Cooking Bambi: Part 2

I did it! The deer is cooked. I cooked it in three different ways and took pictures. One thing I've taken for granted during all my years of buying supermarket packaged meet is the amount of blood that I don't have to deal with. The hunk of deer was wrapped in a layer of plastic wrap, a layer of newspaper, several plastic shopping bags, and finally a garbage bag. Once I got all of the covering off, I found a large, extremely bloody piece of meat. I took the picture below after I washed off most of the blood.


After I got over the sight of all the blood, I grabbed the meat, cleaned it, and inspected it. I found no buck or fur, though I had absolutely no idea what signs I should be looking for. I had my lady, who has better eyes than me, take a look also. She didn't see anything either, so hopefully we won't get any surprises as we eat this massive quantity of meat. After inspection, I got to play butcher.

I was pretty proud of my butcher skills. I cut two huge steaks and some smaller pieces for stew. The remaining hunk was my roast. Below are before and after shots.

In the end, it all came out tasting pretty good - very much like beef. I'm not sure if I'd be able to tell the difference in a blind taste test. The stew and sliced roast are hanging out in my freezer right now (It's a whole lot more meat than we're going to eat within the next few days) and I am already looking forward to the next time I'm gifted with venison.