My brother soaks his in ice water untill the backstrap is white. I like the meat red. I drain the water and blood off. A lot of the blood will not drain while on ice. So after a couple of days on ice. I butcher the deer or hog and put in another box for a hour or so. The cut meat will bleed like crazy as it warms up. I then package steaks and roast. The rest get cubed and goes in the frig over night. Next day I start grinding it up for sausage or hamburger. You can also cure your own ham in the frig, comes out tasty.
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