So this is mainly for deer, but I also do this to the occasional squirrel I shoot.
I use the animal leftovers for food. Not food for me, but food for my 3 dogs tortilla, pringles, and cheeto:
When I am cleaning a deer, I save all the scrap, and cut everything from the bone. I then take all the trim inside, and cut the silver skin, tendons, etc off the meat, and save all the good meat for the people (i just grind it all). All the left over scrap,
I take it and bake at 350 until the connective tissues soften or break down. I then take that, and once its cooled, chop it all into small bits. Not quite mince, but a through but indiscriminate chop. Keep all the congealed fat chopped with it.
Next I take our pressure cooker, and dump in 1 bag of frozen peas, and 1 bag of frozen sliced carrots, and cook that with 4 cups of rice.
Once that is all cooked, I then mix the meat and rice at a 1:2 ratio (i use a half cup and do 2 scoops rice, 1 scoops meat). This makes a serving size for our dogs (50-60lbs each).
Throw that in a sandwich baggie and freeze them all, and defrost as needed in the microwave for meal time. They absolutely love it, it is super healthy for them, and it means almost no waste from processing deer. You can add egg shells, blueberries or strawberries, and lots of other natural things.
This year from 2 deer I harvested, we got almost a months worth of food from doing this process - and the cost was a couple pounds of rice and some frozen veggies - not quite free but a lot less than eukanuba!
Cheers!
I use the animal leftovers for food. Not food for me, but food for my 3 dogs tortilla, pringles, and cheeto:
When I am cleaning a deer, I save all the scrap, and cut everything from the bone. I then take all the trim inside, and cut the silver skin, tendons, etc off the meat, and save all the good meat for the people (i just grind it all). All the left over scrap,
I take it and bake at 350 until the connective tissues soften or break down. I then take that, and once its cooled, chop it all into small bits. Not quite mince, but a through but indiscriminate chop. Keep all the congealed fat chopped with it.
Next I take our pressure cooker, and dump in 1 bag of frozen peas, and 1 bag of frozen sliced carrots, and cook that with 4 cups of rice.
Once that is all cooked, I then mix the meat and rice at a 1:2 ratio (i use a half cup and do 2 scoops rice, 1 scoops meat). This makes a serving size for our dogs (50-60lbs each).
Throw that in a sandwich baggie and freeze them all, and defrost as needed in the microwave for meal time. They absolutely love it, it is super healthy for them, and it means almost no waste from processing deer. You can add egg shells, blueberries or strawberries, and lots of other natural things.
This year from 2 deer I harvested, we got almost a months worth of food from doing this process - and the cost was a couple pounds of rice and some frozen veggies - not quite free but a lot less than eukanuba!
Cheers!
, much healthier diet for them, plus they loved it.
