Deerslayer

My steam juicer is my very favorite thing!!! You can put it in frozen, just be sure not to mash down on the fruit in the juicer if you crystal clear juice. If you mash down on the fruit, it will send pulp into the juice, which is fine for some things, but if you are going for clear, don't mash!!!

We follow the "r " rule also!!!

My whole family hunts including me, at times we have as many as 20 deer in the freezer. You can tell a sick animal most of the time. Around here, the deer cut themselves on fences and a lot of times these get infected and form huge masses. If we find one of those on an animal we don't eat it!! If the deer is acting funny, we don't eat it. As for cooking it, there are a lot of tricks to make it taste less wild. I soak der meat overnight in water in the frige, and it taste just like steak the next day. SOme people use salt water or buttmilk. We mainly tenderize deer steak and eat it chicken fried. We also cut it into chunks and it it in the rotisserie as kabobs. We do deer sausage and deer ground meat. We also use the trimmings as fajitas and stew meat, and for things like beef tips and carne guasada. I grew up eating deer to the point that I can remember my first steak. I also remember that it didn't taste very good to me, it seemed to not have any flavor!!! I raised my whole family on it and can't imagine not having that source of free meat. My children are all grown now, so I don't need as many myself, but between all of us, we need more than ever. They all fill their freezers also. Right now, I am canning up all the leftover meat from last year since season starts soon, that way, if we have a bad deer year, we will still have plenty of meat!!

Thanks violet!!! I would still like to know who she is, she was talking about her blog and preserving cheeses etc

Who is she??? Do you know who she is??

I would probably go where I had family and friends. I wouldn't want to start alone somewhere as a new widow.

Do you put broth in when you can it dee???

That is part of why I wonder about this, if it cooks while your processing it, why would you cook it to begin with?? Also, I have been wondering if I should put broth in or if I should let it make its own while it is processing. Chicken seems to make no sense to me.

I have it in my hands also, I take rx for it but the thing that helps me the most is crocheting EVERY day. I know that won't help in the short run, but my dr says the more I use them the less they hurt, and he was right!! I can tell if I don't crochet one day, they are all sore the next!! Also, the hot wax treatments I get at the nail salon help A lot too!!

So which is better to you and why?? Hot pack or raw packing chicken...

I don't have a recipe for venison sausage thAt I have tried. We have ours made at the butcher shop. I have a book with several recipes in it, but I haven't tried them. Yet. We decided to give it a try this year ourselves...

Nine more pints of venison sausage

Y'all are awesome!!!! I am trying to get aloof last years venison canned before hunting season!! I have a ton of tenderized back strap!!! Yea!!!!

Can you can tenderized steaks??? Hw would they be after??? Could it be used for chicken fried steak or faijaitas???

Thanks. I guess I need to look at the canned chicken like "canned " chicken from the store. I use it a lot for casseroles and stir fry. I was glad to read the potatoes can be fried, thats a favorite around here. I am trying so hard to take advantage of sales and use canning to keep the freezers from being so full right now, I am just trying to keep from wasting money. Some things we only eat a certain way, so there is no use in canning it if you can't eat it that way.

Ohhhh. Just noticed potatoes for $1 for 10 pounds. After potatoes are canned, can you make mashed potatoes out of them, or kabobs, or are you just stuck with boiled ????

Ok, my grocery store is having a GREAT sale Friday on boneless skinless chicken breast. I have a lot of them in my freezer, but want to take advantageof this sale. I would like to try to can them but, my question is this, I mainly use these for homemade chicken strips. After they are canned (hot pack) will they still make good chicken strips?? Or would they be tough? I also like to grill them, same question?? Will they be tough or the same?? I am canning old venison all up, but have not canned any chicken, so I just don't want to waste my time if it can't be used like we use it...

7 pints of venison sausage. More later today. Gonna get ALL. My venison from last year canned over the next month, so we can start fresh with deer season again. That way I have all the canned stuff in Or if the deer crop is bad ( although it looks very promising this year)

Don't even get me started!!! We work so hard for what we have.......

I won't use progressive because of the owners politics!! He is a scary guy, and he is not getting my money to further his beliefs!!!

It was a beautiful wedding!!! I am just praying my dd 's goes as good this October!!!

1. Rotisserie2. Stand mixer3. Crock pots

we have changed the way we are eating too--- on the night the guys have fire department meeting--I went to a very simple can of soup with grilled cheese sandwitches--easy and CHEAP I am adding in a fried potatoes, cornbread, pinto beans meal once a week--(this is hubby's fav meal anyway--so he is not suffering at all with this one) Now that it is getting cold, I will be adding in another bean meal each week--they are so simple and easy I am also trying to add in more soups, gumbo, etc--they are filling and cheap We also got another deep freezer so we can get more deer this deer season--that way we don't have to buy meat unless we want too...

plus, if the person couldn't spell the worker spelled the names for them

we LOVE LOVE LOVE them!!! the malt makes them very interesting and extremely good--i buy the mix by the case and it come in #10 cans--not a bad price when you figure it per person--(we would pay anything for it--but don't tell them )