| After a long day of hunting, it is now time to take the | | | | manner and it is no wonder that some of the people |
| deer or the hunting object back to the camp or home, | | | | who eat the meat from these deer decide that they |
| and make a good dish of them. But the meat or the | | | | do not like it. Some people object to the "wild" or |
| venison, also need to be handled in proper manner. | | | | "gamey" taste of venison and the meat of other wild |
| Below are some tips which you can use for the | | | | animals. This taste is largely imaginative. Each has its |
| Venice. | | | | own distinctive odor, and odor plays a large part in |
| Venison, the flesh of the deer family, is one of the best | | | | determining taste. |
| of meat foods. It is nourishing, easily assimilated and | | | | When the olfactory nerves are affected by a severe |
| flavorful. Many people, for different reasons, will | | | | head cold, the food that we eat is almost tasteless, |
| disagree with me when I make this statement, but | | | | and a blindfolded man, holding his nose, cannot |
| most of those who have eaten the meat of deer | | | | distinguish the difference in taste between a slice of |
| which has been properly killed and taken care of, will | | | | onion and a slice of apple. We have learned to |
| say the same thing. | | | | associate certain odors with certain foods and when |
| Some people are prejudiced and would not eat | | | | we encounter these odors they give us an appetite. |
| venison under any circumstances. Others have | | | | Food odors with which we are accustomed are, as a |
| sampled this meat on an experimental basis, and, being | | | | rule, pleasing; and when we eat the food, the entire |
| prepared to dislike it, have disliked it. Still others have | | | | digestive system is prepared to accept it, and we like |
| eaten venison that as not fit to eat and have therefore | | | | it. On the other hand, unfamiliar odors are often |
| condemned all venison because of the sample. It is a | | | | offensive so we dislike the food, and often the |
| fact that a large portion of the deer which are killed | | | | stomach will refuse to accept and retain it. The French |
| are not fit to eat by the time that they reach the table. | | | | chef, with his many sauces, is able to overpower or |
| There is no real need for this and it is too bad that so | | | | disguise these odors so as to make almost any food |
| much good meat should go to waste each year for | | | | palatable. |
| the lack of proper care. Venison is easily spoiled by | | | | Venison, when properly cared for, needs none of |
| improper care and it is a mystery to me how so much | | | | these disguising sauces. The odor is no stronger than |
| of it remains edible as long as it does after the | | | | that of the domestic animals. It is different, with the |
| treatment that most of it receives. | | | | same difference which exists among beef, pork and |
| Most of our domestic meat animals are killed and | | | | mutton, but anyone who approaches a good venison |
| handled under the eyes of Government inspectors in | | | | steak with an open mind is almost certain to enjoy it. It |
| as sanitary a manner as possible. Every effort is | | | | is a superior food and if the deer could be |
| made to see that the meat reaches the consumer in | | | | domesticated and treated as other domesticated |
| an edible condition. If a beef animal were shot through | | | | animals, we would have an even better and tastier |
| the body, perhaps several times; the viscera removed | | | | product. |
| in an indifferent manner, perhaps in several pieces; | | | | Venison is easily spoiled by improper care; some |
| blood and other foreign matter left in the body cavity; | | | | people object to the "wild" or "gamey" taste of venison |
| the carcass dragged over the ground to an | | | | and the meat of other wild animals. This taste is largely |
| un-refrigerated car and shipped, with the skin on, for | | | | imaginative. Each has its own distinctive odor, and odor |
| two hundred miles, the meat would not pass inspection | | | | plays a large part in determining taste. When preparing |
| and would be condemned as unfit for human | | | | the venison, you can make some experiment for a |
| consumption. Many of our deer are handled in this | | | | better taste and odor. |