Deer are douchebag assholes

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by squirell nutkin

I've eaten plenty of deer, prepared by all manner of chefs, and I have come to the conclusion that if it were any good there'd be feedlots stretching across Iowa filled with deer waiting to be slaughtered.

Or, they'd have been hunted to extinction a century ago.

Lancaster County, PA... corn fed and tasty, even marbled in some cases. The rest of the state, not so much.

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by squirell nutkin

I've eaten plenty of deer, prepared by all manner of chefs, and I have come to the conclusion that if it were any good there'd be feedlots stretching across Iowa filled with deer waiting to be slaughtered.

Or, they'd have been hunted to extinction a century ago.

They very nearly were. There are many, many times more deer today than there were a century ago. (BTW, the reason you don't see deer in huge feedlots like cattle is because they're 'cute'.)

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Lancaster County, PA... corn fed and tasty, even marbled in some cases. The rest of the state, not so much.

I've never seen 'marbled' venison (even from "farm-raised" deer). I think deer do not make 'fat' like beef. It's called tallow (like they make candles from, sorta) and makes ANY venison taste like absolute shit. Even the tiniest bit will make a good-sized steak taste off. Venison cooked w/tallow still on the cut of meat has turned off more people from venison than anything else. (That, and over-cooking.)

[glatt]

When my wife and I visited New Zealand a little over a decade ago, the sheep fields stretched as far as the eye could see, but every once in awhile, you would come across a field with a really tall fence and a herd of deer grazing. You could buy venison there in the stores, and it was on the menu in many restaurants.

[SamIam]

I like elk much better than venison. They have a big old elk farm about 18 miles from where I live. Tourists are always stopping to take pictures of them and causing near accidents. You can buy all varieties of elk at the farm store. You can also get elk burgers in some restaurants around here and elk jerky is everywhere.