Cooking Venison

[shazsha]

Thank you everyone for the advice. Well I've just roasted and eaten the venison and it was absolutely delicious. I surprised my self by cooking the meat perfectly(well done!) and there was enough of it to feed 5 of us. We had mixed roast veg with herbs, the venison and roasts....perfect!
It was a haunch of venison and cost £13 in my local butcher shop-not bad considering it fed 5 of us with enough left over to give the dog and cat a treat!
Debih, you lucky, lucky woman-I think I could eat venison twice a week easily!!!

[debih]

It sounds lovely Shaz.

I do like venison - I am just sick of it at the moment! We have to keep eating it up to make way for more of the darned stuff! Another Roe deer seems to arrive every couple of weeks.

My girls must find it very odd going to friends houses and being served things like chicken nuggets. S is so used to eating rabbit, squirrel, grouse, pheasant, etc she thinks it is normal.

L on the other hand eats very little meat and tends to have lots of things like cauliflower cheese, pasta, vegetable gratins, etc.

[meriad]

S is so used to eating rabbit, squirrel, grouse, pheasant, etc she thinks it is normal.

Squirrel? wow, not sure I've known anyone that eats Squirrel What does it look and taste like, ie is it a darker gamey venison or lighter colour like rabbit?

How fascninating

[Diflower]

Shaz I'm so pleased, I know you're a bit scared of cooking, that must have helped your confidence no end
It is lovely meat and that's good value - as you say, to feed 5 it's good going, not something you could do every day but nice to know what you can do without breaking the bank

Meriad a friend's husband works for the Forestry commission and they spent a while last year eating these:
http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/ourwor ... rmice.aspx

[debih]

S is so used to eating rabbit, squirrel, grouse, pheasant, etc she thinks it is normal.

Squirrel? wow, not sure I've known anyone that eats Squirrel What does it look and taste like, ie is it a darker gamey venison or lighter colour like rabbit?

How fascninating

It is sort of a combination between rabbit and chicken - that's the only way I can describe it. It isn't particularly gamey but it can be quite dry. Its quite a dark meat and has lots of little bones it it. There is very little meat on it - as you can imagine - and the best part is the legs.

The best ways we have found to cook it are either casseroled or bbq'd. Mick always takes some along to a big bbq we go to each summer at our local pub and it always goes down well. The first time we had it (which was about 5 years ago now) he found a recipe for Kentucky Fried Squirrel on the internet! It really did taste very much like KFC!

Its alright but nothing amazing. I wouldn't be too upset if I never had another squirrel again! We have it because he shoots them now and again (as do his friends when they are out hunting) - the grey ones of course, not red. A local farmers shop in Bakewell used to sell them too - not sure if they still do.

The girls used to dry the pelt and make Barbie clothes out of it!

[shazsha]

When I read about the venison, Deb, I was going to come and lodge with you but the squirrel just put me off!!!

Di, I was amazed how well the venison turned out-I was expecting dry, chucky meat but instead had tender, succulent meat!

As for edible dormouse-bleuchhhhh!

[Diflower]

I really am thrilled it worked so well Shaz, well done you
x

[Diflower]

Oh God yes I agree about the glis, he'd had to go to a few places where they were invaded by them and advise on control etc. I'm quite sure they didn't need to eat them, but he's a bit weird Just glad we didn't have to!

[Kaz]

Oh well done Shaz, it sounds delicious...............

Kentucky Fried Squirrel????

[miasmum]

Not sure I could eat squirrel either to be honest