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https://meat.tamu.edu/ansc-307-honors/meat-color/
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https://steakschool.com/learn/red-liquid-steak-plate-not-blood/
https://genuineideas.com/ArticlesIndex/srameatmyoglobin.html
https://extension.umn.edu/preserving-and-preparing/cooking-venison-flavor-and-safety
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Cooking Game Meat | Should I Soak it? | You’ll Be SURPRISED!
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Thanks for watching! Do you soak your game meat? Will you try the method described on this video?
Ive noticed alot of old timey outdoor advice like soaking meat is total bs. And alot people have no idea how to cook
It also has a lot to do with how you handle the meat after the animal drops … skin, gut and cool quickly. I trim as much fat off of deer as I can… up here in Saskatchewan, the deer are nice and fatty because they're constantly eating grain crops. I find deer fat waxy and makes a film on my mouth and lips and it grosses me out so I cut every ounce of deer fat off I can. Our moose up here are… the opposite …they're very lean.
I've lived off wild game all my life and still don't know what people are talking about "gamey?"
You might want to try before cooking 20 min in sprite or your fav soda . 👍😊 it help tenderize your meat 🥩. BBQ pit boys put that tip out and I smoked the venison wrapped in bacon and it melted in the mouth like butter.😊
Most gamey taste is in your head.
Duck is just nasty and dry aged deer is rotten
I've been cooking for some 60 years and never heard of soaking game meat until this video. Sounds like a disgusting thing to do. If people don't like the so-called ''gamey'' taste go eat tofu instead 😁
This is how i done it last year. With my first buck had a bunch of delicious roast
Excellent information
I, too, was always told to soak it in salt water, while growing up.
I've heard of vinegar too….
Hanging and aging meat for 3 or 4 days….
I might marinate meat (soaking)…
Most important to me is to cut out fat…. if you don't like the taste of the meat. Blood doesn't bother me. I'd think the more blood, the more iron in the meat.
Iron is good for you….
Some of that gamey flavor comes from contaminated meat (musk glands), and some of the tallow fat.
Some of the worst tasting meat came from that contaminated from fat and that "silver" fat and that waxy tallow fat.
But in general to me, deer taste like deer, squirrel like squirrel, cow taste like cow, etc….
I've had venison from deer that were chased hard, and the meat tasted just fine! Younger deer taste better than really old deer… but if you handle the meat properly and cook it properly, it tastes great!
Stewing meat is a great idea for any wild or domestic game meat.
What they eat can have an effect in how it tastes…. I had some duck and goose once….. it tasted like the meat was soaking in an aquarium somewhere.
Obvious the birds had eaten a lot of aquatic type of food, somewhere! I've had better water fowl!
This is a great video! Thank you!
If you can hang your game for 10 days before you cut it up in Temperatures 32°to 40° to age it. The meat will turn out awesome. Good luck hunting this season.
Dont shoot deer in rut will not work with what ur saying sorry dude
I haven't found anything better than beef, pork, chicken 😮 as far as wild game i like young females the best 😋 😮
Thank you Brother way cool advice 😁👍💯🇺🇲
100 percent truth. thank you for your honesty
Good video, especially since you explain that the red liquid is not blood. If there is blood in the meat, then something is wrong. That part of the animal must have been wounded. Personally, I only marinate my venison if the recipe calls for it. If someone wants it to taste like beef, then maybe they should just buy beef.
Deer meat is supposed to taste like deer meat. Some animals taste more like beef because they are eating the same food that beef cattle eat. What they eat has a big impact on flavor. As you mentioned, adrenaline also changes the taste. I'd had deer from the Adirondacks and it has a completely different taste (still excellent) than deer in western NY where there are more corn and alfalfa fields and apple orchards. Salt, pepper, and garlic is all that's needed. 🙂 And never, ever overcook it! Med-rare is about the most you want. Rare is best (if it's not a very old deer…. then you would have mostly stew meat and burger).
Only had to watch half this video and knew that you were spot on!! Thank you so much. Wild game is supposed to taste like wild game. I love it done med rare 😌!nothing better!
Sorry, I disagree with this. Properly cleaned its great table fare.
I always marinate game meat for days. Sometimes up to 2 weeks. It leaves enough gaminess that it doesn't overpower everything else. Also, i use the marinate as sauce, after glacing it.
First, FIRST..make your shot count. Dispatch your game with the best shot so it doesn't run far. Lactic acid. Field dressing is important. ( These are my methods which don't make my game meat taste " gamey" and don't have to soak it. Only soak up the juices at the bottom of the plate.
I'm not giving you a hard time by any means but aren't you just covering up that wild taste?
