Eating Healthy

[sawmill]

Last Sunday evening I shot a buck in the back of my property. I hauled it to my shop (after I gutted it) with my bota. For dinner tonight we had venison loin rolled in flour and Italian bread crumbs and fried in bacon grease, cabbage and onions sauteed in butter and fresh corn. DAYUM I love eating healthy!

My doctor says if it tastes good, spit it out. He is soooooooo wrong.

 

[Lil Foot]

I've had about a dozen deer around the place tonight- your post makes me want to go pop one. Damn that sounds good! My mouth is watering!

 

[ShaunBlake]

I had a very nice fish dinner but you got me drooling, and my tummy's starting to grumble...

 

[DocHolladay]

You should try deep fried backstrap. This is not done in a skillet, I use a newer version of the fry daddy.

I use Cajun injector Creole Butter and their Cajun shake, but use what you like...
Use Approx 1lb of backstrap(fits in my fryer)

Pre-heat oil to 350
Inject 1-1.5oz per pound of creole butter
Cover with Cajun shake until it is thoroughly covered(this is a crunchy layer)
Place blackstrap in fry basket and set in fryer
Cook for 7 minutes per pound*
Remove from oil and let cool for 5 minutes. This lets the juices spread back out.
Slice into 3/16" pieces(can go thicker if preferred)

* 7 minutes is med rare, 8 minutes is medium.

I discovered that you can buy Welches Raspberry Syrup and drizzle over the slices and it is amazing with this recipe. I started buying raspberries and making my own sauce the day before and it is great. Blackberry is good also.

 

[olthumpa]

aaaaaah, what time did you say dinner was?

Enjoy, I know I would.

Crumble up the bacon and put it in the cabbage just before you eat it, that is the way I like it.

 

[Corney]

They were saying on the radio that bacon and processed meats are as carcinogenic as tobacco and asbestos.

Well I would sure hate to be laying on my death bed dying of nothing!

So bring on the bacon!

 

[Daren Todd]

Guess I'm gonna get cancer. Pettit Jean bacon is some of the best on the market Along with there lunch meats.

We had marinated pork roast, green beans, and mac and cheese last night for dinner. Gonna be good left overs for tonight

 

[CaveCreekRay]

Lucky for me they are pretty rare down here... (No hunting inside city limits and these guys know it! This is only about half the herd. Notice the family way out to the left with week-olds. This was a few years ago. There are more now.)

 

[ipz2222]

Geez, Cave creek, what do they eat, I see a lot of dirt...

 

[CaveCreekRay]

I have tons of Jojoba bushes on my property and in late summer, they have tons of dark brown "beans" on them the Indians used to ground into flour. The deer eat 'em off the bushes. I was working in my well house one day and I heard crunching and clumsy hooves outside. There was a doe right outside my door munching on beans. I think the deer eat the leaves too. She knew I was there.

The prickly pear cactus blooms in late summer and the deer eat the blooms. Early summer sees a bunch of seed pods (looks like a white pea pod) dropped off the Mesquite trees. My dogs like eating those too. There are native grasses that the deer munch on. Trees out here bloom a couple times a year and they munch on the lower limbs. Loads of food for them. They sure like apples!

 

[Diydave]

Kinda reminds me of ole grampa jones, on Hee haw...

https://youtu.be/K-stzkiOFrM

 

[Corney]

Geez, Cave creek, what do they eat, I see a lot of dirt...

I'll second that! There is a pile of deer and not much green? Deer here hide in the bush and come out and eat alfalfa , clover , good grass, wheat, oats, corn , lentils, peas, flax and canola.

They taste good!

Those live of rocks?

 

[Supply.Parts]

Lucky for me they are pretty rare down here... (No hunting inside city limits and these guys know it! This is only about half the herd. Notice the family way out to the left with week-olds. This was a few years ago. There are more now.)

those are lovely

 

[CaveCreekRay]

For those folks who have never been to the Sonoran desert, they all imagine it looks like the desert they see in the Roadrunner cartoons. That is in Northern AZ in the Monument Valley area.

The Sonoran desert is second only to the rain forest for variety and abundance of species. You can't walk three feet without running into a plant of some kind. Things brown out a little in summer but by this time in fall, with a few rains, the whole area is green as can be. The hill sides and mountains nearby are tinged with green trees and bushes.

This map is tiny...

This site has way-better pics...

http://www.desertmuseum.org/desert/sonora.php

 

[Humblebub]

In late 80s I was in Arizona on business and arranged a tour into the Sonoran. I was astonished at the beauty and variety. I have had an itch to move to Arizona since that visit but the mad blonde will not entertain the idea. .

 

[CaveCreekRay]

HB,

SHHHHHHHSSHHH!!! Just our little "secret!"

My daughter went to NAU at Flagstaff. They average 120 inches of snow each year. The first year she was gushing with joy at experiencing winter. By the time she graduated, she was so glad to be heading down into the valley again.

I grew up in Germany as a kid. The winters were cold. I later spent time on Long Island. The winters were wet but moderate. Then I moved to Chicago. The winters there were brutal. When I was going into the Air Force, they offered me a choice between Minot, ND, Malmstrom, MT, or Tucson, AZ. I asked, "That last one there... that's the Tucson in the desert right? I'll take THAT one."

My last station in the Air Force was Dyess at Abilene, TX. My last Deember there we drove to CA to spend time with family. At 0330 when we hit the road it was 10 below zero with winds gusting to 45 mph. An ice storm had just blown through and our tires did not touch pavement until an hour west of Midland, nearly five hours drive. That stuff will kill you.

For all you up North, God bless your perseverance and heartiness. Be careful up there this winter. I hope its a mild one.

Ray

I used to venture up north while working. I took a few pictures to prove I was there, like this one in Buffalo, NY...

Thankfully, that cold is nothing like snow in AZ...

 

[Corney]

I hear ya on that snow in Arizona thing. When we were in the hills by Tuscon it snowed! I lived in Northern Canada most of my life and I have never been that cold! Part of it was we didn't have the cloths to deal with it

I had pictures of cactuses with flowers and snow on them.

Cold, cold cold and that was a long time ago I was there, I will never forget!

 

[CaveCreekRay]

They say a couple of years in AZ "thins out your blood." It must be true. Plus I think some people get less tolerant of cold as they age. I know after trips into winter, I was glad to get home.

I remember one winter I spent a few weeks in Providence, R.I. It was a bone chiller month with temps in the 10's and 20's each morning, which is even colder along the coast. Everything but the runway was frozen due to the freeze/thaw cycles the week before and the entire airport was covered in ice and ice-covered snow. I'd get over a half hour early to make sure the plane was warm -and we had time to hit Dunkin Donuts.

Tip-toeing out each morning with the sunrise glare reflecting on the ice was painful to the eyes.

 

[Humblebub]

Ray, 18 feet of snow last winter. I grew up in the Adirondack Mountains so I am no stranger to Winter. Despite that, two record winters in two years does wear thin. The little BX handles it well but after some storms it is a challenge to get from house to garage. I keep snowshoes in the house now and used them twice last year to get to the tractor. I am growing weary.

 

[Corney]

I had the opportunity to visit NB, NS and touch into PEI last October for work. First time in the Martimes, and for some ignorant reason I thought the winters were like the Westcoast? My colleagues just laughed and laughed when I mentioned that!

I paid attention last winter to your snowfall, WTF! That is insane, I thought Saskatchewan winters suck but you folks win!