Olly's in a tree stand! Keep me company

[JGUN]

How long do you age cream cheese???

[Olly]

Just read the last few pages here. Great job Olly you deer huntin stud you

Oh sush you're gonna make me blush.

[capt1972]

How long do you age cream cheese???

closest I could come to a cream cheese smiley

[Ajverret]

I skin my deer and quarter them up and keep them on ice for a few days maybe a week i drain the water out everyday and keep puttin new ice it gets most of the blood out and a lot of the gamey taste out as well

[Eric Haynes]

Congrats on the tablefare Olly.
BTW, for those that age your game, freezing or allowing to freeze stops the aging process. If it is going to freeze you might as well cut it up now.
In most cases, aging is a waste of time. I'm sure alot of those that age will argue with that. The indians used to age with hide on and, when the hide started to slip, they pulled the skin off no tools or knives used.
Had a friend that worked at the Oregon State prison camp years ago(he was a so called Native American). It was part of his job to pick up and process road killed deer to feed the prisoners. He only used a knife or flat metal bar around the rump and neck and skin everything else, except initial incisions, with his bare hands.
They can't feed it to prisoners anymore because some prisoner sued under the pretense it was cruel and unusual punishment to serve meat (not inspected by USDA first) to prisoners. I guess the rest of us have been treating ourselves cruel and unusually for years.

While I disagree on the aging while frozen doesn't do anything, the skinning part is correct. Knife is only needed for a few parts as the skin pretty much falls off.

[assateague]

I skin my deer and quarter them up and keep them on ice for a few days maybe a week i drain the water out everyday and keep puttin new ice it gets most of the blood out and a lot of the gamey taste out as well

That's what I do with the deer I shoot on damage tags in the summer when it's too hot to hang. Works great. Just gotta get past the "gray"

[Eric Haynes]

I skin my deer and quarter them up and keep them on ice for a few days maybe a week i drain the water out everyday and keep puttin new ice it gets most of the blood out and a lot of the gamey taste out as well

That's what I do with the deer I shoot on damage tags in the summer when it's too hot to hang. Works great. Just gotta get past the "gray"

Do you can any of your venison? I love canned venison and goose...just hard to make it last all year with the way I eat.

[assateague]

Thanks for reminding me! I never have, and every year I say I'm going to. I worked with a guy in MN, who came down from Alaska to work for the winters (says a lot about Alaska in the winter ), and he ate canned moose or canned deer for lunch every day. That stuff was delicious. Tender as a well-cooked pot roast.

[Eric Haynes]

Thanks for reminding me! I never have, and every year I say I'm going to. I worked with a guy in MN, who came down from Alaska to work for the winters (says a lot about Alaska in the winter ), and he ate canned moose or canned deer for lunch every day. That stuff was delicious. Tender as a well-cooked pot roast.

Indeed it is, and it's pretty versatile. I like to cook ramen noodles then fry them up with canned goose or venison. Then take the stock from the canned meat and make gravy with it and poor it over it all. Takes about 5 minutes from start to finish and it is delicious.

[assateague]

If you wouldn't mind, shoot me a pm with your method, when you get a chance. I've got a pressure cooker with nothing to do all winter. It thinks it's on vacation since the vegetables are done.

[Goldfish]

Indeed it is, and it's pretty versatile. I like to cook ramen noodles then fry them up with canned goose or venison. Then take the stock from the canned meat and make gravy with it and poor it over it all. Takes about 5 minutes from start to finish and it is delicious.

That's my man meal! Crack open a beer to wash it down with!

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[Eric Haynes]

Indeed it is, and it's pretty versatile. I like to cook ramen noodles then fry them up with canned goose or venison. Then take the stock from the canned meat and make gravy with it and poor it over it all. Takes about 5 minutes from start to finish and it is delicious.

That's my man meal! Crack open a beer to wash it down with!

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I usually prime the throat with a few cold ones before also

[JGUN]

We make venison stew and can it. Venison, peas, carrots, potatoes and brown gravy mix. Good stuff either plain or put it in a pie plate and crust for venison pot pie. Never thought about canning goose, that's a good idea.

[Eric Haynes]

I prefer canned goose over venison. Meat seems to fall apart better and no tendon to deal with.

[capt1972]

I prefer canned goose over venison. Meat seems to fall apart better and no tendon to deal with.

Could you post the step by step process? I would love to can up a pile of goose meat!

[Bulldog0156]

Definitely interested in this meat canning process as well

[JGUN]

Just a tip, Brown the meat before you can it. Otherwise is looks pink and raw even though its not.

