The wild gamey taste comes from the way it is handled when it is killed. I don't know what or how my husband does it - but it never tastes or smells gamey or wild. He says the trick is handling the meat in the field. I know when my brother in law used to kill a deer and then give us some meat, I couldn't cook it because it smelled so bad - of course, I could never eat it either. Whatever my husband does to the meat, it is really good.

You can have some ground into hamburger - but you will need to add a little pork fat (about 5-10%). We do that and then we never have to buy hamburger. You just use it in anything that you would use hamburger in. Also, you can have it made into summer sausage. We take it to someone who makes the summer sausage sticks. It is REALLY good.

A good recipe for the backstrap (you'll have to ask your husband what that is) is to cut it into 1 inch pieces (it will be sorta round) and then put a little jalapeno pepper and onion inside and roll it around the pepper/onion. Then wrap it all in a piece of bacon, secure with a toothpick and cook on the grill or under the broiler. Oh man, that is really GOOD!

We will chicken fry the steaks - just pound them with a meat tenderizer and coat with egg/milk and flour and fry in the skillet.

That's really all we ever do with venison - make summer sausage, bacon wrapped tenderloin, chicken fry, and then use the ground venison in whatever recipe we would use hamburger.

hahaha yeah darn thread started making my taste buds water...LOL Its not that i WANT it i NEED it! hehehe:eyetearss

I had an ex boyfriend, avid hunter his whole life, and he got one of those large red coolers, and soaked the meat in lots of vinegar and water, for about a week. He would empty and refill every 2 days. LOTS OF VINEGAR! He said it broke down something, and made it more tender. His was very good. My aunt made it one time, and I had to spit it out, YUCK!

I DO NOT eat it anymore. I also dont eat pork;)

Anyways, Hope this helps!

Last year I made the best venison I have ever had. This isnt for those watching their diets though, lol. I cut the tenderloin into medalions, and I coated them in seasoned flour. I then fried them in butter (real butter, I don't use margarine) along with sliced onions. It was SO good!! I never liked venison growing up. This was so delicious my kids wanted seconds even!!