Thread: Confession time

I don’t really like venison.

There I said it.

I have been stewing over this for years. I WANT to like it, I just…don’t.

I have tried it many different ways, many different times. I do enjoy it occasionally, just in small amounts. Yesterday I finally admitted it to myself. My good mate smoked a blackstrap from my recent red hind. He did it to perfection, it was amazing. I had a piece to try it, then a piece with the meal (lots of smoked brisket and beef cheek tacos) and that’s all I wanted. I just didn’t want anymore.
I’m not sure if it’s the rich flavour? I haven’t had much other game meat, so maybe that’s all it is?

I love beef and lamb, and could eat large steaks of both, but am done with a small piece of venison.

Maybe I need to find someone with ready access to the above and trade venison for them. I tend to give most of my hard earned venison away to friends and family. I am certainly not going to stop hunting. Since I discovered it 10 years ago it has become a part of my identity as a man. If I can’t find someone to trade with I’ll just have to continue to give it away I guess, saving the occasional steak for myself.

Confession done