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darz5150
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# Posted: 23 Jun 2025 09:00pm
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Finishing off deer meatloaf wrapped in bacon. This one used to live right behind the cabin
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jsahara24
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# Posted: 24 Jun 2025 07:18am
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Looking good!!

How do you make your venison burger? I've been using pork trimmings for a while with a mix of pork meat and fat, but my wife doesn't love it, maybe because we have to fully cook the burger?

darz5150
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# Posted: 24 Jun 2025 09:16am
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Tallow

paulz
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# Posted: 24 Jun 2025 10:09am
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Mmm, bacon
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paulz
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# Posted: 27 Jun 2025 11:34am - Edited by: paulz
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Not grilling today so far, but a bit of kitchen news. I eat eggs a lot, usually fried sandwiches. The other day a woman tells me hard boiled eggs are great. Of course I knew that, just never make em. So I did, wonderful easy snack. I got back to her, she then says they make a great potato salad. Dang, what rock have I been under? Just finished that, still cooling for lunch.
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FishHog
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# Posted: 27 Jun 2025 12:23pm
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Quoting: jsahara24
maybe because we have to fully cook the burger?

Why do you have to fully cook the burgers?

I do lots of my venison burgers straight venison. Sometimes chop some bacon into it but as long as you don’t overcook it straight venison is pretty darn good.

Meatloaf looks great darz. Makes my mouth water.

darz5150
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# Posted: 27 Jun 2025 03:56pm
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Quoting: paulz
I eat eggs a lot,

Quoting: paulz
hard boiled eggs are great.

Here's a couple gadgets that work great. The first one just used a little water in the bottom, then I guess it steams them. You can make eggs soft boiled, hard cooked or turn them into sulfur bombs. Lol
The other you put the cracked eggs in with cheese, bacon bits or whatever, them toss them in the microwave. You can make them like scrambled eggs or just use the egg whites with whatever.
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darz5150
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# Posted: 27 Jun 2025 04:02pm
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Quoting: FishHog
I do lots of my venison burgers straight venison. Sometimes chop some bacon into it but as long as you don’t overcook it straight venison is pretty darn good.

I agree. A lot of people that don't like deer or wild meat, don't cook it correctly.
I still love fresh back straps, cut about an inch thick, then cooked in a cast iron skillet with butter.

paulz
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# Posted: 27 Jun 2025 05:13pm
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Quoting: darz5150
Here's a couple gadgets

Might have to try that steam method but I’m off grid so power saving. I make the coffee by boiling water to pour into the coffee dripper so I figured might as well boil the eggs while it’s heating up, then pour the water in the dripper. Eggs came out great but coffee suffered. Who would think whole egg boiling would affect coffee water but I guess it did.

darz5150
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# Posted: 27 Jun 2025 05:20pm
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You might be able to try it in a regular pot/pan with a lid. The eggs are only in about 1/2 inch of water.

FishHog
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# Posted: 28 Jun 2025 01:06pm
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Quoting: darz5150
I still love fresh back straps, cut about an inch thick, then cooked in a cast iron skillet with butter.


pretty hard to beat that meal.

jsahara24
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# Posted: 30 Jun 2025 09:27am - Edited by: jsahara24
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Quoting: FishHog
Why do you have to fully cook the burgers?


Because I mix in pork trimmings with the venison, the pork trimmings are probably 50% meat and 50% fat. Its my understanding you don't want to eat undercooked pork and my wife has "food born illness" concerns...

I am wondering if I should change up my burger recipe, as for not adding any fat I've never been able to keep the burgers together without it...

And yes, backstraps are one of our favorite meals....I have to cook the crap out of my wife's or she won't eat it, but mine I like medium....

paulz
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# Posted: 30 Jun 2025 10:43am
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Got these at the buck 25 store yesterday. The regular one I’ve used on the pancake pan over the lp burner, works great. First time I’ve seen the grilling one, no idea what it does different. Probably both bad for you..
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darz5150
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# Posted: 30 Jun 2025 12:47pm
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They have to be good for you. It clearly says Healthy Chef on the can. Lol

gcrank1
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# Posted: 30 Jun 2025 12:51pm - Edited by: gcrank1
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Afaik they are the same product just marketing to different segments so maybe different pricing.
I go cheapest at Aldi's, works Great

FishHog
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# Posted: 30 Jun 2025 02:11pm
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Quoting: jsahara24

Because I mix in pork trimmings with the venison, the pork trimmings are probably 50% meat and 50% fat. Its my understanding you don't want to eat undercooked pork


While that used to be true, its now old school thinking. Trichinosis has been removed from pork for years. Medium rare pork chops are fantastic. As long as your getting your pork from a certified source, you don't need to worry about that anymore.

As for keeping the burgers together, an egg goes a long way, and put them on the grill and leave them until they need to flip. Flip once. So many people just love to keep playing with them and moving them around that they fall apart.

gcrank1
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# Posted: 30 Jun 2025 03:49pm
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Yeah THAT

paulz
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# Posted: 30 Jun 2025 09:13pm
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Little of subject.. I quit drinking milk quite a while ago, too much bloating and gas. Couple weeks ago I was given some lactose free milk. Bingo, chuck a lug no problem. So at Costco today couldn’t find any. But they have almond milk, goats milk, soy milk etc. Didn’t grab any. What’s good?

gcrank1
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# Posted: 30 Jun 2025 10:33pm - Edited by: gcrank1
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When I was having questions about that intolerance I tried the Almond Milk, it was pretty good, dif but pretty good. Turned out I was ok with cows milk but I could have gone on with the almond.
Btw, Id been using 2%, not whole, so the 'mouth' feel was similar.

paulz
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# Posted: 1 Jul 2025 08:00am
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Thanks g. Well one of my hearing aids died last night so I’m headed back to the Costco hearing guy today and will grab the almond milk.

I’m at the city house getting the new roof finally, more on that later.

paulz
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# Posted: 1 Jul 2025 05:26pm
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Got the Almond. Not bad, at least better than the Cool aid I been drinking. The Oat stuff sounds interesting.
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