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Venison Dry Aging Experiments

Using my secondary refrigerator that I cure meats in, I experimented with dry aging venison quite a bit this Winter. I’m running this refrigerator at 40 degrees with 60-70% humidity, a bowl of salt water and a clip on fan … Continue reading

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New Year’s Eve Carnivations

After 100 days of curing, we decided that NYE was the perfect excuse to cut into this Lardo (cured fatback). It came out excellent and we will use pieces of it in our New Year’s Day peas & greens, which … Continue reading

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Roast Saddle of Venison

The saddle roast is a cut of historical renown.  In the PBS series Downton Abbey, when Lord Grantham’s meddling sister writes him a letter, his wife Cora, The Countess of Grantham, scoffs that she is probably just looking for a … Continue reading

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Venison Bresaola

Charcuterie is a really interesting thing. Most of the time with meat, you think in terms of days. Cooked or uncooked, you have anywhere from 3 to possibly 10 days worth of meat before it becomes inedible. Through ancient and … Continue reading

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Carnivore News: Monday 4-29

Anthony Bourdain and Texas Monthly editor Daniel Vaughn talk BBQ.   Readers respond to Intelligent Travel’s Best BBQ Joints in America.  California activists demand ban on use of lead bullets for hunting.  NYT:  When one man’s game is also a marauding pest. (Wild hogs).  … Continue reading

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Mountain Lion Recipes

Photo by Aaron Rossenblat, Rapid City Journal   As Mountain Lion populations continue to expand, so do the hunting opportunities, with more states introducing lion hunting  and other states increasing the amount of tags. Nebraska is the latest state to … Continue reading

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The Times They Are A Changin’

There was time when if you wanted to know how to cook wild game you went to your father or grandfather. That’s changing. Our view of food is changing. With a little help from the internet and a few pioneers, … Continue reading

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