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venison or beef ----


VENISON VERSUS BEEF
THE TASTE CONTROVERSY ENDS
FROM THE UNITED STATES VENISON COUNCIL

Controversy has long raged about the relative quality and taste of
venison and beef as gourmet foods. Some people say that venison is
tough, with a strong "wild" taste. Others insist that venison's flavor
is delicate. An independent food research group was retained by the
Venison Council to conduct a taste test to determine the truth of these
conflicting assertions once and for all.

First a Grade A Choice Holstein steer was chased into a swamp a mile and
a half from a road and shot several times. After some of the entrails
were removed, the carcass was dragged back over rocks and logs, and
through mud and dust to the road. It was then thrown into the back of a
pickup truck and driven through rain and snow for 100 miles before being
hung out in the sun for a day.

After that it was lugged into a garage, where it was skinned and rolled
around on the floor for a while. Strict sanitary precautions were
observed throughout the test, within the limitations of the butchering
environment. For instance, dogs and cats were allowed to sniff and lick the

steer carcass, but were chased away when they attempted to bite chunks out of it.

Next a sheet of plywood left from last year's butchering was set up in
the basement on two saw horses. The pieces of dried blood, hair and fat
left from last year were scraped off with a wire brush last used to
clean out the grass stuck under the lawn mower.

The skinned carcass was then dragged down the steps into the basement
where a half dozen inexperienced but enthusiastic and intoxicated men
worked on it with meat saws, cleavers and dull knives. The result was
375 pounds of soup bones, four bushel baskets of meat scraps, and a
couple of steaks that were an eighth of an inch thick on one edge and an
inch and a half thick on the other.

The steaks were seared on a glowing red hot cast iron skillet to lock in
the flavor. When the smoke cleared, rancid bacon grease was added along
with three pounds of onions, and the whole conglomeration was fried for
two hours.

The meat was gently teased from the frying pan and served to three
blindfolded taste panel volunteers. Every one of the members of the
panel thought it was venison. One of the volunteers even said it tasted
exactly like the venison he had eaten in hunting camps for the past 27
years. The results of this scientific test show conclusively that there
is no difference between the taste of beef and venison.
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    Old Dutchman
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    RE: venison or beef ---- 2009/09/30 10:58:36 (permalink)

    Marvelous!

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    Wally Cat
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    RE: venison or beef ---- 2009/10/02 20:02:34 (permalink)
    My kind of test.

    Enjoy Life, Be Happy, Go Fish - Often!

    "God has blessed America - may He continue to do so, even though we are not worthy of it".
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    Mr.Slickfish
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    RE: venison or beef ---- 2009/10/02 20:36:22 (permalink)
    The way my wife cooks deer.....no one knows the difference.

    Nice post Doc.

    I don't always snag fish, but when I do...
    I choose Little Cleos

    I'm the best looking smartest snagging poacher alive...
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    MuskyMastr
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    RE: venison or beef ---- 2009/10/03 00:47:07 (permalink)
    nice

    Better too far back, than too far forward.
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    bigben7
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    RE: venison or beef ---- 2009/10/03 01:43:40 (permalink)
    deer is better,especially if you cut it up yourself and take care of it
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzYGBNDc_xU&feature=PlayList&p=6B196AE0EB2E3460&index=0
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    Dr. Trout
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    RE: venison or beef ---- 2009/10/03 05:26:01 (permalink)
    I agree deer is better.. but elk is the BEST !!!!
     
    Thank goodness there is an elk farm about 6 miles away from here
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