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My dad made deer burger sliders yeaterday for supper. They were absolutely deliscious. He mixed the venison with a little hamburger, put a few splashes of Dale's sauce on them and put them on a charcoal grill with a dash of Tony's Cajun spice on top. I topped mine with a squirt of ketchup and mustard and a slice of onion on a grill-toasted roll as a bun. Now my mother Claims she does not like deer meat at all and told dad to make hers with just hamburger. This got me thinking about how dad would make spaghetti and just use deer meat, unknown to mama, and she would eat it just fine. Has anyone else encountered similar situations? How does one get a family member to try wild game?

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from AAM wrote 15 weeks 5 days ago

Yeah some people think it's weird to eat wild game or something you killed and butchered yourself, nobody in my family has a problem and personally I'd rather eat someting I killed than hamburger from the store.

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from Moose1980 wrote 15 weeks 5 days ago

My father tricked me into eating venison when I was a youngster by telling me it was Steak-Umms. Of course I haven't looked back since. I find if you use it in a sauce or meatloaf, people are more willing to try it than a roast or steak. I would never not tell someone if there was venison or wild game meat in a dish. I respect their wishes if they choose not to try it.

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from Treestand wrote 15 weeks 5 days ago

I started my two sons on wild game food by making it for supper and not saying any thing at all, and when they asked for more, just give it to them. Now if some one said they don't like W/game tell/them.

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from Boiler02 wrote 15 weeks 5 days ago

My mom swears that she doesn't like venison because of how much she had to eat growing up with my grandpa. He was a great hunter and they were poor so venison fed the family. However, she says the burgers I make on the grill taste really good. I hadn't told her until last summer, when she asked, that it was venison.

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from jhjimbo wrote 15 weeks 5 days ago

My chilli has venison in it. I use the steak and cut it in small cubes. When i do not tell others what is in it until after the meal, they all agree it is delicious - even the anti-hunters.

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from ALJoe wrote 15 weeks 5 days ago

My sister has always claimed she doesn't like wild meat. When we were younger my mother made a large bowl of chili. My sister ate it and even went back for seconds. She went on and on about how good it was. My mother then told her it was made from deer burger. She immediately ran to the bathroom sick. Eating wild meat is psychological for some people. My sister has always supported hunting and thankfully even married a hunter. She is slowly starting to aquire a taste for wild game but she's still not crazy about it.

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from Gary Devine wrote 15 weeks 5 days ago

When I was younger and living at home, my mother made venison and other wild game never told anybody. Meat loaf, meatballs, stew meat, steaks, burgers, lasagna, and other meals were venison, elk, bear or wild boar. Mom's six sons kept the two freezers packed with wild game all the time. My grandmother, my Brother's wife, relatives and friends eating over, stated they wouldn't eat any wild game. My mother never said a word, and they were licking their fingers after dinner. My three cousins who were young girls ate frog legs, and they said the chicken was fantastic. It’s all in the mind.

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from Gary Devine wrote 15 weeks 5 days ago

I was cooking bear burgers during lunch hour out on the loading dock, at the college where I worked. The woman leader of the AFT teachers union stopped by and I asked her if she wanted a burger. She ate two bear burgers and I never said a word. She never asked so why tell her. Silence is golden. I did tell her months later and she said that bear was fantastic.

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from Treestand wrote 15 weeks 5 days ago

I have Tried Swamp Chicken(Fog Legs)Many times, cooked many ways and cant get a liking on them No-How, but I can eat me a pile of Gator-bits.I guess its mind over matter.

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from allegnmtn wrote 15 weeks 5 days ago

Personally, I would never trick someone into eating wild game or not tell them ahead of time. It's an honesty thing and it's a person's choice to try it or not. I personally wouldn't want to be tricked into eating something. I wouldn't do it to someone else.

I've tried and like just about every wild game from venison to beaver to raccoon to muskrat to ground hog and cooked correctly, it's all good. But even though I've tried it half a dozen times, I can't enjoy bear. I can't hunt them either. It's a mental thing. I've had a Black Lab in my house since I was three. I think I'm imprinted to see Black Lab when I see bear. Using that example, I figure to each their own and hey, it's more for me if they won't eat it.

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from 99explorer wrote 15 weeks 5 days ago

I agree with those who would not trick another person into eating something like wild game or horsemeat. Remember the golden rule, and do unto others...
"Mystery meat" falls into the same category.

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from Ncarl wrote 15 weeks 5 days ago

I thought you were talking about my family for a second.

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from Dcast wrote 15 weeks 5 days ago

My side of the family it doesn't bother, for the most part, now my wifes side except me and another outlaw would role in their graves if they new they were eating wild game. My wife for the 1st 10 yrs we dated (we are junior high sweethearts!) she never would eat red meat now everyone else did but she didn't. Not until after we got married and she got pregnant did she have any desire to eat red meat thats when she tried venison and now she cooks it in some dish at least 3 times a week. Her family still can't believe she eats it! Little do they know they eat it quite often along with other wild game. I adhere to the former military policy of "Don't Ask Don't Tell"! The funny thing is no one in my family hunted when I grew up, I was more a animal lover than a hunter growing up. I watched Marty Stouffer religiously growing up but also watched hunting shows with Jackie Bushman, Bill Jordan, and a few other hunters. I didn't get my start hunting until I was 20 and haven't looked back since.

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from buckeye wrote 15 weeks 4 days ago

I wouldn't say that I am tricking anyone. You know if you are eating at my house there is a good chance the meat came from the wild wild woods. I can only think of one person that comes to my house for a meal with any regularity that is anit hunting, but he is not anti venison. He will he anything you put infront of him. He just doesn't want to do the "dirty work". My wife was never a big venison fan, but lately she would rather eat deer than store bought beef.

