Venison Buck & Bourbon

I never quite know what to call this dish. It's a comfort meal of venison, morels, herbs and a good dose of bourbon. It's warming!

I'm using some white tail buck from last rifle season.
Seasoned with cracked black pepper and coarse salt.

Rolled in flour and browned in bacon drippings...

I just brown them lightly, they're not cooked through..

I saute onions, scallions, garlic and a few herbs in the drippings...

return the venison cubes to the pot...added beef stock...

hydrated some of my dried morels (from the spring hunt). Didn't have bourbon on hand, so I went with whiskey!

I recently received some Kent Rollin's dry rub to try. He's located south of me a bit. I've not watched his cooking videos, but hear he does a good job!

Into the drum with a bit of hickory...

When the meat was tender, I added the morels...

Made a skillet of biscuits while waiting...

taste test...

Fixed a bowl of Buck n Bourbon, grabbed a biscuit and meandered out to the horse pasture to enjoy..

Venison and morels might be my favorite combination....

Chased the venison with a sip of Crown. All's right with the world. lol 

I'm looking forward to deer season. It starts next month for me. Hopefully I'll be able to restock the freezer and pantry with meat for the winter. If not, I'll enjoy the time out hunting anyway. The venison is a bonus! :)

Hope everyone is keeping warm and staying healthy!
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More Bacon Biscuits n Sausage Gravy

It's been a busy year, but I found the time to go camping a couple of times. Went to my favorite little lake. It's a small fishing lake, no swimming or skiing allowed. I like the quiet there...

I make this breakfast almost every time I go camping. It's fairly easy to put together and it's so tasty!
I start the fire in the tractor rim, then get some sausage in the pot to brown...

While the sausage for the gravy browns, I make my bacon biscuits...

Roll out the biscuit dough, slather with bacon drippings and top with crisp, cooked bacon pieces..

Roll it up and slice into biscuits...

When the sausage is brown, I add flour, milk and seasonings to make my gravy...

I make the gravy on the thin side. It will thicken while cooking in the hot coals...

I plop the biscuits on top of the gravy....

Add the lid and shovel a few hot coals on top and let er go..

I check the biscuits every so often, rotate the pot and the lid for even cooking...
The biscuits are ready in about 25 minutes..

Self serve style, and breakfast was ready...

I love these biscuits. They're good even without sittin' on top of gravy. lol

The last couple of months flew by. I'm not ready for winter! I did get the garden canned and a few things put up for the year. I'm hoping winter is mild but I'd like to see some good snows for moisture.

The critters are fat and happy. That's the most important thing. lol

Hope everyone is doing well. Thanks for stopping by!

A Venison Backstrap, Sandhill Plum Sauce Breakfast

It was a bountiful summer here! The rains really brought on the wild sandhill plums, mulberries, morel mushroom, wild onions, etc.. I made full use of all of them.

Headed to the lake for a few days of camping..

Stopped by one of the many plum bushes, to gather a few for one of my venison meals at the lake..

I also brought some of my homemade sandhill plum jelly...

Started a skillet of tatoes on the fire first...

also some of the plums and a plump jalapeno pepper...

I brought some of the backstrap steaks from last rifle season, also a small roast that I sliced into steaks..
Steaks seasoned with coarse salt and cracked black pepper.  I like to keep em simple..

Not sure which cooks faster, the eggs or the venison steaks. They don't take long at all!

When the plums were tender, I smooshed them up a bit, then added some of my homemade jelly and sliced the jalapeno. It came out better than I thought it would. lol

Breakfast was ready!

Topped my venison with a bit of the plum sauce and called er good.

Venison backstrap steaks are some of my favorites, but topped with the sandhill plum sauce made it  special. I feel blessed to have access to both!

Summer went by too fast! The garden did well, even though the grasshoppers were thicker than usual. The ducks and chickens loved them.
Hope everyone is doing well!

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