'Chillin' after canning/processing venison. Feelin good!

[waarp8nt]

Mr and Mrs Thumbcocker can some pretty tasty deer meat, chicken, dill pickles and such. There has been more than one occasion they were kind enough to share with me.

[white eagle]

Quit it now I'm hungry

[w5pv]

The meat never lasted long enough for canning but bean,peas,corn and other garden veggies were canned,shelf life will surprise you.Had some figs that were still good after several years in the caning jar.Also ribbon Cane syrup.

[shooterg]

Used to go with Grandma and help with yearly canning at the local school's cannery - but we actually put the meat in cans, not jars. Jams and some veggies went into jars - maybe we oughta call it "jarring". lol
I'd pay a lot for a can of Grandma's beef stew or jar of strawberry jam now !

[Electric88]

All this talk about going canning venison makes me wish I was able to go hunting this year

[TXGunNut]

Made my last batches of breakfast and Italian sausage last weekend, some chili meat as well. Smoking some loins this weekend. Gotta make room for some venison or I'll be leaving the big cooler at home!

[smokeywolf]

We've been canning for several years. Regularly can chicken soup (sans noodles), ham bone/navy bean soup, chili, spaghetti sauce, beef and few other goodies.
A quick dinner or late night snack is sometimes microwaved leftover rice with a jar of beef poured into a saucepan, heated and poured over the rice.

[telebasher]

Anybody can any mincemeat ? Love mincemeat pies !

[Djones]

Thank you all for the info on this thread. It was enough to get me to take the plunge into pressure canning. I canned my first batch of deer chili about three weeks ago. Just polished off the first pint today while camping. Probably the best chili I have ever eaten. It is so handy to have a pint of chili on hand. Excited to try some fresh meat once bow season gets here.

Here is a picture of my chili, fresh out of the canner.

[sixshot]

Djones, would you care to share your chili recipe for venison, I can't find my canning recipe & I've had it for years.

Dick

[Djones]

Hoosier Whitetail Chili

Ingredients:

1.5 to 2 pounds ground deer
two to three onions chopped
one bell pepper chopped
Handful of chopped jalapeños
Three to four large cloves of garlic
Pint of salsa
quart of canned tomatoes packed in own juice
2 tablespoons chili powder
2 tablespoons cumin
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1 14oz can black beans
1 14oz can kidney beans


Directions:

1) Brown the meat with onions and peppers
2) add salsa, tomatoes and seasoning. Over low - med/low heat bring to low boil
3) add drained beans and bring to a simmer

If canning allow to simmer while packing into hot pint jars. Leave 1" headspace. Process for 75 min at 11 psi (Hoosier flatlander elevation).

If you aren't canning, allow to simmer for a few hours.

Enjoy,

David

[300 TC]

Try using Hatch chili peppers with that recipe, it adds a whole new flavor.

[Hogtamer]

Thanks for posting this! I just ordered the Ball Blue book off Amazon and dug out the pressure cooker I haven't used in years. There's always lots of venison here and I need another way to use it. THanks again, I love this site!

[Hogtamer]

Did my first batch of venison this afternoon and looks great. The bottom broke out of one jar,(they've been banged around over the years) using the hot pack method in canner, so wound up with 8 pints.

[Mgvande]

On Amazon there is like 15 different ball blue books. Which one has the best meat preserving recipes?

[hc18flyer]

The basics should have remained the same in all issues. For a few years I had to have a quick review, now I could do it in my Sleep! I canned 30# of venison earlier this week. Flyer

[4719dave]

Wow ..This is the 2nd time in my life im not hunt im 53 ..not too happy but life goes on .By chance would I be able to send someone a donation for perhaps a jar of ven I've never had it in a jar from a pressure cooker im thinking i missed out on something here ..Happy Turkey day too all have fun with the familys