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On 2021-05-04 8:13 a.m., Boron Elgar wrote:
> On Tue, 04 May 2021 07:53:27 -0600, US Janet >
> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 04 May 2021 09:41:32 -0400, Boron Elgar
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 03 May 2021 22:54:11 -0700, Leo >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2021 May 3, , Daniel wrote
>>>> (in article >):
>>>>
>>>>> I was told that it's easy to overcook and that it comes out pasty if
>>>>> overdone. So, with that in mind, anyone with experience with wild game
>>>>> meat have tips for me to prevent this mishap?
>>>>
>>>> I have eaten a lot of wild game. I doubt that any deer would come out pasty.
>>>> Maybe, I don´t know what "pasty" means to you.
>>>> Remember that wild game is wild, without any governmental stamp of approval,
>>>> and may contain parasites. I tend to cook wild game to well done.
>>>> I have hunter friends who disagree. They´re still alive so...
>>>>
>>>> leo
>>>>
>>> I will only eat farm raised.
>>>
>>> Parasites are the least of it. My paranoid other concern is prion
>>> disease such as CWD. Though they cannot pin deer/elk to human
>>> transmission, I know too much about what happened with the cattle
>>> problems to be comfy with eating wild ungulate.
>>>
>>> https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2019/...er-for-humans/

>>
>> I've refused wild moose and elk meat in the last 10 years because of
>> those concerns. We don't hunt any longer either.
>> Janet US

>
> It's a damned shame and it is spreading to more and more states.
>
> There is a specialty meat place near us- mostly they exist for upscale
> restaurant provisions, but they have a great network for farmed deer
> and elk. In fact, I have a venison rack in the freezer that I should
> get out and make one evening.
>

CWD is present in farmed venison. I won't touch it.