Venison ribs

[Jes]

Well we need to rebuild the survival part of the forum so I will start by asking for recipes for venison ribs.
One of my hunting buddies had some left from last year and he is moving and gave me a bunch of his leftover vension.
I have never cooked venison ribs so I don't know if you can boil them or not, so give me some ideas. I usually just let the coyotes have the ribs, but if these turn out ok I will start keeping them.

[stidgun]

Let the coyotes have them. Set your IR trail cam up on the dump pile set for video mode, may be surprised at the number of different critters that fuss for the leftovers.
I never have tried to cook venison ribs, I here tough and very little meat.

[Verminator]

Venison ribs? Sounds like critter bait to me

[thegman]

Not enough meat on them to worry about.

[Jes]

Well I used the venison ribs for jerky. I made a marinade with soy sauce, season salt, meat tenderizer, garlic salt, "montreal steak seasoning" and curing salt by weight. Cure in the fridge for 24hrs. Removed from the marinade/cure and dried with paper towels. Then I sprinkled some garlic and onion seasoning on before going in the dehydrator.
I used my dehydrator set at 160 deg for 2 hrs, then 140 deg for 3 hrs. I put the dehydrator in the garage and you could smell it down the street.
They came out very tasty but I couldn't get all the fat and connective tissue off so as you eat it you just peel the meat off the tissue like bologna casing.

Still, using the rib meat is more work than it is worth... won't do it again. Maybe neck meat next time!

[Spot]

The following came from this site.
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http://www.backwoodsbound.com/recipe.html



BBQ'd Venison Ribs
Thanks to Jason Medlin for sharing his recipe.




~ side of deer ribs
~ favorite bbq sauce
~ 1 can beer


Cut the ribs into 3 or 4 rib pieces.

Place the ribs in a 2 inch deep roasting pan. Smother the ribs in the bbq sauce. Pour the beer over the top.

Cover loosely with aluminum foil and bake at 350 degrees until the ribs are tender.

Serve and Enjoy!

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Smoked Deer Ribs
Thanks Judy for sending in this recipe.



~ deer ribs
~ Swansons beef broth, amount depends upon how many ribs you are cooking.
~ 1 can of water per can of broth
~ 1 onion, chopped
~ 5 cloves garlic, diced
~ 1 tsp pepper
~ 1 tsp cayenne pepper
~ 1 tsp parsley
~ 1 tsp basil
~ 1 tsp Old Bay seasoning
~ 1 carrot, chopped
~ 1 stalk celery, chopped


Place the ribs in a large pot. Cover with broth and water.

Stir in the seasonings, onion, garlic, carrot and celery.

Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and cook until nice and tender.

Place the ribs in a smoker with a pan of water. Smoke ribs for 1 1/2 hours.

When ribs are smoked you can baste with barbecue sauce or eat the ribs like they are.

Serve and Enjoy!

Note: You can strain the broth and use it for deer stew or soup. Add fresh carrot, celery and onion when you are going to use it. Broth can be frozen until used.

[stidgun]

Probably like the coon recipe I know, when its through you throw away the coon and eat the fixxens.

[onebadfish]

I have always prided myself on using all (as much as possible) of an animal I kill. But for years threw the backbone, legs, neck and ribs to the coyotes after I finished butchering. I have since changed that practice. Now I take all the bones previously mentioned and boil a big pot of water on the turkey fryer. It takes about 3 pots full to complete the deer. I cut the backbone into 3 sections along with the rib cage. I boil the bones for about 3 hours per potful. When done I allow to cool and remove the bare bones, then drail through a sieve. What you end up with at the end of this is about 5 lbs of delicious loin and other meat that falls away from the bones during cooking. I freeze this meat in smaller packages where it can be used as a wonderful pulled veinson bar-b-que for sandwiches, or a great soup meat.

I start this while still butchering so it becomes part fo the process. I will never throw out bones with meat on them again, its that good.

Just my 2 cents

[mitchr]

The meat closest to the bone is the best meat. This goes for venison, beef, pork, whatever.

[onebadfish]

I agree totally, the meat that comes from the rendering method above is very tender and full of flavor.

[Americangirl01]

Good on you, obf, for not letting it go to waste....

[onebadfish]

Thanks AG, It's just important to me, when I pull the trigger in the field to make the best practical use of the animal that just died for my use. I hate it when I see road kill deer that people leave, If i see one hit by a car I stop and take it if the driver drives off, always 30 plus pounds of lean meat. Some people say thats crossing the line of good taste, I say why leave it for the crows and coyotes if fresh.

[Americangirl01]

Thanks AG, It's just important to me, when I pull the trigger in the field to make the best practical use of the animal that just died for my use. I hate it when I see road kill deer that people leave, If i see one hit by a car I stop and take it if the driver drives off, always 30 plus pounds of lean meat. Some people say thats crossing the line of good taste, I say why leave it for the crows and coyotes if fresh.

I truly wish that more people shared your values. I had a friend who hit a deer with her Camaro. It kind of went around the car and its head went through one of the back windows. She asked the police if she could have the deer. They told her that she could, but for the next one she would need a hunting license and a rifle. No more hunting with the little Camaro.....

A couple of weeks ago, there was an article in my local newspaper about a group of dead ducks that had been found behind a lake in town. It would be illegal for anyone to hunt duck there as it is in the City Limits, but there are ducks on the lake. Someone killed a dozen of them, harvested the breasts and dumped the rest..... .

[onebadfish]

Thats just terrible about the ducks. Ducks unlimited members I am sure are outraged. I have called law enforcement a few times after stopping to pick up a deer. They are usually very friendly and glad the animal was being removed and used. I have only ever done that when a deer was still alive, and needed them to dispatch it.

Thanks for the kind words

[Jes]

I know this is not quite on topic, but here goes...
I live in an area that was mostly farmland until the Charlotte suburbs started moving in and developing. This fall I was driving down a fairly busy secondary road (2-lane). One of the homeowners was at the edge of the road with a few neighbors where a deer had just been hit and fatally wounded. Apparently they had no idea what they were doing but felt the need to put the deer out of it's misery......with a shovel...... and were doing a very poor job of it.
City folks with good intentions and no understanding of the problem. Sound familiar... cough...NOBAMA...cough.