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Community => Butchering, Cooking, Recipes => Topic started by: wheels on December 14, 2016, 06:39:59 PM

Title: use deer/elk fat
Post by: wheels on December 14, 2016, 06:39:59 PM: was watching youtube mentioned using deer fat for sausage i was under impression no good but in sure there were food plot/farm whitetale
Title: Re: use deer/elk fat
Post by: Bullkllr on December 14, 2016, 08:34:42 PM: I don't make my own sausage, but I'm not shy at all about what goes in the grinder for burger. I throw it in fat and all. My family has never complained.
Title: Re: use deer/elk fat
Post by: MtnMuley on December 14, 2016, 09:20:12 PM: I meticulously trim all fat of any wild game I make into burger/sausage. No way would I recommend adding wild game fat. :twocents:
Title: Re: use deer/elk fat
Post by: huntnnw on December 14, 2016, 10:00:06 PM: elk and deer fat are in no way a good idea in meat! it should always be trimmed it is nothing like adding beef or pork fat. This is what causes gamey tasting meat along with silver skin
Title: Re: use deer/elk fat
Post by: Special T on December 14, 2016, 10:02:52 PM: Always sticks to the roof of my mouth... wife uses it to make soap.
Title: Re: use deer/elk fat
Post by: Bullkllr on December 14, 2016, 10:07:15 PM: Clearly, conventional wisdom is to trim as much fat as possible. I've done mostly that, but having tried leaving some fat in, I don't think it's as cut & dry as what many believe.

Interesting article on it here: http://honest-food.net/2014/10/13/cooking-deer-fat/ (http://honest-food.net/2014/10/13/cooking-deer-fat/)
Title: Re: use deer/elk fat
Post by: Sitka_Blacktail on December 14, 2016, 10:45:13 PM: Alaskan deer have the nicest, whitest, thickest fat around in Oct. I used to always add it to my burger with no "wild" taste. After the rut, I'd trim it pretty good and use bacon when grinding burger.