farmed venison at restaurants?

[corndogggy]

So I was drooling over the menu at a restaurant I'll be at in a couple of days, and this popped out:

Venison Medallions
Free range venison served over roasted red potatoes
and seasonal vegetables with carmelized shallot sauce
20.95

http://www.wynkoop.com/PDF/Wynkoopmenu2007.pdf

So do we have farm raised deer now? I knew there were caged hunts, but are these actually farmed?



I think I'll be checking out this for sure:

Ploughman’s Platter
Scottish bangers, jalapeño elk sausage and RailYard
brat served with artisan cheeses, pickled hot peppers
and Boston brown bread 16.95 Meatless 10.95
Chef’s beer suggestion: Patty’s Chile Beer

:cool:

[KYBOY]

You know I saw a platter in a resturant(In Tuson,AZ) very similar to that. I didnt really think about it at the time. I was to shocked at the cost of a ostrich steak:eek: Something like 25.95$ for an 8oz cut:confused:

[nwest]

Where is this place? Free Range deer:D ahh that is the best kind.


CL this is what you should do, then you could hire some of us as freezer stockers:D.

[corndogggy]

Where is this place?

Wynkoop Brewing Company, Denver.

[C.L.Button]

I do not know how they get away with calling it "free range" ? IF they were "Free Range", in my book that means NO fences ? Then how do we know 100% that the animals are disease free ?

Any & all meat has to go thru a USDA inspected facility to be served in public. That is a Federal law, not state law. I would never order anything like that in a restaurant.

A local Bison farm grows their stuff in Shelby Co. then hauls it to Indiana to process it. I'm not sure why they do ? Maybe cause they bought out the processor ? OR maybe due to Ky's processing laws ? Don't know ?

IF the meat is raised by farmers, then maybe it is done on government free range grass out west ? On those type farms I have only seen Cattle, not Deer. I do know 2 ranchers in Colorado that use these grass areas. They try hard to keep their Cattle seperated from Deer & Elk.

Nwest I have a buddy in Wyoming that does something like that for a living. He leaves by horseback on Monday, rides all week, returns on Friday with a pack Mule full of hides. Coyotes, Wolves, Cat's. He get's paid by the state to keep down the preditor ratio's. He hunts 4 months a year. Rides Bulls 4 months a year. 2 months a year he guides Elk hunts. 2 months a year he spends on the beach. He said the hides/pay is enough to live on the rest of the year. :D I told him to live it while he could. ;)

OK, who wants to sign up ? :D

[Rabbit Runner]

I do not know how they get away with calling it "free range" ? IF they were "Free Range", in my book that means NO fences ? Then how do we know 100% that the animals are disease free ?

Any & all meat has to go thru a USDA inspected facility to be served in public. That is a Federal law, not state law. I would never order anything like that in a restaurant.

A local Bison farm grows their stuff in Shelby Co. then hauls it to Indiana to process it. I'm not sure why they do ? Maybe cause they bought out the processor ? OR maybe due to Ky's processing laws ? Don't know ?

IF the meat is raised by farmers, then maybe it is done on government free range grass out west ? On those type farms I have only seen Cattle, not Deer. I do know 2 ranchers in Colorado that use these grass areas. They try hard to keep their Cattle seperated from Deer & Elk.

Nwest I have a buddy in Wyoming that does something like that for a living. He leaves by horseback on Monday, rides all week, returns on Friday with a pack Mule full of hides. Coyotes, Wolves, Cat's. He get's paid by the state to keep down the preditor ratio's. He hunts 4 months a year. Rides Bulls 4 months a year. 2 months a year he guides Elk hunts. 2 months a year he spends on the beach. He said the hides/pay is enough to live on the rest of the year. :D I told him to live it while he could. ;)

OK, who wants to sign up ? :D

Free Range probably means they are pasture fed instead of grain fed...just a guess :D

[Papaw]

I raise Elk and sell the meat. Served it in my restuarant for 3 yrs until my health failed. Elk Meat is also called venison. There is several thousands of pounds of Red deer and Elk imported into the US each year from New Zealand and that is from free ranging animals as they shoot and take them to the processors. I have my elk killed at Laird Meat company in Ky and they are USDA inspected and tested for CWD. Which makes it one of the safest meats there is to eat. Just to clarify the free ranging part of the advertising. No animal can be killed before it goes to the USDA slaughter facility in the US for inspection. None therefore come out of the Wild.

[C.L.Button]

Thanks for the info Papaw. ;)