Thin sliced back straps fryed. No soaking. Very little salt, so you still taste the meat.
I never soak my venison. Deer only eat grass and nuts (maybe) like cattle, and I don’t soak my New York strip in water or saltwater. Venison (to me) is not a gamy tasting meat. It is no more gamy tasting meat than bovine meat. Thaw it out, season it (to taste) and then throw it on the stove or a grill. When it comes to duck, I tried that once, and, unless it was just cocked up, that was the gamiest crappy thing that I have ever tried to eat. I did not care for duck meat at all. So when preparing duck meat, maybe an ice bath for a day or two would not be a bad thing. Either that or whomever served me my duck just fed me a really bad, rotten duck. It was awful.
How you handle game afterthe kill is the most important thing. Get it gutted asap then if possible let it hang for up to 10 days with the hide on. Just 24 hours makes a big difference. Try making a neck shot as well, they usually bleed out on the spot and very little meat is wasted. Been doing g it this way for 43 years. I was taught to quarter asap and put on ice but a close friend changed my mind d forever.. justmytwo cents. Happy hunting!
All good info. Wish you had said something about aging meat, whether necessary for tenderizing, or advisable at all.
Agree 100% – I would also add that when you thaw game meat and then unpackage it, it is not necessary to “wash” the meat under sink water. Simply pat dry the meat with paper towels. At no time does my meat get washed with water. I even go as far as not to rinse my deer out with a hose which I see often.
I love grass fed grass finish beef but it’s gone up in price.
…lol…
Now I’m eating grain fed store bought meat and I feel different. It’s not half as good as the grass fed beef. I guess I’ll quit soaking my meat in milk. It did turn grey. ..lol.. 😂
I wanna get me a moose. I miss moose meat. The sweetest meat there is.
i rinse game meat. i don't soak, but sometimes there is big globs of coagulated blood in arteries or especially by bullet wounds. i will soak organs, especially hearts in just plain water for a bit, and i'll also soak carcasses and feet for stock, though that isn't as important i find, because almost all the nasties get strained or skimmed from the stock before you store it anyway. soaking anything for long periods of time or with salt or vinegar is crazy to me though, unless you're doing buttermilk for a deep fry
why do you skin your breasts??
I don't understand what gamey is. Deer taste like deer and elk taste like elk. I love game meat because of the taste.
I don't really like fish because it tastes fishy.
If you want a steak eat a steak. Don't cook an elk steak and expect it to taste like beef.
Mannn I soak my chicken out of the grocery store a better taste to me
When I make deer curry like my mom used to all I do is wash it slightly then season with garam masala, turmeric powder, salt and pepper, garlic powder and chili powder. Put it in the fridge over night. Cook it the next day by cutting into medium sized cubes. Fry up a medium bowl full of chopped onions mustard seeds, cumin seeds ( 1 teaspoons each) in a large sauce pan in sunflower oil or oil of your choice until brown. Add to the onions once brown, 2 teaspoons garam masala, 1 heaping teaspoon garlic paste and 1 tablespoon tomato paste. Add to the above, all the pieces of meat mix it up good with the concoction of above fried ingredients. Now let the meat cook in that concoction for 10 minutes, covered and stirring once in a while on medium heat. After ten minutes add about half cup water and keep cooking for another 20 minutes. Then garnish with fresh cut up coriander leaves. You can add potatoes at this point if it’s beef or chicken curry, but with deer I like it without potatoes. Cook up some basmati rice, and heat up some Nan bread or paratha to go with it. That’s it! 😅
Great video ! Fact based , great info
"How do I get rid of the "gamey" taste?"
Go buy your meat at the store, dork.
YES! You are correct. I find this info out through trial and error. I haven't soaked my meat in ANYTHING for years now. And I just use a little salt and pepper.
Great video 👍
Thanks for sharing that information
what can be done about boar taint?
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ILL BE THE GUY TO TYPE IN ALL CAPS
GREAT VIDEO!
Too bad this guy can't see to get to the point. Don't need your life story just some info. Nobody's got time for this jibber jabber. NO info of any value here, just alot of bragging about himself. Don't bother watching.
This guy seems like he stores small children in deep freezers
Up here in Canada. Never heard anybody. Soaking their meat. Yuk
I personally like the game taste
start 5:57 (almost like those "let me tell you how to get rich videos where I don't tell you anything until you sign up to my seminar"
I dont understand how people eat game meat and want to get rid of the game taste; eat beef if you dont like game.
God bless, I have been spending ages trying to find that tenderizer since I saw a Japanese chef use that exact same one.