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from Ncarl wrote 15 weeks 3 days ago

buckeye, your must be a better man than I. Nobody who is truly anti hunting would be welcome around me. Notice I said truly not just dosnt like to hunt.

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from Treestand wrote 15 weeks 5 days ago

I started my two sons on wild game food by making it for supper and not saying any thing at all, and when they asked for more, just give it to them. Now if some one said they don't like W/game tell/them.

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from Moose1980 wrote 15 weeks 5 days ago

My father tricked me into eating venison when I was a youngster by telling me it was Steak-Umms. Of course I haven't looked back since. I find if you use it in a sauce or meatloaf, people are more willing to try it than a roast or steak. I would never not tell someone if there was venison or wild game meat in a dish. I respect their wishes if they choose not to try it.

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from Boiler02 wrote 15 weeks 5 days ago

My mom swears that she doesn't like venison because of how much she had to eat growing up with my grandpa. He was a great hunter and they were poor so venison fed the family. However, she says the burgers I make on the grill taste really good. I hadn't told her until last summer, when she asked, that it was venison.

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from jhjimbo wrote 15 weeks 5 days ago

My chilli has venison in it. I use the steak and cut it in small cubes. When i do not tell others what is in it until after the meal, they all agree it is delicious - even the anti-hunters.

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from Gary Devine wrote 15 weeks 5 days ago

I was cooking bear burgers during lunch hour out on the loading dock, at the college where I worked. The woman leader of the AFT teachers union stopped by and I asked her if she wanted a burger. She ate two bear burgers and I never said a word. She never asked so why tell her. Silence is golden. I did tell her months later and she said that bear was fantastic.

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from allegnmtn wrote 15 weeks 5 days ago

Personally, I would never trick someone into eating wild game or not tell them ahead of time. It's an honesty thing and it's a person's choice to try it or not. I personally wouldn't want to be tricked into eating something. I wouldn't do it to someone else.

I've tried and like just about every wild game from venison to beaver to raccoon to muskrat to ground hog and cooked correctly, it's all good. But even though I've tried it half a dozen times, I can't enjoy bear. I can't hunt them either. It's a mental thing. I've had a Black Lab in my house since I was three. I think I'm imprinted to see Black Lab when I see bear. Using that example, I figure to each their own and hey, it's more for me if they won't eat it.

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from ALJoe wrote 15 weeks 5 days ago

My sister has always claimed she doesn't like wild meat. When we were younger my mother made a large bowl of chili. My sister ate it and even went back for seconds. She went on and on about how good it was. My mother then told her it was made from deer burger. She immediately ran to the bathroom sick. Eating wild meat is psychological for some people. My sister has always supported hunting and thankfully even married a hunter. She is slowly starting to aquire a taste for wild game but she's still not crazy about it.

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from Gary Devine wrote 15 weeks 5 days ago

When I was younger and living at home, my mother made venison and other wild game never told anybody. Meat loaf, meatballs, stew meat, steaks, burgers, lasagna, and other meals were venison, elk, bear or wild boar. Mom's six sons kept the two freezers packed with wild game all the time. My grandmother, my Brother's wife, relatives and friends eating over, stated they wouldn't eat any wild game. My mother never said a word, and they were licking their fingers after dinner. My three cousins who were young girls ate frog legs, and they said the chicken was fantastic. It’s all in the mind.

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from Treestand wrote 15 weeks 5 days ago

I have Tried Swamp Chicken(Fog Legs)Many times, cooked many ways and cant get a liking on them No-How, but I can eat me a pile of Gator-bits.I guess its mind over matter.

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from 99explorer wrote 15 weeks 5 days ago

I agree with those who would not trick another person into eating something like wild game or horsemeat. Remember the golden rule, and do unto others...
"Mystery meat" falls into the same category.

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from AAM wrote 15 weeks 5 days ago

Yeah some people think it's weird to eat wild game or something you killed and butchered yourself, nobody in my family has a problem and personally I'd rather eat someting I killed than hamburger from the store.

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from Ncarl wrote 15 weeks 5 days ago

I thought you were talking about my family for a second.

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from Dcast wrote 15 weeks 5 days ago

My side of the family it doesn't bother, for the most part, now my wifes side except me and another outlaw would role in their graves if they new they were eating wild game. My wife for the 1st 10 yrs we dated (we are junior high sweethearts!) she never would eat red meat now everyone else did but she didn't. Not until after we got married and she got pregnant did she have any desire to eat red meat thats when she tried venison and now she cooks it in some dish at least 3 times a week. Her family still can't believe she eats it! Little do they know they eat it quite often along with other wild game. I adhere to the former military policy of "Don't Ask Don't Tell"! The funny thing is no one in my family hunted when I grew up, I was more a animal lover than a hunter growing up. I watched Marty Stouffer religiously growing up but also watched hunting shows with Jackie Bushman, Bill Jordan, and a few other hunters. I didn't get my start hunting until I was 20 and haven't looked back since.

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from buckeye wrote 15 weeks 4 days ago

I wouldn't say that I am tricking anyone. You know if you are eating at my house there is a good chance the meat came from the wild wild woods. I can only think of one person that comes to my house for a meal with any regularity that is anit hunting, but he is not anti venison. He will he anything you put infront of him. He just doesn't want to do the "dirty work". My wife was never a big venison fan, but lately she would rather eat deer than store bought beef.

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from Ncarl wrote 15 weeks 3 days ago

buckeye, your must be a better man than I. Nobody who is truly anti hunting would be welcome around me. Notice I said truly not just dosnt like to hunt.

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