I was just sitting out front of my apartments talking to one of the ladies that live here about hunting. Both she and her son hunt.
Anyway I LOVE venison chili with about half venison and half beef. I mentioned that, while I don't hunt, I needed to make friends with someone that did so I could make some chili. She asked me how much ground venison I'd need and I said, to fill my 8-quart crock pot, about 1.5 pounds. She said that she did 1 pound packages before putting in her chest freezer and asked if 2 pounds would be OK. I now have 2 pounds of venison in my freezer and she refused any payment.
Of course I'll give her some of the chili. OH! I also happen to have a two pound bag of small dried red beans sitting in my pantry. Of course I won't use all of them but the chili will be made with them instead of canned kidney beans. I'll get a couple of ham hocks and make red beans and rice with the rest of the beans. LOL! I see some really good comfort food eating in my future.
As an added bonus I can save some of the venison to mix with beef for a couple of burgers. If I save half a pound, and add a half pound of beef, I'll get two half pound burgers.
Right now she is waiting for her son to get back from buffalo hunting. She said that, if he did well, she will give me some of that too. I've actually never had buffalo even though the local grocery stores sell it. I told her that, if I wanted to try buffalo, I could just get some in a store. LOL! She told me that I was stupid.
Apparently what the stores sell is grain fed on a farm and you might as well have cow. She said that wild buffalo has a totally different taste. I can understand that being the case.
LOL! I think that I have a new best friend.