zimmy
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Well then let me recomend Not taking game to H&H Processing in Meker Col.
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Well then let me recomend Not taking game to H&H Processing in Meker Col.
Saying western meat tastes like sage brush is like saying Nebraska white-tails taste like alfalfa or corn. It is bs. It always cracks me up when I hear someone say that antelope tastes like sage-NOT! If it tastes bad it was probably because you gave it a ride around in your truck for four hours before taking care of it.
Elk should smell and taste like beef.
If all else fails, take it back in to get pepperoni. Good luck!
first off I never take anything to a processor.
It may be that the meat didn't have time to age. If you dropped it off at 5pm, he may have cut it up that evening or the next day. I like to let my elk and deer hang for 7-10 days before I cut them up. You may try leaving a package of your elk in the fridge for a week and then cooking it. Can't hurt!
Don't do this, good way to get sick. Wild game does not and should not be aged. Take a bit of backstrap right off the elk onto the fire and I bet it tastes as good as one that has hung around a bit.
Years ago my wife and I worked our way thru an elk I had shot and when I ran out of burger I went to the store and bought some beef. My wife came into the kitchen hoppin mad at the smell and was telling me the elk was rotten and smelled bad and just look at it in the pan! I calmly said it was beef to my ranch raised wife.
With that been said, I do find roasts to have a slightly more "gamey" flavor that steaks or burgers, must be the way if cook them.
first off I never take anything to a processor.
It may be that the meat didn't have time to age. If you dropped it off at 5pm, he may have cut it up that evening or the next day. I like to let my elk and deer hang for 7-10 days before I cut them up. You may try leaving a package of your elk in the fridge for a week and then cooking it. Can't hurt!
Can you provide any sources to back this up? I've never heard that.Don't do this, good way to get sick. Wild game does not and should not be aged.
Can you provide any sources to back this up? I've never heard that.
Bowelkstalker, Fiver showed me a method of cooking a roast that you should try. Throw the frozen roast in the crock pot, fill it with water, and put in about 2 tablespoons of "Better than Bouillion" paste that you can get at almost any store. I cook on higher temp in the slow cooker for about 8 hrs.........Our families favorite now, even better than backstraps!