We have been cutting and canning venison the last 3 days. I had forgotten how much time it takes to process, can and freeze a few deer. Just havent had the spare time in recent years to do it. I talked our neighbor into helping me which surely helped with the work load. I was running two pressure cookers at a time. Ended up with 59 pints and quarts of canned meat.with several bags of tenderloin. I will do the ground meat tomorrow.











All decorated for Christmas now. I am glad that is out of the way.

Nice!

Good job focusing on what’s important!!! That dang tree set up must have set you back a bit

Canned venison is good and stays good a long time. But it is a lot of work. Merry Christmas Bob.

Looks good. Think I will can some to. I'm not a big fan of sandwiches, but a thick slab of buttered home made bread with canned venison on it is hard to beat. When I was a kid gramma set that in front of me for lunch often.

We get ole Nessy to share some of his Sourdough bread we would be set for a while Danny. I think we would have to rest a spell after eating all that bread and canned venison.

Looking great!

I’ll be canning a bunch in a couple weeks as well. Down to just a few qts and pts, need to restock. Sure is satisfying when it’s all done and you look at all the jars. Its like looking at a big stack of fresh split firewood.

This batch will last me a couple years at least I am sure. A few jars will be given to friends and family to enjoy.

I know the feeling about the pile of fresh split and stacked firewood and the smell.

Bob ,do you add any water or other liquid before canning?
I guess i'm looking for recipe!!

Never made canned deer meat. All mine goes into jerky or summer sausage or meat sticks, except the back straps, I do steak them. It looks like quite a process there Bob.

That is some nice looking, well trimmed meat! It looks like you added a little onion. I don't add anything, but each his own.

Don't know what you're missing. Hands down the best way to eat venison.

YT30 isnt exaggerating ADC. Canned venison over mashed potatoes will end up your fav supper of the year.

Or thicken the juice up a little and serve it over rice... or thicken it and add a little sour cream to make stroganoff over noodles... or or or....

Dang!! Never canned meat but have done lots of canning otherwise. I know the work that goes into it!

Don't know if it's the best, but it's really good!

Did you kill off a couple yard deer Bob?

How do you finish that meat, hot bath or pressure cooker? I've only canned jalapeños in the past. I kill a lot of deer, but never canned any.

Nice job.

I agree with that statement. We can probably 90% of the deer we get. Not the backstraps or tenderloins though.

A scoop of Mayo and a spoon full of dill relish all mixed together with canned venison makes a great quick sandwich spread. Works good on crackers also.

You can also dump a jar in a skillet, add taco seasoning and heat it up. Makes great quick shredded taco meat.