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Saturday, November 20, 2010

Processing a Deer

Okay, those of you non-hunter, non-meat eater types might want to skip this post.  (Did you know that Rock Star eats no meat and Pretty Princess eats very little...just a fun fact for you).

Anyway, Pop, Grammy and I worked together to make use of the deer Pop brought home from a recent hunting trip.  Now, I must say that I never saw the deer and I like it that way.  It was already in meat form by the time I had to touch it.  Good work on that Pop.



This is fat and meat.  You have to grind them together to create the sausage and ground venison.  For the sausage, you also add seasoning.

I am a big dork and somehow deleted the picture of Grammy.  I did, however, manage to keep the picture of her hands.  So there you go, proof that Grammy was there putting meat into the grinder.

I told Pop that this doesn't gross me out.  In fact, I find it sort of fun.  It reminds me of the play dough toy I had as a kid.  Remember those?  You put the play dough in and push that lever down and it comes out in different shapes. 


We made 10 pounds of breakfast sausage and 20 pounds of ground venison.


Go Team!

I think Pop and EJ are still on the hunt so we may need to do this again.

Are you totally grossed out or impressed with our skills?

2 comments:

  1. I guess I should start by saying that I am one of those "barely eat any meat" people. Now, this post totally grosses me out!! My brother-in-law tried to trick me and replaced hamburger with deer meat in a recipe, but I totally new right away. I do however appreciate that you are being useful of the deer that they got. I have eaten deer jerky and love it!

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  2. Deer meat makes some yummy chili! Glad your dad enjoyed the hunting trip out west.

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