Venison Ham!!!!
#1
Typical Buck
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Butler, Pa (back home after all these years)
Posts: 920
Venison Ham!!!!
Ha sanyone else ever had a hind quarter smoke dlike a ham?
I tell you what if you have not done so you are missing another wya to enjoy your harvest.
I had two hind quarters smoked and cured.....it will make your mouth water.[]
I sevred the one ham for easter last year with my extended family...big risk... but they loved it.
I kinda regret doing it, everybody wants some now!! They think this stuff just walks into my freezer!!
Any way I do enjoy sharing my harvest.. I guess that is what it is all about.
Just FYI, I had the other sliced into ham steaks......they go great with Au Grautin potatoes.. Also they go good with two over easy and a side of toast. It is just another great way to eat venision........the other RED meat[][:-][8D]
I tell you what if you have not done so you are missing another wya to enjoy your harvest.
I had two hind quarters smoked and cured.....it will make your mouth water.[]
I sevred the one ham for easter last year with my extended family...big risk... but they loved it.
I kinda regret doing it, everybody wants some now!! They think this stuff just walks into my freezer!!
Any way I do enjoy sharing my harvest.. I guess that is what it is all about.
Just FYI, I had the other sliced into ham steaks......they go great with Au Grautin potatoes.. Also they go good with two over easy and a side of toast. It is just another great way to eat venision........the other RED meat[][:-][8D]
#6
RE: Venison Ham!!!!
I had a couple Bear hind quarters smoked for ham. they were great. I sent mine out but a friend of mine does his own. I will find out how he does it and get back to you.
#7
RE: Venison Ham!!!!
#8
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: South Central Wisconsin
Posts: 1,007
RE: Venison Ham!!!!
A buddy and I have smoked several of our venison hams. Just using one of those little grill/smokers that are popular right now. It did the trick in about 6 hours. We didn't do anything special, we just used some seasoning and put it in the smoker. Anyone can do it.
Beware, when done to the proper temp the venison will APPEAR very rare inside, especially right after it is done. Don't worry it is safe to eat. Put it in the fridge for a day and most of that rare apearance will go away. My favorite way to eat it is to thinly slice it and use it for sandwiches. It lasts a lot longer that way.
Beware, when done to the proper temp the venison will APPEAR very rare inside, especially right after it is done. Don't worry it is safe to eat. Put it in the fridge for a day and most of that rare apearance will go away. My favorite way to eat it is to thinly slice it and use it for sandwiches. It lasts a lot longer that way.
#9
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: The woods of N.J.
Posts: 44
RE: Venison Ham!!!!
James thanks for the site. There's some interesting reading through out it, and the links. I always love reading about the pioneers. Man they were some kind of breed, to live without the amenities we have today, Sometimes I envy those days and sometimes I am glad I live inthe present. And like they say necessity is the mother of invention.
#10
RE: Venison Ham!!!!
I remember when my folks and grandfolks still used the smokehouse all the time. Grandma had about twenty of those big glass pickle crocks in the root cellar. Some with picles and picleled fish and Hams in brine waiting to go to the smokehouse. We didn't have electricity in the rural Dakotas until I was about ten. We had a delco plant that charged batteries for some light but mostly we used fuel oil lanterns and lamps. I remember by folks crowded right up to the fuel oil lamp trying to read. I enjoyed those old days except the outhouse when it was twenty below zero. You learned to go fast and how to sit on your hands.