ORIGINAL: cayugad
Years ago I dated a woman that swore she hated venison no matter how it was cooked and would not eat it under threat of death. She stopped over to the house one afternoon/evening around dinner timeunannounced and I happened to be making venison steaks on the grill. So she of course helped herself to dinner. I never told her what she was eating. Afterward she commented on how wonderful the steaks were and asked what store I bought them at... It was then that I broke the news to her. She doubted me so bad, she actually checked my trash for meat wrappers. When she found the white freezer paper with my scratching on it, she was shocked. I then asked her where she had eaten venison in the past and how it was cooked. She could not remember. I suspect she was one of them people that made a decision in her mind of what was good and what she disliked, without really tasting and making an informed decision.
A real favorite of mine is to salt, pepper, Lowery's seasoning salt the steak. Then throw that on a hot grill. While it cooks, paint it with some Famous Dave's original barbecue sauce... cook to rare, and serve hot..
is it September yet?
I had almost the exact same thing happen to me only it was ground deer meat that I made in my lazagna. Only she got mad that I "tricked" her... I suspect that most people don't know how to cook it or they leave the hide on it for a week before processing it. I know I was at my inlaws house one time and someone had given them some deer meat to fix and it quite possibly could have been the worse meat I've ever had in my life. That would explain why some people would hate it.