Help with Venison

I don't cook very well. So, when I ask this question, let us all remember to use small, layman, words so I do not get spooked and run away.

My husband had shot a deer this past hunting season. My daughter and husband love to eat this deer meat. Me, I cannot get past the unusual smell of it. So, here is the question ~ For the love of Pete, how are you supposed to cook this stuff. We have steaks, roasts, ground meat, chops. What am I supposed to do with it?

Everyone says to throw it in the crock pot and cook it for 12 hours. Aah, yeah ~ I'm the one who cannot cook even a pot roast in the crock pot without it turning to a hard dried out unrecognizable lump.

Is there anyone out there that can give me honest to goodness, self-tried (and eaten) recipes for venison????

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milk the venison

Venison can have a gamey, wild taste to it which some people find unpleasant. My father has been hunting deer since he was a boy, and both he and my mother suggest soaking the venison in milk overnight before cooking with it to help get rid of the gamey taste. They swear by it!

As for recipes, because venison is so lean, you want to use the meat in ways that add back tenderness, such as slow cooking with liquids. It can also stand up to strong flavors. My mother makes stroganoff in the slow cooker using venison instead of beef, and it's pretty darn good. Anytime she makes a stew, she uses venison instead of beef.

Hope this helps!

Andrea

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Submitted by Andrea Meyers on Thu, 04/10/2008 - 05:21