Big fat butchering

[footfootfoot]

Originally Posted by orthodoc

Does a buck taste different than a doe? Hormones and all that? Just wondering.

I wonder too. I've been told no difference. We''ll see.

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

If you had 3 or 4 more to cut up, would you be concerned with the other stuff like sinew and bones?

No. Not unless they were simply gotten.

Originally Posted by Griff

If you decided to make just hamburger, stew meat, jerky strips, etc... you could get through the carcass a lot less time. Dad and I made nothing but Speidie cubes one time and got through it pretty fast. I understand the desire to do it "right" though.

Definitely burger and sausage for any additional deer. and stew meat. Speidie cubes, I hadn't thought of, but That's a great idea.

Originally Posted by orthodoc

Leaving as much as possible in bigger chunks (like roasts and chops) would lessen the opportunity for bacterial contamination before freezing or otherwise storing the meat. But a 13-hour day is daunting.
What are Speidie cubes?

Roasts, yes, less work, fewer bacteria. (Two bacteria walk into a bar and the bartender says, "We don't serve bacteria here." The bacteria reply, "It's OK, we're staph." I'll be here all week folks, try the venison kebabs.)

[orthodoc]

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

Roasts, yes, less work, fewer bacteria. (Two bacteria walk into a bar and the bartender says, "We don't serve bacteria here." The bacteria reply, "It's OK, we're staph." I'll be here all week folks, try the venison kebabs.)

Two things:
1. You said fewer (not less)!! You have no idea how hot that makes you.
2. I'm stealing that joke.

[orthodoc]

Thanks Griff, I haven't run into it before.

[Griff]

Originally Posted by orthodoc

Thanks Griff, I haven't run into it before.

My favorite:

http://www.spiedieandribpit.com/

Some recipes:

http://www.pressconnects.com/article...piedie-recipes

[footfootfoot]

Who knew reading the thesaurus would pay off so well?

[footfootfoot]

Griff,
When you butcher how much scrap do you end up with? I had most of a five gallon pail. A lot of silverskin and fascia. I wondered if I was being too fussy. I gave it to a friend with a couple of big dogs but I wonder now if it could have been finely ground for sausage? Also how much meat do you scrape off the bones? I've seen some youtube types who show clean bones like they've been gone over with dermestid beetles.

I tasted some yummy leg meat tournedos tonight marinated in olive oil and Old Bay and some Balsamic vinegar. lightly cooked to 140 very tender, no stinky boy game taste. Bucks are not Billy goats.

[orthodoc]

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

I tasted some yummy leg meat tournedos tonight marinated in olive oil and Old Bay and some Balsamic vinegar. lightly cooked to 140 very tender, no stinky boy game taste. Bucks are not Billy goats.

Nice to know! (Yeah, I'll be out there bagging my buck tomorrow ... but a girl can dream, can't she?) The tournedos sound like they were to die for. Love the olive oil and balsamic.

[Griff]

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

Griff,
When you butcher how much scrap do you end up with? I had most of a five gallon pail. A lot of silverskin and fascia. I wondered if I was being too fussy. I gave it to a friend with a couple of big dogs but I wonder now if it could have been finely ground for sausage? Also how much meat do you scrape off the bones? I've seen some youtube types who show clean bones like they've been gone over with dermestid beetles.

I tasted some yummy leg meat tournedos tonight marinated in olive oil and Old Bay and some Balsamic vinegar. lightly cooked to 140 very tender, no stinky boy game taste. Bucks are not Billy goats.

I haven't done a lot of big carcass butchering, but for marinating meat you can use more of that stuff than you'd want showing up in a steak. We had a professional butcher neighbor who did basement butchering when I was a kid. I wish I'd have paid more attention...

[footfootfoot]

Even my son the picky eater loves them.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Dear Deer...

[ZenGum]

I wanted to do a clone thread, Big Fat Butch Ring, but I wanted an image and I was too afraid to google search that phrase.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by ZenGum

I wanted to do a clone thread, Big Fat Butch Ring, but I wanted an image and I was too afraid to google search that phrase.

Coward.
First it says, "Did you mean: Big Fat Bitch Ring"
But hitting the "images" button give an amazing variety of pictures.

[Big Sarge]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Coward.
First it says, "Did you mean: Big Fat Bitch Ring"
But hitting the "images" button give an amazing variety of pictures.

My eyes! My eyes! How will I ever get those images out of my head???

[footfootfoot]

amazing variety- I'll have to remember that.

[Sundae]

Butch Dixon. Yum.