Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

[corewassen87]

Got my venison back from maplewoods today. I'm like a kid in a candy store. Just heading to bed. Put in over 15 hours today/last night.

 

[bigzio]

Congrats on the venzun cw. Yep, they do a great job with it, but awful pricey compared to Kropf's. My venzun wieners from Kropf's are to die for....I've had them done everywhere I can think of, and hands down they are my favorite. I always go back there for their quality work and pricing.

Strange windy day here....not a cloud in the sky at 1pm and now it's totally cloudy with snow blowing in the wind. kinda like dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind....


bigz

 

[CherMoz]

Strange windy day here....not a cloud in the sky at 1pm and now it's totally cloudy with snow blowing in the wind. kinda like dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind....


  bigz

Great! Now that song will be stuck in my head. What a GREAT song to have stuck in my head though!

 

[jvls1942]

Hi all,
I think I am finally getting back to the living.
54 hours of Montezuma's revenge,
used up a whole bottle of Pepto Bismol.
Haven't eaten anything since supper on Saturday.
Took a chance on a small bunch of grapes about an hour ago.
so far so good.

I would say, get your meaties as chicks when it is warm enough so that you don't have to keep them in your house.
they are the stinkiest chickens. I have had them at anytime during the warm months. mine free range, so they can always find a cool place to hide..

when I butcher them, I do them in smaller batches. like a dozen at a time. maybe up to 20 if we are feeling ambitious.

we try to do a batch per week.

I pick out the smallest ones for the first batch. then the next time I pick out the smallest ones again. It seems that if you let the smallest one go, they don't really catch up to the big ones.

when you finally get to the big ones, they are BIG .

I always get all pullets, too. they fit into our freezer bags much better without having those long rooster legs to contend with.

............jiminwisc.........

 

[corewassen87]

Hi all,
I think I am finally getting back to the living.
54 hours of Montezuma's revenge,
used up a whole bottle of Pepto Bismol.  
Haven't eaten anything since supper on Saturday.
Took a chance on a small bunch of grapes about an hour ago.
so far so good.

I would say, get your meaties as chicks when it is warm enough so that you don't have to keep them in your house.
they are the stinkiest chickens.  I have had them at anytime during the warm months.  mine free range, so they can always find a cool place to hide..

when I butcher them, I do them in smaller batches. like a dozen at a time.  maybe up to 20 if we are feeling ambitious.

we try to do a batch per week.

I pick out the smallest ones for the first batch.  then the next time I pick out the smallest ones again.  It seems that if you let the smallest one go, they don't really catch up to the big ones.

when you finally get to the big ones, they are BIG .

I always get all pullets, too. they fit into our freezer bags much better without having those long rooster legs to contend with.

............jiminwisc.........

get back to 100% soon. It's too quiet on here.

 

[corewassen87]

so yesterday evening the power went out at work at 5. Second shift got sent home at 7. When I went in at 10 the power was still out and if it stayed out until 11 we woulda got to go home. It came back on at 1030. **** the bad luck! I've had the weiners from kropfs and I agree they're one of the best If not the best. The main reason I did maplewoods was that's where my buddy was going and he had 80 pounds of trim and asked if I wanted half to get stuff made too so I just did it at the same place. Can't pass that deal up. Free venison just paid the processing. And we went to cabelas and drooled a bit while we were over that way. Idk how people buy so much stuff there. The prices are outrageous imo. Same with gander mountain. They've both turned into yuppy clothing boutiques. Once again my opinion

 

[jvls1942]

good morning,

I bought my meat grinder at Gander Mt.
for awhile, the only place we could buy minnows was there.
the minnow guy was a son to my cousin, so we got good counts.

Believe me, I am trying to get back to 100% as hard as I can.
So many people around here have this bug it's not funny.

the chickens are doing a lot of self foraging. but today one of us is able to go and toss some feed at them.
the feeder holds about a day and a half of feed, so they were never completely out for very long.

when I cut up my last deer, I took the "throw away" trimmings and ground them up like hamburger for the dogs.
It looked almost exactly like the good hamburger I had ground up for our use. I labled it very clearly.
makes you wonder what they could get away with in a shady butcher shop.

.........jiminwisc.........


............jiminwisc.........

 

[corewassen87]

Yeah shady meat practices scare the hell out of me. One thing almost all places do is mix everyone's venison and that kinda gets me. Kens meat market here in town is the one place I know that doesn't mix your meat and I think that's pretty cool.

 

[BlackBrookPoultry]

I noticed when I brought in Mule deer they marked it VERY well. I think they try to avoid mixing that with anyone else's. I'd like to always say I'm bringing in Mule Deer so I know we're not getting anyone else's. My husband only uses cooper bullets. We don't want any lead in our meat.

 

[jvls1942]

good thursday morning,
the main reason I quit taking deer to the butcher shops is because I don't want my meat contaminated. I have seen how some people abuse a carcass. no thank you.
no bruises or blood goes in with our meat. I trim the fat and filet the silver skin. that all goes into the dog burgers.

I spent most of the night feeling hungry, I figured I would make
cherry crepes for breakfast..

I haven't had a cuppa since Sat morning.

.........jiminwisc.........