Who eats / uses venison fat?

[ReddingArcher]

I also trim it all off, or as much as possible. Last year we tried wrapping a deer heart in caul fat and while there wasnt a terrible taste it did leave a layer of nasty wax in everyones mouth. Not something I'll be trying again.

 

[87TT]

Only once.

 

[RCB]

Nobody eats venison fat.

See, that's the problem I'm having. People who always trim the fat off their deer - that is, those who have never tried it - will tell you it tastes terrible. Presumably this is because someone told them. Did someone tell that person? And so on.

That being said, looks like a number of responses here are from people who have tried it. So that's good.

 

[xcutter]

I've tried it but that was only because I didn't know better when I started butchering my own deer. Some may care for it but I don't. Guy at work grinds it in his burger but I'm pretty sure he doesn't have taste buds. No one can stand eating his food when he brings it to pitch in lunches. LOL.

 

[bertha]

never experienced it. but this is a very interesting discussion to follow

 

[Mike 338]

See, that's the problem I'm having. People who always trim the fat off their deer - that is, those who have never tried it - will tell you it tastes terrible. Presumably this is because someone told them. Did someone tell that person? And so on.

That being said, looks like a number of responses here are from people who have tried it. So that's good.

I can't speak for anyone else but yes, I've eaten my share of both deer and elk tallow that I didn't trim. That's why I no longer eat what I can trim. Tried it on bear and bear fat is great. I guess taste is a personal thing. Some dudes like mustard on their biscuits (Slingblade).

 

[Azone]

Never have bothered trying to use it, always trim it off and toss it. An old butcher friend of my father's always preached to never use it and substitute beef fat for burger and pork fat for sausage. His products were always top notch so I never saw the reason to not listen to his advice.
Now does anyone have any experience with an early season deer or elk that has been living in ag fields eating alfalfa or grains? How would diet affect fat flavor?

 

[MeatBuck]

My dogs love it, I cant stand it. That filmy roof of the mouth thing is just nasty to me.
I cut my deer burger with bacon ends and pieces. Try it, peppered or just smoked, either one is fine.

 

[dirtclod Az.]

My dogs love it, I cant stand it. That filmy roof of the mouth thing is just nasty to me.
I cut my deer burger with bacon ends and pieces. Try it, peppered or just smoked, either one is fine.

Yep that filmy roof of the mouth thing gives me the Zactly's.
Like when you drink too much the night before,your mouth in the
morning tastes Zactly like Shite!

 

[Huckleberry Hound]

One of my employees mother-in-law uses venison fat to make homemade soap. I usually give him all my fat trimmings off my deer and he gets me a bar of soap from her. Seems like a ton of work to me.

Bear fat is superior for this

 

[Firehole Hunter]

Fat and sinew is what gives wild game the gamey taste that everyone dislikes. Regarding whitetail meat, the closer you get the meat to being completely red and having no white (fat or sinew) the better you and your friends will like the meat. Whitetail is a very mild flavored meat and the strong or gamey taste is when there is a lot of sinew or fat mixed with the meat. You ever eat an acorn raw, well that is the flavor that collects in deer fat. Fat on domestic animals (cattle, pigs, lamb, etc.) add flavor to the meat but not wild game. I think that it has something to do with what they are fed. Maybe deer fat where the deer are exclusively fed corn or grasses would be ok. Who knows.

 

[Pro953]

Figured I would bring this one back to the top and ask if anyone has tried Pronghorn fat? My lope this week had a surprising amount of fat on it. I filled a ziplock bag that I may mess with.

I was thinking bad idea, but seeing as it’s not really in the deer family I was curious if it would behave differently. Figured I would ask here first. If not I will mess with it and report back.

My assumption is this will be a bad idea with some serious funk, but the pure chunks of fat were too nice to throw in the trash and I was a bit scared to mix it into the grind and end up with some funky burger the kids will not touch.


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[Pro953]

Well I rendered this fat from some chunks in the pronghorn. Have not played with it yet. I did put a piece in my mouth and I think it’s along the line of Venison/elk fat. The melt point seems higher so the texture is more waxy. That said it rendered up pretty clean and the flavor itself is very mild.

I might try and fry something with it just to see how it works. Would not want to grind it into anything though.

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[Onajoyride338]

Not me, I hate the game taste associated with it.

 

[William Sublette]

Our tongues are raised on beef, and pork fat.

Perfectly good deer fat tastes bad to our palates.



Elk fat is good.

Antelope fat is ok but gives you that stick to your teeth just ate a candle sensation.




If we were raised on deer fat, beef would taste funny to us.



It's like starting on Marlboros when you decide to take up smoking in the 7th grade.

For the rest of your life nothing else will do, Winston's will taste bad, has to be Marlboros.