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partimesquid
Junior Member
MS
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 Posted - 10/22/2008 : 20:05:19
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This is the best venison I have ever had. You won't find an easier one either.
Note: Recipe is not “exact science” A little of this or that, whatever is to your liking. This is the way I did it……
(2) Front shoulders with flap meat attached. (bone-in silver skin on)
(1) Can to ½ can of Coca Cola
(1) Lb Bacon.
(2) Beef bouillon cubes
I just used salt and pepper. Any rub or spice would work well.
All of the onions, carrots, celery, etc you want.
4-5 (small) 6-7 (large) hours at 200F in oven or large roaster covered. Meat is done when bone pulls out easy. If you want to brown it the last 20 min. or so, uncover and broil.
Other ideas for liquid would be orange juice, beer, apple juice, etc
Do it once the way I did it. Let me know what you think.....
Just love being outside
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Tikka270
Senior Member
MS
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Posted - 10/22/2008 : 22:11:48
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I like to cook them on the grill in one of those large steam pans. Salt and pepper whole shoulder sear outside on the grill then place in pan cover with a bottle of dry red wine about a cup of italian dressing, some butter and then toss in a bunch of garlic, mushrooms, onions, bell pepper and herbs. Cook until falls off bone. I don't think I've ever done it the same way twice there are ton's of variations, but it's a good way to cook a shoulder especially if you don't want to fool with boning it out and grinding it up. Way easier and good too. I love the mushrooms about as much as the deer. Don't use sweet wine will end up tasting like candy. Tried it with sangria one time and wasn't very good.
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partimesquid
Junior Member
MS
131 Posts |
Posted - 10/23/2008 : 17:12:20
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Sounds good tikka. What temp are you cooking at? I may end up purchasing a shelf type smoker this weekend, how do you think it would be in there? I may try if I can stick one this week. Do you have any other favorites?
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Taproot
Advanced Member
OXFORD, MS
2755 Posts |
Posted - 10/23/2008 : 18:08:05
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PTS, the front shoulder is an often overlooked part of the deer. I think I've posted it before, but take a front shoulder and fold it up in the bottom of one of the oblong crock pots. Cover with beef stock and cover with the usual pot roast veggies and cook on low all night. The bones will just fall out and even the tendons are good. I'll try your "Coca Cola" recipe too.
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Tikka270
Senior Member
MS
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Posted - 10/23/2008 : 18:48:00
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Originally posted by partimesquid
Sounds good tikka. What temp are you cooking at? I may end up purchasing a shelf type smoker this weekend, how do you think it would be in there? I may try if I can stick one this week. Do you have any other favorites?
Just love being outside
If I remember right around 250. Should do fine in smoker if you can fit it in. I would not use much if any smoke once you add the veg and wine. It may do ok to start it with some light smoke then add liquid and veg. You do want your juice to reduce by about half.
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jaystokes
Junior Member
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Posted - 10/23/2008 : 19:50:38
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| Coke is a good tenderizer. It will eat the ligements and tendons up. Do an experiment... go to the store and buy a cheap steak, put in bowl and cover with coke.... next day you will have a bowl full of coke. And to think we drink the stuff!!!! |
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Cooncrazy
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Posted - 10/24/2008 : 21:09:12
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Gonna try this recipe tommorrow. I have the shoulder marinating in Rendevous seasoning and worsteshire. gonna stick it in the oven tommorow morning and eat like King for lunch.
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Tony Jr
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goldenhunter
Advanced Member
MS
2616 Posts |
Posted - 11/04/2008 : 10:09:57
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what do you do with the bacon?
The fear and dread of you will fall upon all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air, upon every creature that moves along the ground, and upon all the fish of the sea; they are given into your hands. Everything that lives and moves will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything. Genesis 9:2-3 |
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partimesquid
Junior Member
MS
131 Posts |
Posted - 11/04/2008 : 20:28:57
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Put it over the top
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444M
Senior Member
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Posted - 11/05/2008 : 07:58:22
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Weave the bacon around the shoulder like this...
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Posted - 11/05/2008 : 08:09:07
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444 you got an instruction manual on how to do that. Now that is impressive!
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dondon
Better Than Average Member
MS.
899 Posts |
Posted - 11/05/2008 : 08:12:01
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| MAn, it'd take me a week just to get that weave going. LOL NICE looking though and bet it was tasty. PORK FAT RULES |
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444M
Senior Member
CONFEDERATE-AMERICAN
1790 Posts |
Posted - 11/05/2008 : 09:59:48
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I wish I could take the credit for the bacon weave, but I can't. Awhile back dondon or someone else posted a picture of a "fatty" on a Big Green Egg. My curiosity got the better of me so I researched "fatties". My search led me here:
http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=89
I've done a couple on my Brinkmann Gourmet Smoker. Big hits for the crowd! Lord willing, the next deer I kill, I will de-bone a HQ, stuff with sausage, onions & peppers and use the bacon-weave. 
