Question on wild pig meat....update pg 2

I don't see why not. I'm just not a fan of the water bath for my meat.

This ice water bath soak stuff needs to stop. It ruins the meat. Why did this become a thing? I know everyone seems to do it, but it's just unnecessary. Not to mention, you're asking for salmonella and all kinds of bacteria.

I do it for taste. I am not big on venison that has that wild game taste to it. After a soak it's much milder and close to beef to me.

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Not to mention, you're asking for salmonella and all kinds of bacteria.

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If you maintain ice water, not really. If the ice all melts, Yuen you really don’t know what the water temp got too unless you have a thermometer.

My experience with this is not with hunting, but with larger saltwater fish. So I am uncertain if this is why people do this for hogs, or deer or the like. That being said, several things that negatively impact taste, uric acid and urea based contaminants, for instance, are water soluable and a soak will leach those out. That may be true for some of the glandular secretions that sometimes affect tastes, particularly with older male mammals, I am uncertain. Not sure why you would use salt, though, salt reduces the effectiveness of water as a solvent for such things.

I’m a processor and to say any certain size boar is bad is bs. I rarely get or have killed bad boars and I’ve killed them from 10-300 lbs. I have killed 2 ever that stunk where I? wouldn’t mess with them but truth be told if i wanted to take time to clean them they were probably fine. The “bad” hogs i have received were due to bad cleaning practices. Rutting boars stink bad. If their hide comes into contact with their skin while cleaning they meat will smell sour. Their glands at this time are inflamed and also need to be removed. If proper care is taken very rarely will you have a bad hog.

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it’s musky

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I've tried to cook it twice(8 hours prepping /cooking the last time) and both times it came out smelling like piss.
Ill pass on the wild pork from now on.

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You're missing out.

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Lets here a recipe then

Be sure to fry it outside on the porch.

Cook some outside first to be sure it's not rank

It has been my experience some folks cannot smell or taste that boar hog aroma in the cooked meat! If you can like me, I find someone who cannot to give it too or dispose of it. Btw, those who cannot smell it will think you are crazy, but different strokes for different folks.