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Spin off: who processes their own deer meat?

Posted on 11/29/14 at 7:57 pm
Posted by gsvar2004
Member since Nov 2007
7951 posts
Posted on 11/29/14 at 7:57 pm
What technique and or equipment do you use and how bout sharing some recipes for bulk or smoked sausage.

I just started this year processing my own kills to ensure we have clean meat and are actually eating the deer I kill. I am probably a little too picky but I cut off everything that's not lean red meat. When I grind there is no white or silver on any of my cuts.

I have processed 2 deer this year so far a decent sized doe and a smaller buck. I mixed both with bacon ends and pieces and made bulk breakfast sausage and got about 40 lbs of that and another 12 or so of unseasoned ground meat.

I have just been using the grinder stuffer attachment for the kitchen aid stand mixer. It works pretty well. What I have been doing is running the meat through on the course setting then again on the fine setting to make sure it's ground up good. I love doing it myself and for the first time my wife and daughter gobble it down without complaining about eating deer

Feel free to share your experience or advice. Thanks.

Posted by Slickback
Deer Stand
Member since Mar 2008
27678 posts
Posted on 11/29/14 at 8:04 pm to
I've never had a single piece of my deer meat handled by anyone else. I don't really have a recipe, just kinda wing it. I don't make sausage often though, mostly just roasts and spaghetti meat. When I do make sausage it's more like breakfast sausage, ground meat.
65/35 deer to pork. Season with normal seasonings, but I will buy breakfast sausage seasoning for my sausage. My grandpa has a small Cabelas grinder I use.
Posted by tenfoe
Member since Jun 2011
6839 posts
Posted on 11/29/14 at 8:22 pm to
I've bought someone else's seasoning, but aside front that I've always done my own. I have my own grinder, stuffer, smoker, vac sealer, etc. I enjoy playing butcher. My family eats over 200lbs of deer each year. I give away close to another 100lbs to folks. Hunting is already expensive. Paying someone to process 6-8 deer each year would just be stupid.
Posted by dat yat
Chef Pass
Member since Jun 2011
4299 posts
Posted on 11/29/14 at 8:37 pm to
I do my own processing most of the time. Cut out the tenderloins and braise rare soon after the kill. The shanks are a delicacy, brown, roast on the bone and eat caveman style. Cut the back straps into steaks or roasts and slice off scapula for shoulder roasts.
The remainder of the forelegs and rump can be used for roasts or ground as desired.
Grind with fat beef for 'ground meat' or with pork for sausage. Sausage spices will depend on what type ( Itlaian, breakfast, green onion, etc) you want. My hand grinder came with a recipe book on sausages. Find a few and follow them using substitutions and creativity as desired.
it isn't hard, just time consuming.
Posted by Da Hammer
Folsom
Member since May 2008
5754 posts
Posted on 11/29/14 at 8:46 pm to
I do my own everything on all my game. Only thing I'm missing is a walk in freezer. I have three sausage recipes but they are a family friends family secret I can't share. However would be happy to make you some. My grinder will make you want to throw away your kitchen aid!

All kidding aside its a lot of fun and anything I can do to help I'll be happy to.
Posted by JasonL79
Member since Jan 2010
6397 posts
Posted on 11/29/14 at 8:53 pm to
I do my own meat.

For deer burgers, I always mix my deer meat meat with brisket or short ribs. I don't like pork in my burgers.

Also do my own sausage.
Posted by sonoma8
Member since Oct 2006
7663 posts
Posted on 11/30/14 at 8:36 am to
I actually started an LLC making my own pork and deer sausage 3 years ago. I ended up dissolving it last year just because of the headache with taxes and shite. I still make it on the side and sell it at work to make alittle extra spending money making pork sausage. I just do the deer sausage for family and close friends because I dont make as much. Mainly use LEM products. I did buy that PVC stuffer thing thats on some websites that uses water to push the meat into the casing. Be careful with that mutha..... you put to much water and BOOOOOMMMM!!! You'll have sausage all over you damn house lol

Mainly make green onion and pepper jack cheese or jalepeno and cheddar sausage. Sometimes i make breakfast sausage and pour some maple syrup in it while its mixing. Turns out pretty good.
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