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solomon
Better Than Average Member
MISSISSIPPI
600 Posts |
Posted - 11/05/2008 : 10:08:45
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| so you can get something out of that basket weaving class in high school |
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lmerr
Better Than Average Member
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Posted - 11/05/2008 : 13:17:23
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quote:
Originally posted by 444M
Weave the bacon around the shoulder like this...
Dang man! After seeing this, I'm never gonna post another cooking tip on here again. Thats some Iron Chef looking stuff right there!
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dondon
Better Than Average Member
MS.
899 Posts |
Posted - 11/05/2008 : 13:38:00
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| Thats was me on the Fatties. MAN they are good. Now if I can find a way to Wrap some Crappie in Bacon and cook it. LOL Done got me the Crappie bug REAL BAD. Gonna try Simpson county lake this weekend and see whats up. CIt's close to deer camp so I can camp out at the lake, then go for a work day saturday midday, then back for some evening fishing |
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goldenhunter
Advanced Member
MS
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Posted - 11/05/2008 : 15:24:15
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I thought smokin a fatty was illegal?
The fear and dread of you will fall upon all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air, upon every creature that moves along the ground, and upon all the fish of the sea; they are given into your hands. Everything that lives and moves will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything. Genesis 9:2-3 |
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Tony Jr
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partimesquid
Junior Member
MS
131 Posts |
Posted - 11/05/2008 : 21:22:37
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The only thing better than meat wrapped in bacon is.....Bacon..., Wrapped in Bacon
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Taproot
Advanced Member
OXFORD, MS
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Posted - 11/05/2008 : 22:18:20
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Originally posted by partimesquid
The only thing better than meat wrapped in bacon is.....Bacon..., Wrapped in Bacon
That reminds me of Burgess Meredith (RIP) in Grumpy Old Men, "Know what I eat for breakfast? Bacon!!! Know what I have for lunch? Bacon!!! For my mid-day snack, I have bacon!!! Then for dinner, well, I just drink my dinner..."
"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side.."- Hunter S. Thompson |
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goldenhunter
Advanced Member
MS
2616 Posts |
Posted - 11/11/2008 : 14:26:32
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Ok, I shot a doe a couple weeks ago. Saturday afternoon we cooked one of the front shoulders following this recipe and ate it for Sunday lunch after church. That was some good. We will no longer be getting sausage done out of front shoulders.
The fear and dread of you will fall upon all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air, upon every creature that moves along the ground, and upon all the fish of the sea; they are given into your hands. Everything that lives and moves will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything. Genesis 9:2-3 |
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BoWmAdNesS
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Posted - 11/11/2008 : 22:33:34
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ha now thats funny.. that recipe does sound good thoughquote:
Originally posted by goldenhunter
I thought smokin a fatty was illegal?
The fear and dread of you will fall upon all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air, upon every creature that moves along the ground, and upon all the fish of the sea; they are given into your hands. Everything that lives and moves will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything. Genesis 9:2-3
 The kill is the satisfying, indeed essential, conclusion to a successful hunt. But, I take no pleasure in the act itself. One does not hunt in order to kill, but kills in order to have hunted. Then why do I hunt? I hunt for the same reason my well-fed cat hunts...because I must, because it is in the blood, because I am the decendent of a thousand generations of hunters. I hunt because I am a hunter! - Finn Aagard |
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huntfish
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Posted - 12/15/2008 : 10:22:42
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quote:
Originally posted by goldenhunter
I thought smokin a fatty was illegal?
The fear and dread of you will fall upon all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air, upon every creature that moves along the ground, and upon all the fish of the sea; they are given into your hands. Everything that lives and moves will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything. Genesis 9:2-3
"To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi." William Faulkner
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goldenhunter
Advanced Member
MS
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Posted - 11/04/2009 : 20:47:43
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Bump. We cooked a front shoulder with the coke recipe again this past Sunday for lunch. Man is was so good. Just wanted to remind yall of this recipe.
The fear and dread of you will fall upon all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air, upon every creature that moves along the ground, and upon all the fish of the sea; they are given into your hands. Everything that lives and moves will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything. Genesis 9:2-3 |
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FireCloud
Junior Member
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Posted - 11/04/2009 : 21:05:59
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Questions on the Coke shoulder recipie and also on the bacon weaving.
a) Will diet coke work? I don't need the sugar in the regular coke.
b) Are you only cooking the upper third of the front leg area, i.e. the shoulder roasts? Or are you also cooking the lower two sections including the bottom shank portions? Shank portions are just too stringy for me to want to eat.
c) If you are cooking more than the upper third of the front leg, how do you manage to get it folded up into such a small package to be able to bacon wrap it?
d) Are you holding the bacon in place with toothpicks or something?
Gotta try this recipie and also the bacon wrapping. Am sure it will be delicious.
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Front shoulders....YES--Front shoulders