Odd deer recipes

[redkneck]

Since this room has been kinda dead, I was wondering who cooks "parts" off the beaten path? Any recipes for hear, liver, ribs, etc? I rarely venture into that, but I do like a little beef liver from time to time, tried deer liver a time or two that wasn't bad at all, though when I tried to cook it, it wasn't quite so good. My buddy can do some delicious stuff with hearts.

Anybody save those parts that most throw away?

[okiedog]

Can't say that I do. I pretty much stick to the basics.

[gzilla45]

I can't say I've tried anything outside of deer heart. Now that the "old" guys aren't at hunting camp anymore it's not something we really do. I remember my grandpa boiling the heart for quite a while and then pan frying it in butter with onions. It was actually pretty good and tastes just like beef roast from what I remember.

Maybe next year I'll try to bring this tradition back.

[redkneck]

Personally I love those old traditions, not things I do but once in a blue moon, but try to explain to my kids how things used to be really valued. I can remember taking a spoon as a kid and cracking open squirrel heads and digging the brains out for my grandfather. People scoff at those things nowadays, but with a scarcity of deer and hard times, everything was put to use after it was killed.

[Dawg]

Never have cooked any other parts. However this year I did keep the ribs off of the mule deer I shot. Gonna season them up and put em in the oven. Thought about the smoker or grill but figured they would dry out that way.

[redkneck]

Rare that I would cook ribs, most of them just arent big enough to fool with. Ken posted some nice pics of ribs a while back, but I believe he left the backstrap in place and cooked the ribs with them still together.

[HUNTINGMAN]

Not enough meat on the ribs and I'm not eating any kind of organs.

[woolybear]

Seen a few venison recipes I'd be hesitant to try in a cookbook I recently got.

some of the not so appatizing titles:

-Venison marrow on toast

-Venison mouffle with brown butter sauce= basically deer lips or jawls

-Creamed venison brains in potatoe shells

-Venison tongue salad sandwich

-Venison kidneys in burgundy wine

Think I'd just skip dinner, go with a nice cold beverage and call it a night.:tooth: Unless of course my drink was homebrew venison juices.:nono:

[gzilla45]

I always hear about how good marrow is but have never tried it. The other night I cooked up some venison steaks that still had bone it it and actually thought about eating it. I just might put it on toast the next time I have some available.

[redkneck]

Well as i sit on the stand reading this i wondered if anyone ate heart or ribs or liver. Didnt reall expect marrow recipes lol

[RangerClay]

My mom used to pickle deer heart. It was very good.

I shot a big doe so I cut out some ribs. I take the cordless sawzall and it makes for short work cutting them out.

Edited December 6, 2010 by RangerClay

[dbHunterNY]

Aside from the usually parts, I save the heart. That's about it. The only other thing I've known people eating is the tongue and liver, which I don't care for.