Thebear_78
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- Sep 30, 2004
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I always strive to limit waste when it comes to my game meat. I bring out my game as in tact as possible. Generally only leaving the hide and guts in the field.
We tend not to do very many steaks or roasts other than butterfly the tenderloin and back straps. The rest goes mainly to grind and cubed for canning. We tend to can in jars a lot of the roasts as it’s a quick easy addition to any meal and comes out like pot roast anyway. It also saves a lot of freezer space.
I always grind my burger with 20% bacon ends. Sausage of brats with pork fat.
The necks are trimmed for grind but whats left gets dropped in a large pot with the big bones cut into 6-8” sections. Garlic, onion, and salt/pepper get simmered with the bones overnight until a nice dark bone broth comes out.
The picked rib cage and spine along with what is strained out of the bone broth gets offered up to the chickens.
Any scraps, silver skin, or tendons gets dehydrated into dog treats.
From my entire caribou only a handful bones and a small bag of bloodshot scraps get tossed. I think we have it done to about as efficient as we can.
Any of you have any clever ideas on how to minimize waste? Anything I’m missing?
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We tend not to do very many steaks or roasts other than butterfly the tenderloin and back straps. The rest goes mainly to grind and cubed for canning. We tend to can in jars a lot of the roasts as it’s a quick easy addition to any meal and comes out like pot roast anyway. It also saves a lot of freezer space.
I always grind my burger with 20% bacon ends. Sausage of brats with pork fat.
The necks are trimmed for grind but whats left gets dropped in a large pot with the big bones cut into 6-8” sections. Garlic, onion, and salt/pepper get simmered with the bones overnight until a nice dark bone broth comes out.
The picked rib cage and spine along with what is strained out of the bone broth gets offered up to the chickens.
Any scraps, silver skin, or tendons gets dehydrated into dog treats.
From my entire caribou only a handful bones and a small bag of bloodshot scraps get tossed. I think we have it done to about as efficient as we can.
Any of you have any clever ideas on how to minimize waste? Anything I’m missing?
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