Do you add anything to the ground venison to make it fry up or anything? My culinary skills are quite similar to yours.

Actually I am not certain we got the 54 pounder as he also purchased a 52 pounder. He usually supplies about a thirty pound turkey.

What appears to have happened was these two turkeys were special order. When he went to pick up his normal turkeys. Apparently the supplier offered these two for the same price. As the person that had ordered them was a no show. Anyways 52 or 54 pounds is the weight of each dressed. The one that is here may or may not have the gibblets etc inside.

They are a ridiculous size though. Something like you would expect to see at the head of a massive banquet table. The wife told me when asked. She should be able to get a half of it in her largest roasting pan. One way or another.

The guy whoever that grows them for him feeds them a lot of things like the stale donuts from the coffee shops. So when cooked they seem to shrink in size. Taste wise the finished cooked product seems to be about the same.

I always wondered what deep fried turkey tastes like as they prepare in the south. I have found cooking in the south to be good. This may have resulted from the days where there was no refrigeration. So they had to be far more careful with food than up here in the north.

When we have company for dinner. Years ago I started using electric carving knives. They are faster and seem to make the quantity of meat go further. Other than for very small roasts I usually still use the electric knives .

I'd probably put some sausage with it if I wanted to fry it. Its not very greasy.

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I use the electric knives too when carving turkey...very convenient.

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Thanks Tom, as it turned out my son in law who killed the deer said he will make some sausage perfect for the purpose so it’s being taken care of. I only deer hunted when my Dad was alive because he loved it and it gave us time together. I love bird hunting. My son in law Johnnie got a trophy buck on his place in the Texas Hill Country with a bow on his birthday a few weeks ago and he’s anxious to share his success. It was a very impressive success. I never took to sitting around freezing my butt off. Tromping around watching a good dog at work is much more enjoyable for me.

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I hunted deer a few times back in the eighties. I soon discovered that there are a lot of careless drinking fools out there with guns tromping around and I might easily get shot by them, so I decided I did not need to do it any more.

I hunted birds a few times with my Dad and enjoyed it but as I look back I think hunting birds could be pretty dangerous too as one swings their gun to follow the birds.

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Danger is not really a factor in most hunting areas here because it is almost always on private land. Bird hunting safety is about knowing and trusting your hunting partners. The dogs get hurt probably 20 to 1 more often than the hunters, although a dog injury or death is pretty darn devastating.

Deer hunting was just never a great thrill for me because of sitting still and being quiet. I am much happier driving a car fast, flying an airplane or moving around over fine bird dogs.

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Yeah, me too.

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

I do not have an aquired taste for venison. I did ask the wife what she thought the local custom was. She thought it was bacon with it.

It also would alter the taste a little I thought. As well as reduce the dryness.

I do not hunt deer and have no issue with anyone that does. The deer here undergo a hard winter. For thirty pounds of meat I would just really rather not kill them.

We had a custom of always going out and cutting down a Christmas tree. Until I did not like killing off a small tree for a few days use as a decoration. Where otherwise it may survive for longer than I live. Plus artificial trees where stating to look fairly decent.

Today the incidence of ticks is too high. This area has them now and supplies a lot of the Christmas trees to America. So I am not too certain how safe it is to introduce them to homes. Ticks carry and transmit some pretty bad illness.. They also either where not present here in the environment or very rare until about ten years ago. We have been warned about going into the woods without precautions locally.

2 very close friends of mine have gotten Lyme recently (one for the 2nd time) - I hear you on the ticks. One of those friends is close to 75 with some (long term nerve related, but still serious) health issues. Be careful and use repellent/check yourself!

I do like venison ground though. My family tends to pay me in hunks of meat for car maintenance. We have had some great venison and bacon meatloaf as a result! By itself, quite tough.

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Yeah, I like venison. Just don’t enjoy freezing my butt off, being still, being patient and waiting for an animal To walk by as a target. Lots of people around here thrive on it as their pastime, and more power to them. It’s just not my thing.

Fire ants are a terrible scourge around here, but there is a little good in everything. They have made ticks extinct for now.

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