Well, our hunter is at the airport. No deer this morning. But that's ok 
. When they got home a nice little buck was roaming around in my field (we don't shoot anything here 'cause we enjoy watching our wildlife). Our hunter always asks if he's allowed to shoot...and he's always denied ......lol he just asks to get a rise out of me, I'm sure.
Anyway, I realized this morning that I forgot to sear and serve the venison heart that I sous vide. Sigh. I swear I thought about it a million times yesterday and then dinner got hectic and I plain forgot. So, I'll do that either tonight or tomorrow and post about it on the dinner thread. I'm not sure our hunter was thrilled about having to try it anyway lol.
I just got done cutting and wrapping up the deer. In years past I would have like 5 deer to do at once, so I kind of enjoy doing just one at a time. Like I said earlier, the front end of the deer was quite shot up, so it reduced the roasts and meat, but that's ok. We will get more. So, here's some pictures. I didn't get in to too much detail....you can see more in-depth on my first winter blog. A link is in my signature.
Like I always do, I have two canning pots set up. One for meat that we will make burger out of and one for scraps.
Sink 'O Meat #1
Sink 'O Meat #2
Roasts
Backstrap before trimming and a couple more roasts. And a Newman that is completely enamored with the meat.
Steaks made out of the backstrap
Burger meat
All wrapped up in cling wrap.
I was cat-free on the first sink of meat, but then I think Dr. Lecter sent Newman down to do recon to see if it was safe to come out. Newman never went back to report...he got a few tiny snacks of venison. He's still purring from happiness lol.
Finished in freezer paper
The burger meat is in the fridge. Ronnie will go hunting probably Tuesday and Wednesday. They are calling for a major winter storm with significant snow (we'll see....the weather people here have trouble predicting snow) so the deer should be moving around a lot before the storm hits. So, we will drag the grinder up after another deer is here and do it all at once. Again, you can see the grinding process in my first winter blog.
I have pizza dough made and resting on the counter. And, it's time for a glass or twenty of wine .
Again, thanks for keeping me company!!!! I, and my hunters, have a lot of fun documenting all of this. Oh and thank you to my hunters for taking pictures for us!
