Here are a few cooking tips for deer meat

1:22 AM,
Dec. 11, 2012

Written by

Dick Martin
News Journal correspondent

The recent week of deer gun season put venison into a lot of local freezers.

It's very good meat, especially if properly cared for and promptly taken to the local meat processor. Venison has no growth hormones, no antibiotics, and very little fat, which makes it one of the most healthy foods you and your family can eat.

But many hunters got their first deer this year, and wives unaccustomed to cooking deer meat could be in despair looking at 50 to 80 pounds of deerburger, chops, steaks, and roasts sitting in the freezer. ...