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Its Walt Disney affect, Bambi. This country has been terrible for not eating venison for ever. Aldi and Lidl are addressing the issue, the venison they sell is Scottish and affordable. I am part of the chain that supplies it.
The laws in Scotland have changed for the worse, no out of season for males, females can be shot in September under license. Not all stalkers use these laws though.
The laws in Scotland have changed for the worse, no out of season for males, females can be shot in September under license. Not all stalkers use these laws though.
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I saw a thread over the weekend, some game dealers have dropped their prices to 46p per kilo
It’s gralloched not gutted
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This is my point, it is almost free!
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It's a regular part of my diet. Our local butcher sells sausages, burgers, steaks etc. I usually roast a haunch at Xmas.Venison liver is excellent too
Personally I much prefer it to beef
At this time of the year and as it gets colder, we see a lot of them, I get them in my garden.
Personally I much prefer it to beef
At this time of the year and as it gets colder, we see a lot of them, I get them in my garden.
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Venison is a much healthier option especially for those with high cholesterol. I lived in South Africa for many years, our freezer was predominantly stocked with venison . If you know how to cook it ,you would never buy the carp red meat in the supermarkets ever again. It’s very low fat, so you need to adjust recipes slightly to accommodate this fact. Whatever dish you make with beef,I gaurentee the venison version will be as good or better. Makes the most sublime lasagna
If you really wanted to it wouldn't be beyond the realms of possibility to round up the dear and process them commercially. Round here some of the herds are heading into the hundreds. Would need to be a few adaptions to the processing lines to deal with the jumping but not impossible.
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I’ve always eaten venison in my adult life (mum was a carp, and basic cook) but unfortunately have lost contact with my wild venison ‘suppliers’ (given up the guns). The farmed stuff has a different taste, but still a lovely bit meat. I’m fortunate that there are a few deer farms around here, and a few good butchers who can cut the meat properly.
I suppose it’s like mutton, which was a regular thing in all our diets. Not as easy to get nowadays, and not because it fell out of favour, but it became unprofitable compared to lamb, so mutton dropped of the market. Nothing like a lovely bit of mutton, slow cooked.
As a parting thought, any venison ‘suppliers’ out there near me?
Unfortunately I can’t do the full preparation ‘from scratch’ anymore more, but I do miss getting the odd haunch of deer, a bag of trout, or a brace of pheasant dropped off to deal with. I suppose I’ve got a bit more squeamish in my old age for that type of thing, not because of Bambi, but just the mess. But at least I alway had the opportunity to cook with good, tasting products. Most people just couldn’t cope with that kind of prep.
I feel an order from ’The Blackface Meet Co’ coming upon me. They do a lovely 5 year old mutton.
I suppose it’s like mutton, which was a regular thing in all our diets. Not as easy to get nowadays, and not because it fell out of favour, but it became unprofitable compared to lamb, so mutton dropped of the market. Nothing like a lovely bit of mutton, slow cooked.
As a parting thought, any venison ‘suppliers’ out there near me?
Unfortunately I can’t do the full preparation ‘from scratch’ anymore more, but I do miss getting the odd haunch of deer, a bag of trout, or a brace of pheasant dropped off to deal with. I suppose I’ve got a bit more squeamish in my old age for that type of thing, not because of Bambi, but just the mess. But at least I alway had the opportunity to cook with good, tasting products. Most people just couldn’t cope with that kind of prep.
I feel an order from ’The Blackface Meet Co’ coming upon me. They do a lovely 5 year old mutton.
buggers round here are so tame you could hunt them with a claw hammer (locals feed them from there hand, im not even exaggerating)..... Its becoming a real issue on the roads round here though, 10 mile commute for me, theres probably 6-7 dead 'uns at the side of the road at the moment, and about the same on the same distance onwards to my folks place. I nearly got a couple last night on the lanes, youve got to be so careful..... last year i got one a glancing blow on its rear quarter, and it scampered off..... @HughF wasnt so lucky, his blow was a little more 'full' than 'glancing' (he might post the dashcam footage if you ask him nicely) and made a real mess of the front of his car.....
Off on a slight tangent there, apologies! Ive eaten deer a few times, always seems pretty decent to me. As others have said, if you can find a decent, cheap way of processing it, you could kill two birds (or in this case deer) with one stone, start to control the numbers somewhat (dont forget these are (mostly) an invasive species), and get the cheap, decent meat onwards to people who will benefit from it. Sadly far too sensible an idea for it to ever be put into practice though....
Off on a slight tangent there, apologies! Ive eaten deer a few times, always seems pretty decent to me. As others have said, if you can find a decent, cheap way of processing it, you could kill two birds (or in this case deer) with one stone, start to control the numbers somewhat (dont forget these are (mostly) an invasive species), and get the cheap, decent meat onwards to people who will benefit from it. Sadly far too sensible an idea for it to ever be put into practice though....
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Freezing should kill most of the parasites, cant remember exactly but I think it was -18 for 3 days?How could you ? Poor Bambi. Especially when his mother died.
But anyway, we have venison fairly often. SWMBO likes to freeze it for a while, but I cant remember why. She is asleep at the moment while supposed to be watching Bake Off, so can't ask.
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Not just the animals!
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I saw some guy dragging a little Bambi out of the main road near my place a few days ago, obviously a car strike, two cars had stopped. It was only a small deer too.
It's a fairly long straight road past Aqualate estate in Shropshire, I don't even recall seeing deer warning signs down there, but I knew they had deer on the estate.
Up the Peak district a few years ago, I was riding my bike about fairly slowly on the Macclesfield-Buxton back road, no traffic about, and a big stag leapt the fence, stopped in the road looking at me... I stopped a distance away and was wondering if I had time to get my phone out to take a pic, but he ran and leapt over the fence on the other side of the road and was gone.
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Sounds like he’s doing a good job on his own
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Friend of mine hit a sheep at high speed back in the early 80's, literally cut it in half, wrote his bike off, him and his pillion in hospital etc. Of course, no compensation system back in those days.
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Part of the problem seems to be it has to go through a game dealer to be sold to the public. lots of deer on the island I'm on, but no game dealer or slaughterhouse so its nearly all shipped to the mainland, or I have heard even buried, which is criminal in my view as its excellent meat, especially minced with some fatty pork.
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There have been motorcycle collisions with deer around here, mostly from stupid riders that don't
take it slow near dusk.
And as expected, the outcome is not good.
I had qty (2) Ninja bikes tailgating me one night, I'm driving under the speed limit in an area
where I have hit a few, and dodged about 30 deer.
They didn't like how slow i was going, but they understood the situation, that they were caught out late.
They figured they could hide behind me for protection. I slowed down even more, but they would not pass.
And after a mile of their tailgating, I pulled over off onto the berm and made them pass me.
Why make them pass?
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I have to say I find venison overrated. I think it's a bit of an acquired taste and even if it was sold cheaply in Tesco I don't think people would eat it like they eat chicken or pork.
