We do not buy ground beef. Period. We eat ground venison in place of ground beef exclusively. If we run out, we have family members that kill more deer than their households can even think about eating (don't get me started on that) so we take some of theirs off their hands. In addition to the countless uses for ground venison, we'll do all sorts of stuff with other cuts - grilled loin/backstrap, pan-fried loin/backstrap, cube steak, roasts, osso bucco with the shanks, fajitas, stir-fry, jalapeno poppers, kabobs...the list goes on and on.

My guess is your venison menu is very limited. Find some good wild game recipes online and start experimenting. Steven Rinella has a ton on his website and their are countless others online. Cooking and eating wild game that you killed yourself is so much more satisfying than cooking store-bought meat. I'd imagine that satisfaction is amplified even more when you butchered/processed it yourself, but I'm not there yet.


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