On Mon, 04 Apr 2016 08:20:27 -0400, Gary > wrote:

wrote:
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>> On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 09:36:49 -0400, Gary > wrote:
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>> wrote:
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>> >> When you say 'venison' do you mean deer meat, or really venison, as in
>> >> wild meat, killed then hanged in the basement for a couple of weeks to
>> >> 'ripen' ? Just curious.
>> >
>> >Venison is always deer meat to me. You hang in the basement for a
>> >couple of weeks to 'ripen'?
>> >
>> >Are you serious?
>> >
>> >Can we say *ROTTEN MEAT*, boys and girls?
>> >
>> >I'm afraid to ask what else you keep in that creepy basement
>> >of yours. hehehh
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>> I don't but that is the product I know as venison. Years ago an
>> Italian gave me a brace of pheasant. Two days later he asked what I
>> thought of them and I said I didn't know yet, they were still hanging
>> in the basement. After that, every season he brought me some because
>> he knew that I knew what to do with them. Same thing with people
>> shooting wild duck or geese, do not eat immediately.
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>In the US, venison is aka deer meat.
>Forgive me for the basement comment though. I know that aging is good
>for meat and I suppose many basements have cold temperatures.

Gary I took it with a large grain of salt

Basements today vary, young people usually finish them into living
space, insulated and heated, but that was not generally how it was
back in the 70s and 80s.
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>In my life though, basements are always heated just like the rest
>of the house...hence, my comment
>
>I lived in 3 houses while growing up. All had basements and all were
>heated.
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>In the house I grew up in mainly, the full basement had a furnace
>room, a rec.room with fireplace, a bedroom, a half bath, 2 storage
>rooms, and a large laundry room.