Culinary Thread

[Montegriffo]

Monte, can you buy venison at regular grocery stores in the UK? In my area you can't for the most part, though I think local butchers sell them sometimes. I have tried venison before, and to me it tasted like a lean beef. Some folks say it tastes gamey, but I didn't experience much of that flavor. I would like to try venison sausage.

You have to go to specialist game butchers to get it and often you get farmed red deer not really wild venison.
The best way to get the invasive species (Chinese water deer and muntjak) is to go straight to the guys shooting them. They get paid as pest control so the meat is a handy perk for them.
The last two deer I've had were both brought down by dogs. Lurchers will chase anything and are as fast as greyhounds.

Venison is too lean for sausages on its own. You have to add pork fat.
Nice with fruit such as redcurrant or apricot.

[C-Mag]

Monte, can you buy venison at regular grocery stores in the UK? In my area you can't for the most part, though I think local butchers sell them sometimes. I have tried venison before, and to me it tasted like a lean beef. Some folks say it tastes gamey, but I didn't experience much of that flavor. I would like to try venison sausage.

My unsolicitated two cents.

Go through a hunters ed course in your local area, start to meet hunters, get into the culture, you'll get more game meat for free than you know what to do with.

[Montegriffo]

Monte, can you buy venison at regular grocery stores in the UK? In my area you can't for the most part, though I think local butchers sell them sometimes. I have tried venison before, and to me it tasted like a lean beef. Some folks say it tastes gamey, but I didn't experience much of that flavor. I would like to try venison sausage.

My unsolicitated two cents.

Go through a hunters ed course in your local area, start to meet hunters, get into the culture, you'll get more game meat for free than you know what to do with.

What's next from your animal Carlus? I made a beef and guiness stew with sage and parsley dumplings for the film crew today. Used chuck steak which has a flakey texture and loads of flavour. Also slow cooked a couple of briskets for 6 hours for use later in the week. The cheaper cuts have better flavour than all the prime cuts IMO, you just have to have the patience to cook them for long enough.

[C-Mag]

What's next from your animal Carlus? I made a beef and guiness stew with sage and parsley dumplings for the film crew today. Used chuck steak which has a flakey texture and loads of flavour. Also slow cooked a couple of briskets for 6 hours for use later in the week. The cheaper cuts have better flavour than all the prime cuts IMO, you just have to have the patience to cook them for long enough.

I have a couple briskets out of the animal. I was thinking of corning one. What do you recommend for a brisket ?

[Montegriffo]

What's next from your animal Carlus? I made a beef and guiness stew with sage and parsley dumplings for the film crew today. Used chuck steak which has a flakey texture and loads of flavour. Also slow cooked a couple of briskets for 6 hours for use later in the week. The cheaper cuts have better flavour than all the prime cuts IMO, you just have to have the patience to cook them for long enough.

I have a couple briskets out of the animal. I was thinking of corning one. What do you recommend for a brisket ?

I don't add a lot to it.
Onions, leek, carrot and celery in the bottom of a deep roasting tray, put the seasoned brisket on top, pour an inch or two of water in the bottom , cover it up with foil or a well fitting lid and cook in a low oven for about 6 hours. Take the brisket out to rest while you reduce the cooking liquor on the stove till there's only about a third left. Use the stock to make gravy and serve the brisket sliced thin.
Thyme, parsley, rosemary or bayleaf would all work well with brisket.

[heydaralon]

Monte, I always ate Chuck with vegetables in a pot roast. Good cut of beef, but I never just cooked it in a pan. I tried that the other day and it was amazing. The meat is so rich it was falling apart.

Never cooked a brisket, but BBQ restaurants around here always use it to make a great sandwich. Really juicy cut of meat as well.

[heydaralon]

Monte, can you buy venison at regular grocery stores in the UK? In my area you can't for the most part, though I think local butchers sell them sometimes. I have tried venison before, and to me it tasted like a lean beef. Some folks say it tastes gamey, but I didn't experience much of that flavor. I would like to try venison sausage.

My unsolicitated two cents.

Go through a hunters ed course in your local area, start to meet hunters, get into the culture, you'll get more game meat for free than you know what to do with.

I don't have any weapons or skinning skills. At the moment I would be viewed as an interloper.

[heydaralon]

I'm currently on a fast atm. I drank a half pot of coffee (HEB brand, [sucks]), and ate a ramen noodle. That was pretty much my breakfast around noon then I got called in to do an upgrade for a customer. Celebrate job well done with beer. That's about all youtube.

why are you fasting? Aren't you trying to gain muscle?

[TheReal_ND]

I'm currently on a fast atm. I drank a half pot of coffee (HEB brand, [sucks]), and ate a ramen noodle. That was pretty much my breakfast around noon then I got called in to do an upgrade for a customer. Celebrate job well done with beer. That's about all youtube.

why are you fasting? Aren't you trying to gain muscle?

I need to decalcify my pineal gland. I've decided I'm a low level pyscher.

[heydaralon]

just boil your water to get the fluoride out of it. That's what I do. I use baking soda instead of toothpaste for this same reason.