spiroxlii
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A neighbor of mine recently gave me two shoulders. One is from a deer. The other is from a wild hog. I'm not entirely sure what to do with them.
I'm not a stranger to curing and cooking meats, but so far I've only got experience with commercially raised animals. This will be my first time preparing wild game. I've cured and smoked my own bacon from commercial pork belly before, so with the pig shoulder, I thought about the possibility of making ham. I have built my own cold smoking rig, and I could set up a hot smoker on short notice, but I do not have access to a temperature and humidity controlled smokehouse.
As far as the deer goes... I've never dealt with venison before, so I'm open to suggestions.
I know you guys probably have a lot of great stewing and grilling recipes for the deer, and I'd love to hear them, but I'm REALLY interested in hearing about curing/smoking (cold smoking if possible) for the pork. Like I said, I can do the brining part and the smoking part, but most of the ham recipes I've looked up on the internet also require extensive climate-controlled aging.
I'm not a stranger to curing and cooking meats, but so far I've only got experience with commercially raised animals. This will be my first time preparing wild game. I've cured and smoked my own bacon from commercial pork belly before, so with the pig shoulder, I thought about the possibility of making ham. I have built my own cold smoking rig, and I could set up a hot smoker on short notice, but I do not have access to a temperature and humidity controlled smokehouse.
As far as the deer goes... I've never dealt with venison before, so I'm open to suggestions.
I know you guys probably have a lot of great stewing and grilling recipes for the deer, and I'd love to hear them, but I'm REALLY interested in hearing about curing/smoking (cold smoking if possible) for the pork. Like I said, I can do the brining part and the smoking part, but most of the ham recipes I've looked up on the internet also require extensive climate-controlled aging.