Juggy D Beerman
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I am interested in everyone's opinion on an issue I faced yesterday.
Here is a little background on the issue. After all the various deer seasons are over in Missouri, me and two of my buddies pool the deer trimmings from the muscles that won't make roasts. In the past 15 years of doing this we have had any where between 100 to 200 pounds of trimming and beef/pork fats to make ground burger. We go with a total of 80% venison, 10% beef fat and 10% pork fat. I add what ever bacon trimmings I have from the previous year to the mix.
So here is the question. One of my buddies was given a large amount of trimmings and some roasts from one of his friends. He received the meat last Sunday. Yesterday, I stopped by one of my grinding partners house to finish prepping the meat for freezing until grinding day arrives. Instead of putting the meat in the refrigerator, he kept the meat in the (clean) trash bag it was placed in. He said he kept adding ice to the cooler and drained the bloody water every day. When I looked at the meat that was in the cooler, the meat had no color to it. It was almost white! (Keep in mind I am extremely colorblind.)
I told my friend that we could not use this meat for grinding as it had been in cooler water for over three days. I did not trust using this meat as it was going to be ground and I did not want to risk contaminating the rest of the meat that we were going to use. My buddy said he had been doing this for years with his roasts and had no issues with eating meat such as this. I replied he had been doing it wrong for years and it is a wonder he had not made himself or someone else sick. He went through the bag and removed the roasts that still needed more trimming and kept them. I took the trimmings and took them to the trash. Right now, he is not happy with me nor am I happy with him. I informed the donor of the meat what happened and he is not happy with our mutual friend either.
The hunter said he often will soak his roasts in water overnight, but he does it in a clean container that is placed in the refrigerator. He was of the opinion that cooler water soaked meat was not fit for human consumption. So what say ye, my fellow readers? Would you have used this meat for grinding purposes?
Thanks in advance to all who reply, Juggy D Beerman
Here is a little background on the issue. After all the various deer seasons are over in Missouri, me and two of my buddies pool the deer trimmings from the muscles that won't make roasts. In the past 15 years of doing this we have had any where between 100 to 200 pounds of trimming and beef/pork fats to make ground burger. We go with a total of 80% venison, 10% beef fat and 10% pork fat. I add what ever bacon trimmings I have from the previous year to the mix.
So here is the question. One of my buddies was given a large amount of trimmings and some roasts from one of his friends. He received the meat last Sunday. Yesterday, I stopped by one of my grinding partners house to finish prepping the meat for freezing until grinding day arrives. Instead of putting the meat in the refrigerator, he kept the meat in the (clean) trash bag it was placed in. He said he kept adding ice to the cooler and drained the bloody water every day. When I looked at the meat that was in the cooler, the meat had no color to it. It was almost white! (Keep in mind I am extremely colorblind.)
I told my friend that we could not use this meat for grinding as it had been in cooler water for over three days. I did not trust using this meat as it was going to be ground and I did not want to risk contaminating the rest of the meat that we were going to use. My buddy said he had been doing this for years with his roasts and had no issues with eating meat such as this. I replied he had been doing it wrong for years and it is a wonder he had not made himself or someone else sick. He went through the bag and removed the roasts that still needed more trimming and kept them. I took the trimmings and took them to the trash. Right now, he is not happy with me nor am I happy with him. I informed the donor of the meat what happened and he is not happy with our mutual friend either.
The hunter said he often will soak his roasts in water overnight, but he does it in a clean container that is placed in the refrigerator. He was of the opinion that cooler water soaked meat was not fit for human consumption. So what say ye, my fellow readers? Would you have used this meat for grinding purposes?
Thanks in advance to all who reply, Juggy D Beerman