Meat Parade

I'm currently oozing meat. More specifically, Bambi meat.

I can honestly say that until a few days ago, I had eaten venison a grand total of one time in my whole life. And then, a few days ago, I went to walk the dogs and discovered a large stack of deer meat on my back porch. After wrestling with my normally sweet dogs (who suddenly looked like they were considering taking me out in order to get to said pile of meat), I determined I was the proud owner of 6 tenderloins, 2 chunks of deer butt and 2 shoulders. At first perplexed, and admittedly a little frightened, by the random appearance of slaughtered animal on my porch, I soon learned that my farmer neighbor hunts on a regular basis on the large swath of land we share and just doesn't have the freezer space. I also got the impression I could expect similar encounters with mystery meat on my porch, but I don't want to get my hopes too high. (FYI - marinated a tenderloin last night in a great Italian mix, I highly recommend it)

The very next day, I had a good friend ping me offering 2 more venison shoulders. Suddenly I was looking at a whole lot of great looking meat and not nearly enough freezer and/or fridge space. Luckily I have a multitude of hungry man friends who are going to take a bit off my plate.

I'm going to spend the next couple of days perusing my books of recipes I've collected over the years and will post the first couple that work out well in a day or two.

Have you ever been inundated by a large quantity of generosity?