Double post
We made venison jerky one year, soaked the meat cut into little strips in a brine solution (forgot what we used, but there are dozens of jerky recipes online). We draped the strips right over the metal bars of the oven racks and set the oven on low, leaving the door propped open an inch with a clothespin, until the jerky was dry but not brittle. It was a good use for a lot of little scraps.
Forgot to add - is there anything more about that disease (brain disease?) that’s sometimes carried by deer and is supposed to be spreading? I haven’t read anything in a while, though I haven’t really looked. It just occurred to me there was some question a while back whether it’s safe to eat venison from an infected deer - and how would you know.
Last night, maybe I was a little punch drunk, I came up with an idea for Xmas gifts that I thought was hilarious. Wouldn’t it be screaming funny, I thought, to give everybody a quart jar with a bow on top containing a whole canned Cornish game hen? Maybe toss in a saffron thread to give everything a nice yellow color?
Okay, it wasn’t that funny.