Thanksgiving Dinner

gonzalezeb

5 year old buck +
Unfortunately, my two kids will be at their mom's house this year for Thanksgiving...but that didn't stop us from celebrating Thanksgiving a little earlier. I know it is traditional that you eat a Turkey at Thanksgiving - but as one who has a rare poultry allergy turkey is something we never do. The family and I talked about doing a ham - but that kinda fizzled out. We discussed doing a Prime Rib - and again, it quickly lost interest (especially with the kids). But as Junior Hunt Day came around on 14 November my son (13 yrs old) shot a beautiful looking sika stag. Shortly after the sika stag fell, I mentioned to my son...looks like we got Thanksgiving dinner figured out. I contemplated doing the backstraps and/or tenderloins for a bit, but looking at the stag while he was hanging there, it came to me...Neck Roast. I've never done a neck roast. I've known a few to talk about neck roasts - and remembered they mention how awesome it tastes...so that sealed the deal for me. Now all I have left is to convince my wife. I pitched the idea to my wife and she thought it was a great idea (after all, we are using my son's deer to provide for our family - and this will serve as a great lifetime memory for him). She googled a few recipes...came up with her idea after looking at several and then roasted the neck roast in a dutch oven for about 8 hrs. Now my kids eat deer pretty much exclusively - though my daughter has always been a bit reserved about deer and did not seem to be very keen on the idea of eating a neck roast. But, my wife cooked this amazing neck roast last night...and everyone of us, including my daughter...had seconds, thirds, and maybe forths. I suppose for your first neck roast a small sika stag is the way to go...not a lot of meat to begin with...but I never would have expected to run out of the main course. About the only comment made was the awkwardness of seeing vertibrae on the serving platter. But overall this was a hit!
 
I’ve never tried neck roast for a deer but my cousin raves about it. I may just have to go that rout. Besides it is quicker to process it that way than cutting the meat off the bone.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 
I’ve never tried neck roast for a deer but my cousin raves about it. I may just have to go that rout. Besides it is quicker to process it that way than cutting the meat off the bone.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Truth!
 
Top