deer fat - how much to trim

[upperleftcoaster]

so i just got a real nice fat white-tailed doe. oat fed from a farmers field. over an inch of fat on the breast when i gutted her, and tons of fat layered up all around. plus when it was warm the fat was really gelatinous, not like waxy and stiff.

how much should i trim off? my friend suggested that the fat was fine to eat but that it degrades quickly in the freezer.

i'm looking at the cuts and it feels like a shame to just get rid of all of it. so what are your experiences with a healthy fat deer?


this is the rib section


and the saddle

[horseman2]

A field fed doe with lots of bark. A range fed dear would not have that much.

A little bit is all you need and is too much if mixed in to your ground.

[brig]

I would certainly trim off all the hard fat, it will add gamey flavour for sure after a short time in the freezer. If there’s a little left on you cuts or in your ground it wont be noticeable but I have found you want to trim the majority of it off.

[jlirot]

https://honest-food.net/cooking-deer-fat/

THere are other articles out there. Apparently venison fat has a very high stearic acid content. This coats your mouth and keeps you from tasting other flavors. So either go easy on the fat - or drink a good cabernet with it.

[warnniklz]

I'm just commenting as I'm curious about white tail fat...

I know mule deer fat is waxy as all hell. Can scrape it from your mouth with a fingernail after eating it.

[180grainer]

Get rid of it all or as much as you can. Wild game fat is not like beef fat.

[whognu]

Get rid of it all or as much as you can. Wild game fat is not like beef fat.

what he said

zero is a good amount

[mpotzold]

what he said

zero is a good amount

Again!-fully agree

Had a little of it a few times & couldn't stand the wild taste.
Last time a few years ago had some on a plate for dinner at a friend's place & had to run to the washroom to spit it out -it was so wild tasting!

[Livewire322]

Add another one for the ‘trim app of it off’ camp.

If you don’t want it going to waste, you can render the fat out and make something from it - soap, candles, waterproofing… that’d be pretty ‘extra’ though (having done it myself, I can confirm it’s time consuming)

[HarryToolips]

Add another one for the ‘trim app of it off’ camp.

If you don’t want it going to waste, you can render the fat out and make something from it - soap, candles, waterproofing… that’d be pretty ‘extra’ though (having done it myself, I can confirm it’s time consuming)

This is what I would look into doing with the fat...as mentioned previously, deer fat is gross and sticks to the roof of your mouth..