01 AM
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I’ll agree, the Texas buck I shot this year was horrible. He looked liked he had ran the Boston marathon when I plugged him chasing a doe and even leaving him on ice for 5 days he tasted like turd soup after smoking the back straps into jerky for 14 hours. He smelt like hell when he was gutted so unless your into eating antlers he was a waste of a bullet outside him making a great mount. You should get a new jerky recipe.
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Re: Interesting article on "gamey" tasting meat
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02/02/21 02:58 PM
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Grass fed beef doesn't taste like grain fed beef, same for wild game. Very, very true! And if you want the best flavored beef.. pen up an 800-900 pound steer and feed him out on straight corn for 60-90 days! Only other thing to give them is water and a little dry hay (coastal or grazer hay). Best damn marbled steaks you will ever get.
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Re: Interesting article on "gamey" tasting meat
[Re: ILUVBIGBUCKS]
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02/04/21 08:55 PM
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Very good article for sure Thanks to the OP for linking it here.
We've always processed all of our own game and as a young kid also processed all our own beef, pork, chickens, etc on my families farm. I for one love the flavor of venison and always have. I've NEVER had a single steak from a deer or elk that was 'too gamey'. In fact, most of the time I wish it had a little more of the venison flavor to it.
I am the same way with fish. I do not like tilapia at all because to me it is basically flavorless. I love the fish flavor and have rarely had any fish cooked any way that I didn't like. I've learned over the years that it is all about how you clean your game and fish. We used to catch giant flathead and bluecats down and choke canyon and let me tell you that when you clean it correctly it is better than any small catfish. The trick is to trim the fillets and get all the yellow fat and reddish brown meat along the backbone off. I do this even with the catfish we catch from our two ponds that weigh 2 - 10 pounds.
Don't get me wrong, I do love a good beef or pork steak but given the choice I'll take chicken fried backstrap or tenderloin over the best ribeye steak any day of the week!
another good thing to do if you have the time & equipment, bring the catfish home alive put in a tank of good clean water and let them go for a few days, they will get rid of all the nasty stuff have been eating
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Re: Interesting article on "gamey" tasting meat
[Re: HankZudd]
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02/04/21 11:11 PM
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What my wife calls gamey, I call flavorful. Even the slightest flavor of anything other than supermarket chicken will make her wince. I guess it's more for the kids and I, but I wish she would try more of a variety of foods.
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Re: Interesting article on "gamey" tasting meat
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Take care when dressing them, hang them for one to seven days, then butcher them, making sure to remove all fat and fascia.
Some critters might need a soak in buttermilk, too.
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Re: Interesting article on "gamey" tasting meat
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02/11/21 05:01 PM
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Killed 3 bucks in Kansas over the last few years It’s definitely their browse they eat. Meat is tough and buttermilk won’t help the taste. I hated to see it go to waste and tried all three of them. The locals told me you can only eat the does and they were right
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Re: Interesting article on "gamey" tasting meat
[Re: HankZudd]
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02/11/21 05:12 PM
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I had some of that "gamey meat" last night in a venison stew. Man it was delicious on a cold night!!! I don't find the taste of wild meat off putting at all. Some of it is a little strong or different flavored but it is still good when cooked well. Some people don't like goose or duck, either in a gumbo is just plain delicious! Pretty much the only beef we buy now is an occasional steak or cheap premade burger patties for a kid event. We do still buy some chicken, salmon, and bacon, other than that we like wild caught or killed.
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Re: Interesting article on "gamey" tasting meat
[Re: HankZudd]
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02/11/21 05:33 PM
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The bride will eat whitetail; she loves backstrap on the grill and anything she cooks that calls for hamburger is 100% whitetail venison. Compare that with the mule deer buck I shot last season, he was extremely 'sagey' so much to the point she did not enjoy eating him. Handling, care and prep methods were all consistent; had to have been diet that led to the MD not being as enjoyable.
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Re: Interesting article on "gamey" tasting meat
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02/11/21 05:34 PM
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Guess I've been lucky.
Haven't eaten a deer yet that I though had an off flavor.
I've eaten every pig we've shot including boars up to about 250 lbs, and I haven't had a bad tasting one yet. I've had multiple that smelled horribly, but have never found that to carry over into the meat. Amen. I've got a 200lb boar in my freezer (in the form of bratwurst, hams, and straps) and he's delicious. I don't slight people for leaving big pigs in the field, but to me, most big pigs are just more of a good thing.
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Re: Interesting article on "gamey" tasting meat
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02/11/21 10:09 PM
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Guess I've been lucky.
Haven't eaten a deer yet that I though had an off flavor.
I've eaten every pig we've shot including boars up to about 250 lbs, and I haven't had a bad tasting one yet. I've had multiple that smelled horribly, but have never found that to carry over into the meat. Amen. I've got a 200lb boar in my freezer (in the form of bratwurst, hams, and straps) and he's delicious. I don't slight people for leaving big pigs in the field, but to me, most big pigs are just more of a good thing. I’m starting to keep more of them
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Re: Interesting article on "gamey" tasting meat
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02/13/21 08:12 AM
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Tough meat can be age of animal but it can also be from processing too soon after death. Meat that's been cut before it has gone through rigor can be tough. Older deer can benefit from ageing, either dry or wet.
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Re: Interesting article on "gamey" tasting meat
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02/19/21 04:18 PM
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I've always immediately gut/skin/quarter my own, and keep in draining cooler on ice at least 7 days (I'm too poor to dry age - would if I could) & no more than 10. Accidently (read=got lazy) let 1 quarter go 14 days one time - but I went ahead and de-boned and froze anyways - and marked it accordingly. Saved it to cook just for myself so I wouldn't 'poison' rest of family - dang, it cooked up fabulous and some of the best I've had, both tender and great flavor! Still, for safety reasons, I cap it at 10 days in the cooler for family safety.
I've had some 'strong gamey' venison given to me - I'll low&slow cook it in a roast or stew, and use GINGER instead of garlic - it enhances without covering up - makes up so good that the family (wife too) gobbles it down w/no leftovers.
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