[assateague]

It's pretty easy to can just about anything, but you will need a pressure canner (about $50 at Walmart). This will be my first try at canning meat, but after talking to Eric and doing a little research, it actually looks easier than canning vegetables. Just meat chunks, boullion cube, and 75 minutes at 10 pounds in the canner.

Eric, do you double stack the pint jars in your canner? That's a lot of pints, and since I always do quarts (for vegetables), I've never tried double stacking. If so, do you put anything in between the layers?

[Eric Haynes]

It's pretty easy to can just about anything, but you will need a pressure canner (about $50 at Walmart). This will be my first try at canning meat, but after talking to Eric and doing a little research, it actually looks easier than canning vegetables. Just meat chunks, boullion cube, and 75 minutes at 10 pounds in the canner.

Eric, do you double stack the pint jars in your canner? That's a lot of pints, and since I always do quarts (for vegetables), I've never tried double stacking. If so, do you put anything in between the layers?

Yes sir, I double stack. Nothing in between the layers. As I said, you can use quarts, but that's a lot of meat at once. I can pack almost a whole goose into one jar. Usually ends up being 7 jars for every 6 geese. If anyone wants to try it, my same offer to Assateague stands, I will mail you a couple jars to try. I've got TONS.

I've seen the browning thing, it's only for looks IMO and it's a pain in the ass when you are canning 30 geese at a time.

[Eric Haynes]

Also, I don't know the exact size of the pressure cooker, but it holds 17 pint size jars. 8 on bottom and 9 on top

[assateague]

Dammit, I just checked, and I can't double stack. I think mine is the 16 quart. Oh well, just more time spent. I've said for the last three years that I'm going to get another one, because it really is a time consuming process waiting for that bastard to cool down so you can set up another run.

[Eric Haynes]

Dammit, I just checked, and I can't double stack. I think mine is the 16 quart. Oh well, just more time spent. I've said for the last three years that I'm going to get another one, because it really is a time consuming process waiting for that bastard to cool down so you can set up another run.

Is there a reason you can't double stack? Height?

Now that I am thinking of it, I think the one I use is a 15 quart or maybe a 16...maybe not but I'm thinking so.

[Bufflehead]

canned moose meat is probably the best wild game meat i have ever had. i love the stuff

[assateague]

Dammit, I just checked, and I can't double stack. I think mine is the 16 quart. Oh well, just more time spent. I've said for the last three years that I'm going to get another one, because it really is a time consuming process waiting for that bastard to cool down so you can set up another run.

Is there a reason you can't double stack? Height?

Now that I am thinking of it, I think the one I use is a 15 quart or maybe a 16...maybe not but I'm thinking so.

Yep, not tall enough. The second pint is about 3 inches too tall when stacked, at least. Oh well. I may do quarts, since the whole family eats deer like it's going out of style. This would be more for meals than for me to take anywhere as a one-man snack or meal. Just finished cutting up the deer I shot this weekend (finally got cold enough to let it hang for a few days around here, and it starts to rain for the first time in weeks- oh well) and cubed everything but the backstraps. Very anxious to do this.

[assateague]

canned moose meat is probably the best wild game meat i have ever had. i love the stuff

I agree with this 100%.

[3legged_lab]

Come on. Seriously? Nobody? Fine I'll do it.

"I could use a few more cans of that potted meat, Mmm Hmmm."

[Eric Haynes]

Dammit, I just checked, and I can't double stack. I think mine is the 16 quart. Oh well, just more time spent. I've said for the last three years that I'm going to get another one, because it really is a time consuming process waiting for that bastard to cool down so you can set up another run.

Is there a reason you can't double stack? Height?

Now that I am thinking of it, I think the one I use is a 15 quart or maybe a 16...maybe not but I'm thinking so.

Yep, not tall enough. The second pint is about 3 inches too tall when stacked, at least. Oh well. I may do quarts, since the whole family eats deer like it's going out of style. This would be more for meals than for me to take anywhere as a one-man snack or meal. Just finished cutting up the deer I shot this weekend (finally got cold enough to let it hang for a few days around here, and it starts to rain for the first time in weeks- oh well) and cubed everything but the backstraps. Very anxious to do this.

A friend tells me a pint makes a big meal for him and his wife. I can eat almost 2 pints to myself if I'm hungry, so a quart would be a good family meal. I'm telling you though. Open a jar when you are hungry and try a few bites right out of the can. I end up eating the whole thing without warming it.

[JGUN]

Look at all the deer I killed today.

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[assateague]

[Goldfish]

Lol. I was going to post a picture yesterday saying "hey doc, I got 2x the birds you did" and post a picture of ice

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