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Post by bramer89 on Nov 8, 2009 21:29:31 GMT -5
I myself dont only eat the meat but the heart too. Just got turned onto it last year and we've cooked a half dozen of em or so and they always taste great! Takes a bit to prepare it and trim it but it is very good on sandwiches. Ill include the recipe i have but if someone else has a recipe let me know i wouldnt mind trying another approach. Like i said i love the way i do it but maybe someone else has a good way of doing it?
Ingredients:
deer heart
3 cups of water
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1/2 teaspoon marjoram
2 bay leaves
MUST TRIM FAT FROM HEART AND REMOVE VESSEL TUBES! If you do not do this it will be very chewy!
In a suitable pot, bring the three cups of water to a boil and add salt, pepper flakes, marjoram, and bay leaves. Cut the heart in half length wise. Put both halves into the pot and boil, covered for an hour. Let the heart steep in the liquid while it cools. Put the heart into a suitbale dish, then cover with part of the pan liquid. Refrigerate and slice (across the grain) as needed for sandwich meat. Very thin slices work bext. Use it as sandwich meat with lots of good mayonnaise. One deer heart will usually make enough sandwiches to serve 2 to 4 people for lunch. Also try thing slices atop thin crackers along with a dab or creole or dijon mustard.
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Post by kodiak50 on Nov 11, 2009 6:36:40 GMT -5
Yep, Have for years
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Post by Greenedog on Nov 11, 2009 11:43:56 GMT -5
My dead-eye shots usually destroy the heart.   I think I'll try this recipe this year. Do you eat any of the other organs? |
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Post by dadfsr on Nov 11, 2009 17:06:29 GMT -5
I usually clean them real good, slice em about 3/8 thick, throw some Sweet Baby Ray's on 'em and broil or grill them on high real quick. Got to let them sit in some salt water for a couple days(change it every day) before you slice them though.
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Post by duff on Nov 11, 2009 18:38:49 GMT -5
Eaten a few of them. Not bad but don't go out of my way to bring everyone home. Eaten a live before too, not bad.
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Post by Hoosier Hunter on Nov 11, 2009 21:09:26 GMT -5
Eaten a live before too, not bad.  |
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Post by duff on Nov 11, 2009 21:43:58 GMT -5
Come on HH. It's a Jerima Johnson special the meal of a real Crow Killer.
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Post by matahone on Nov 12, 2009 18:34:06 GMT -5
The heart is the first hting I eat of the deer. It is probably my favorite part of the deer to eat. I have had liver also but don't care for it. Lost of the time I slice it into this strips, powder with salt, pepper, garlic powder and flour then pan fry. I also like to make them in a Crock Pot over night. Nothing like a hot meal before hunting in the morning.
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Post by parson on Nov 16, 2009 12:16:50 GMT -5
When I used to live in western Maryland I knew several people who pickled deer hearts. Never asked for the recipe.
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Post by DEERTRACKS on Dec 8, 2009 14:24:03 GMT -5
The owner of a farm that I used to hunt always wanted the heart, liver, & especially the kidneys from my kills. Being an older gentleman of German decent he dearly loved his kidney pies...
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Post by tenring on Dec 8, 2009 16:44:41 GMT -5
Only if I have the chance!
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Post by huntingman on Dec 16, 2009 22:10:26 GMT -5
i havent cuz the heart is exploded with my great shots lol
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Post by DEERTRACKS on Dec 17, 2009 14:11:15 GMT -5
i havent cuz the heart is exploded with my great shots lol ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by deerbiskit on Dec 26, 2009 15:26:01 GMT -5
Never had the heart but I have had the testicles. Really not to bad if you can get over the idea of it, like rocky mountain oysters. Tastes like fried mushrooms. Anyone else?
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Post by throbak on Dec 26, 2009 17:08:08 GMT -5
had heart today. sliced thin little garlic, little red pepper, fried in olive oil and butter .MMMMMMM good  |
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Post by panman on Apr 3, 2010 4:06:26 GMT -5
Kidneys,heart,liver,and tounge,all are eaten.I love the liverof deerbut seldom eat beef liver.The tounge has to be par boiled to take the outer membrain off the meat.It makes great sandwitches.Kidneys need to be in salt water for a day or two,changing water at least every day.Great eaten folks.Neck shoot em if at all possable,no trackin, and ya get to eat ALL the goodies.pan.
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Post by duff on Apr 3, 2010 16:57:51 GMT -5
Kidneys,heart,liver,and tounge,all are eaten.I love the liverof deerbut seldom eat beef liver.The tounge has to be par boiled to take the outer membrain off the meat.It makes great sandwitches.Kidneys need to be in salt water for a day or two,changing water at least every day.Great eaten folks.Neck shoot em if at all possable,no trackin, and ya get to eat ALL the goodies.pan. I hear kidney is best by boiling the P out of it ;D |
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Post by huxbux on Apr 8, 2010 20:11:52 GMT -5
Nope. Thats where I always shoot 'em. |
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Post by parson on Apr 9, 2010 19:02:55 GMT -5
"Deer Heart", I believe that Andy Williams had a pretty big hit with a song by this, or a similar title, couple of years back.
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Post by Woody Williams on Apr 9, 2010 19:57:48 GMT -5
"Deer Heart", I believe that Andy Williams had a pretty big hit with a song by this, or a similar title, couple of years back. A "couple of years back"? Methinks that was a song of the 60s.. Time does fly doesn't it? My aplogies to Forrest Gump - Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer you get to the end the faster it goes. |
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