mom called, I am in for a treat

Anonymous-0 · Sep 26, 2009

A bit of background, when I was going to college (University Of North Dakota) in the early 1980's I was poor, everybody was. I lived, for four years, on soybeans stolen (?) by 5 gal buckets, from dads grain bins and the cull ewes we would slaughter. Mom would turn these old sheep in to lamberger and would can the roasts and steaks in Ball jars in her pressure cooker and send them to school with me. My apartment was very popular because there was always food to eat. So now 30 years later, the place has not seen a sheep in 25 years and the bins are full of wheat and barley, and North Dakota has a population of deer that the Game and Fish Dept says is "testing land owner tollerence". So they are having a doe reduction season starting Oct 2. 4 tags for everyone, nonresidents pay $55 a tag and residents pay $12 or something. So hunting does this year are my cousins, brothers and I. Eleven hunters that can get 44 deer. I think we can all fill. My 78 year old mom says if I buy lids for the jars she will turn all this deer meat into burger and sausage and can the roasts and steaks. I love my mom.

ericlb · Sep 26, 2009

how or what did you do with the soybeans? just interested, ive heard of crushing feed oats and making oatmeal[after cleaning] but not soybeans

Anonymous-0 · Sep 26, 2009

Soybeans: If you are a hungry College student you boil them and then you eat them.

ericlb · Sep 26, 2009

ok thanks i never tryed that been many years since i was in colledge but when i was i remember i had lots of oatmeal, homemade cookies and balony, lol lots of balony and bread

Anonymous-0 · Sep 26, 2009

And then there was always the jam sandwich, You would take 2 pieces of bread and jam them together.

Anonymous-0 · Sep 26, 2009

In the 1930's depression deer became scarse.

2x4 · Sep 27, 2009

They were nearly wiped out completely in the Alleghaney foothills. Only the remotest high mountains had them. Now every landowner can take 7 deer & they're still over-populated.

Dan-IA · Sep 27, 2009

Hey Scott, I have 3 living in my back yard. I'll change my handle to Dan-ND for a few days if you'll come take care of 'em for me. Thanks!

Anonymous-0 · Sep 27, 2009

still do that but my jam is stewed fruit with cinnamon and touch of orange juice, diabetic jam, no sugar. desert with little icecream.

Coloken · Sep 27, 2009

A fes years ago here some college kid put out a booklet called "100 ways to cook ramon noodles"

flying belgian · Sep 27, 2009

yes and you can use water instead of milk on your cornflakes.

OH Boy · Sep 27, 2009

What part of the state are you hunting in? I hunt west of Bismarck at a cousins ranch. I was born at Bismarck, went to UND 82-84. I go back every year for pheasant and deer hunting, generally we get all our deer, every year.

wfw · Sep 27, 2009

can we get some of your recipes for venison? we need to know how to can venison. we have seen deer in the garden all summer long. thanks

frank

Errin OH · Sep 27, 2009

If you get all the permits where allowed 7, but I usally only get two, the other five require traveling through out the state.

Canning and burger is all I do. Generally the steaks become stew meat and is canned up. Some burger is canned but most is frozen in 1 lb packs.

Matt from CT · Sep 27, 2009

Never knew Papu as a hunter, never had a gun that I know of.

But one day he mentioned one year during the depression he got 13 deer, and that was back when they were still pretty rare in Connecticut. Helped feed his family and the neighbors that year.

Errin OH · Sep 27, 2009

Just pick your favorite stew recipe and substitute the deer meat in place of beef. For taste I add a touch of beef bullion.

Canning.

Stew - How I do it is; cut the meat in half to one inch cubes and cook the meat with bullion in a pot till cooked through (season to taste). Meat will still be a tad tough. Since my garden harvest dates and deer hunting season is so far apart I usually buy frozen vegetables but if you froze your own that’s fine (we can most everything and don’t have a lot of freezer space). Add veggies, nothing over 1” cube, and let simmer (heat up) while you get your canning supplies ready. You are (at least I am) not worried about cooking everything all they way through at this point. The canning process will accomplish that. I found cooking the stew completely, then canning it, will leave the veggies mushy. Packing it all in raw (meat included) leaves the meat just a tad tough. I follow published guides and process in pint jars (single servings).

Burger – Whether it’s spaghetti, chili, or burger gravy, I brown the meat, beef bullion, and usually with onion, pepper or such. Mix with prepared tomato and/or other ingredients. I tend to cook it completely, follow published guides and process in pint jars. We use pints because there are only two of us and we don’t need that much at a time.

Anonymous-0 · Sep 27, 2009

Your allowed a few more deer if you get them with a Ford or Chevy with a stout grill guard.

Anonymous-0 · Sep 27, 2009

I was at UND the same time you were. I wonder if we met. My degrees are in Industrial Technology and Geography. We hunt in Unit 3F1. Basically from Hettinger to Bowman and New England south to the South Dakota border. The area has both Whitetail and Mule deer.

Anonymous-0 · Sep 27, 2009

I don't know how she cans it. All I ever did was eat it. I am going to pay attention this time though.

TGIN · Sep 27, 2009

Did nt get to go to college but still went through a few yrs. with my belly growling . It was eggs for me , mom had a good friend with a fair sized egg farm and mom could get all the small eggs she wanted for nothing . She would bring a handful of flats over ervy week . There s alot ya can do with a egg !

NawlensGator · Sep 28, 2009

You're a very lucky guy. I had to live off ketchup sandwiches.

Anonymous-0 · Sep 28, 2009

NawlensGator,(wonder what caused that name)I was lucky. In retrospect I was not poor, we students just didn't have much money. But we had a roof over our heads, food to eat and and an oppertunity to go to a school that was second to none. Anyway, we called ketchup and water tomato soup.

OH Boy · Sep 28, 2009

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