A lot of reenactment level work is about learning appropriate historical crafts and skills. This board is for all general skills that don't have their own forum.
Hi all,
This is slightly related to rangers as it deals with something we may hunt. With our move and everything involved with that, I was unable to make it to the hunter safety course this year. So I mentioned to a guy that I work with that I was interested in getting my hands on some deer meat. Well, he told another guy, our maintenance supervisor. A week later, the maintenance guy showed up in my shop and asked if I wanted some deer meat. I jumped at the chance. He gave me two shoulders and a ham that he had aged for a few days before he gave it to me.
So, here's the question: Now that I've got it, what do I do with it? What are some good recipes for the shoulders and ham? I cut up the ham so I could get it into gallon sized freezer bags. So, what have ya got?
Ichthean Forge (pronounced Ick thee an). Maker of knives, and primitive camping gear.
I know this is a general response, but in all the fantast novels, medieval novels, situations, and studies I've done. Putting the meat in a pot with whatever veggies and spices you can get ahold of at the time and making a stew is a fairly standard choice. GRanted, I've found from expierence that baring rancid, moldy left-overs, no matter the original quality of the meat, you can always get a fairly awesome stew out of it, so maybe think of stew as a backup.
I believe you can do it in a regular oven with the door cracked open a bit. I'll have to look it up as I'm unsure of what temperature to set the oven at.
That's GREAT! I'll thaw some meat out and try it soon. I prepared some stew out of some of it. A can of cream of onion soup, a can of beef broth, a carrot cut up and a few cut up potatoes. I added black- and white- pepper. It was good, but something was missing. I'll be playing with the recipe some to make it a bit more flavorful.
Ichthean Forge (pronounced Ick thee an). Maker of knives, and primitive camping gear.
What are some good recipes for the shoulders and ham? I cut up the ham so I could get it into gallon sized freezer bags. So, what have ya got?
Any other ideas for making jerky?
I wish I didn't like it as well as I do.