Fall Apart Deer Roast

So we pulled a deer roast out of the freezer, around 4 in the afternoon and nuked it till it was thawed (hippies use microwaves, who knew!).

By the way, I didn't name the recipe. Waldo found it on this site that also had recipes name Fried Deer Steaks With a Lil' Kick, Cheesy Deerloaf, and BBQ'D Deer Balls (which, thank God, are actually just made of plain old ground deer meat). I've added the site to the list on the sidebar because, well, you never know when you might need to cook a giant critter.

Anyway, the recipe with Waldo changes:

~ 2 to 4 lb deer roast
~ 2 medium onions, chopped
~ 2 cloves garlic, chopped
~ 1 lb baby carrots
~ salt and pepper
~ 2 cups water
~ 2 beef bouillon cubes
~ 2 tbsp corn starch

Place the roast in a crockpot. Add the onions, garlic, carrots, salt and pepper to taste and the water.

Cover and cook on high for 4 hours. Check the water and add more if needed. Drain the juice into a saucepan. We never checked it once.

To the juice, add the bouillon cubes. Stir to dissolve. Heat to a boil. Stir the corn starch together with a little water in a cup. Add the corn starch and stir until the juice thickens. Sharon did all of this part.

Pour the gravy back into the crockpot over the meat. Cook on low for 1 hour. We skipped this part, Sharon made the gravy and we just used it out of the saucepan (actually, we started to use the argumentative gravy boat (it picked a fight with the pepper shaker once) but it had suffered internal injuries after its last fight and had to be put down mid-meal, the saucepan finished it off).

Serve with mashed potatoes or rice. Super good with mashed potatoes

Meag was not a huge fan but she still cleaned her plate and I think I saw her snitch an extra bite, I know that Alice did and I know that I did. I thought it was heaven on a plate but then, I grew up eating deer and moose etc. Yes, really.

Waldo said that a lot of the recipes that he saw called for allspice and that he wouldn't mind trying that the next time. Makes sense to me, my mom always used to put cinnamon in with moosemeat because it gets rid of the game-y taste (which I happen to be personally fond of).