"Selecting" does for meat

[Deck78]

I'm not going to take a word of Will Brantleys advice. Fried fawn cutlets? That's what draws people to his dinner table? Get bent! If I shoot a fawn that little sucker is definitely not getting fried. On to the next subject

 

[AT Hiker]

N A mature buck might go more into sausage where I yearling doe makes for great whole muscle cooking.

I agree 110% on whitetail, but for some reason I absolutely love big mature mule deer and antelope. There round steaks seem more tender than a young whitetail and the flavor is superb! The weirdest thing the western game that live in the high deserts taste just as good as those that live and eat in the high mountains and/or feed heavily in alfalfa.

A young deer roasted on the smoker is also delicious.

 

[SES]

I wish I could be so picky.

 

[TAFKAP]

I'm not going to take a word of Will Brantleys advice. Fried fawn cutlets? That's what draws people to his dinner table? Get bent! If I shoot a fawn that little sucker is definitely not getting fried. On to the next subject

I suppose you have a problem with veal scallopini? Straighten up!

 

[TAFKAP]

I wish I could be so picky.

^^^THIS^^^^

 

[BamaProud]

Fried fawn cutlets? That's what draws people to his dinner table? Get bent! If I shoot a fawn that little sucker is definitely not getting fried.

Fried tenderloin (fawn or otherwise) with biscuits and gravy is a fantastic breakfast...or Breakfast @Dinner.

 

[BlountArrow]

I wish I could be so picky.

^^^THIS^^^^

No doubt, as far as Does are concerned I generally have to take what I'm given....usually the moment I'm given the opportunity or else BlountArrow go home with empty cooler.

 

[Deck78]

I'm not going to take a word of Will Brantleys advice. Fried fawn cutlets? That's what draws people to his dinner table? Get bent! If I shoot a fawn that little sucker is definitely not getting fried. On to the next subject

I suppose you have a problem with veal scallopini? Straighten up!

I don't have problems with fried food and I definitely will eat some fried tenderloin and biscuit but dadgummed if every dang article written about preparing venison dishes revolves around heating oil, breading meat and frying the crap out of it. Consider me a snob if you will but I refuse to lower my standards to routinely frying meat

 

[TAFKAP]

Fried meat is one thing....but a pan fried scallopini is quite acceptable.

 

[BamaProud]

I agree with that. I've had fried tenderloin before and it was great, but I have never fried any of mine and don't expect that I ever will. -just seems like a bit of a waste to fry such a delicate muscle. If I want to fry venison, I'll take steaks off the legs, pound them out real thin and fry them. Both cuts have the same flavor. The difference is, you can do things with a tenderloin that you cannot do very well with a steak, but you can easily fry both of them and accomplish the same ends, so why use tenderloin? At least, that's my thinking. I won't complain one bit if someone wants to fry their tenderloins, though.

I hear ya...we were killing 50-60 (one year we killed 70)deer per year in the late 80s-mid 90s between 10 people. Tenderloins were abundant.

I haven't fried any in a while. However, i am salivating right now...I's fire up the oil if I had one

 

[tailchaser]

Im going to have to disagree with you on the fried,may be its a southern thing, but fried anything is dang good,use crisco or lard,and on tenderloin put seasonings in flour and coat meat and fry,hard to beat imo,not saying frying is good for you but it is good eating.

 

[TennesseeRains]

Yep.

My cousin...ALL he wants to do is fry tenderloin... :crazy:

Well, seein as he likes eating better than cooking - and I always have to cook, I never fry any. I was grilling the tenderloin often - medium rare - which, of course, he griped as he wanted his burnt into what I consider shoe leather.

However, I began browning them in a cast iron skillet and placing them in the oven a little bit to finish and found I like that much better. Just so it's medium rare is all.

 

[tailchaser]

I understand what your saying now,sometimes Im a little s l o w

 

[Inkstainz]

Fried tenderloin is good if you have an abundance of them or if somebody else wants to cook theirs but I choose to do other things with mine.

 

[redblood]

Yep.

My cousin...ALL he wants to do is fry tenderloin... :crazy:

Well, seein as he likes eating better than cooking - and I always have to cook, I never fry any. I was grilling the tenderloin often - medium rare - which, of course, he griped as he wanted his burnt into what I consider shoe leather.

However, I began browning them in a cast iron skillet and placing them in the oven a little bit to finish and found I like that much better. Just so it's medium rare is all.

food is always best when prepared by someone else. your cousin is a smart feller

 

[TX300mag]

Tenderized cube steak from hams