Got another text from the butcher saying the deer is too lean for steaks. Sounds like I’ll get some steak.. still not 100% sold tho.
by Strong-Volume8670
8 Comments
DDenlow
Cook it medium rare, you’ll be fine. I eat venison all the time, and it’s best with a warm red center. This is just the nature of the beast, its lean and can be somewhat gamey depending on what the animal ate. With the steaks and or roast I recommend marinating beforehand just to tame the gaminess if there is any.
TheRealJehler
Having cut up lots of deer, and quite a few injured ones, I’m thinking, guessing actually, the dude may be using the word lean to express a lack of mass, not necessarily a lack of fat, all venison is low fat intramuscular, the injured deer I’ve cut up had extremely low muscle mass, I think in their injured state a lot of atrophy and catabolism takes place. It’s worth noting that these injured deer have had very little fat at all, visceral or otherwise. I have left nearly a half a deer for the dogs before as the carcass was like skeletor, and the meat that was still there did not look good. There was skeletal evidence of severe trauma that was mostly healed
seppia99
Definitely get that picture he said he took and go get another opinion on the situation. He might have a valid point about the deer having been hit by a car? But it sounds suspect to me.
Either way I wouldn’t be using his services anymore.
TuftsofGoo
This is this butcher’s first deer 100%
Nubby-Muffin
Get that picture. I would honestly not believe him until he provides that, on top of never going back there. I’m still sticking with he’s keeping your steaks lmao
ANotSoFreshFeeling
He doesn’t know how deer steak is eaten apparently. One doesn’t grill it, it’s best breaded and fried or cooked low and slow.
Renhoek2099
Why haven’t you threatened violence yet?
apex_super_predator
Deer steak like that has to be braised. Low and slow. If you grill it then you have to eat it rare. If that. Apparently there is a disconnect in communication somewhere.
8 Comments
Cook it medium rare, you’ll be fine. I eat venison all the time, and it’s best with a warm red center. This is just the nature of the beast, its lean and can be somewhat gamey depending on what the animal ate. With the steaks and or roast I recommend marinating beforehand just to tame the gaminess if there is any.
Having cut up lots of deer, and quite a few injured ones, I’m thinking, guessing actually, the dude may be using the word lean to express a lack of mass, not necessarily a lack of fat, all venison is low fat intramuscular, the injured deer I’ve cut up had extremely low muscle mass, I think in their injured state a lot of atrophy and catabolism takes place. It’s worth noting that these injured deer have had very little fat at all, visceral or otherwise. I have left nearly a half a deer for the dogs before as the carcass was like skeletor, and the meat that was still there did not look good. There was skeletal evidence of severe trauma that was mostly healed
Definitely get that picture he said he took and go get another opinion on the situation. He might have a valid point about the deer having been hit by a car? But it sounds suspect to me.
Either way I wouldn’t be using his services anymore.
This is this butcher’s first deer 100%
Get that picture. I would honestly not believe him until he provides that, on top of never going back there. I’m still sticking with he’s keeping your steaks lmao
He doesn’t know how deer steak is eaten apparently. One doesn’t grill it, it’s best breaded and fried or cooked low and slow.
Why haven’t you threatened violence yet?
Deer steak like that has to be braised. Low and slow. If you grill it then you have to eat it rare. If that. Apparently there is a disconnect in communication somewhere.