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Elk Sloppy Joe Hand Pies
Meet everyone’s favorite messy sandwich in handheld form. The great thing about this recipe is that it can be as homemade or as quick as you want it to be. Don’t like making homemade pie crust? Use store-bought instead! Have a favorite canned sloppy joe sauce? Go for it! No matter what you choose, you’re sure to enjoy this twist on a comfort food classic!Great recipes start with great ingredients. I prefer to grind my wild game without any added fat and add in fat when I cook it. It makes grindi
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Jan 15th 2025
Simplify Your Meat Processing with LEM
Meat processing can be a time-consuming task no matter what kind of result you are looking for. Thankfully, LEM Products has all of the meat processing equipment you could imagine for both the at-home chef and butcher alike.Hoist and GambrelEasily hoist up your hunt with our weight-reducing pulley system. This product can hold up to 500 lbs and Features an automatic self-locking device and collapses easily to fit into your hunting bag. Additionally, this product comes with a 22" lightweight gamb
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Jan 15th 2025
Venison Tamales
Christmas is this week! With holiday season in full swing comes Tamale season. We eat tamales every Christmas Eve in my house and this year I decided to make Venison Tamales. I don’t know if this is a Texas thing or if other states do it, but I love Tamales on Christmas Eve. Shoutout again to LEM for the meat grinder. It has made easy work of the three deer my husband and I have shot, butchered, and processed at home. My family, in the past, normally just bought tamales. We didn’t go through th
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Jan 15th 2025
Grind Fresh for a Better Burger
There’s a reason the best burger joints grind fresh. The final product is both tastier and juicier. For hunters, obviously there are advantages to grinding game then freezing, but, when possible, it is a great idea to keep either a roast or chunks of trim whole to grind burger to order.But the fact is: When meat is frozen, ice crystals form in muscle fibers, causing very small tears in protein. Upon thawing out, moisture loss occurs. This is a big reason we never want to freeze meat twice, as th
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Jan 15th 2025
Tailgate Appetizers
For a lot of hunters, the start of football season means two things: time to decide what to serve before and during games, time to make freezer space for the upcoming hunting season. With these three recipes, we are doing both. Also, you can make these recipes with a variety of deer cuts.Some quick tips on prepping and grinding venison: Do so when meat is still partially frozen. Use a fillet or similar knife to trim any silver skin, fascia, or brown, freezer-burnt sections (the goal is as much r
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Jan 3rd 2025