Who else eats deer heart?

12GaugeShuggoth · October 21, 2008, 08:07 AM

Well, the title pretty much sums it up, who else here enjoys eating deer heart? I've just grown up eating it along with the rest of the deer, honestly it's my favorite part to eat. I don't know anyone else locally other than family and a few close friends, who enjoys or has even tried it.

We slice it up and pan-sear with onions, garlic, and olive oil, then serve with spicy-honey mustard. Everyone who has tried it is hooked and no one can ever seem to get enough.......just had a new convert last night who has promised he'll send all future deer hearts to us for cooking

B. Lahey · October 21, 2008, 08:14 AM

Heck yeah.

Tasty.

45Marlin carbine · October 21, 2008, 08:15 AM

I've eaten it a few times. likeable as the liver is but I have to watch my cholesterol which both are loaded with.

lt dan · October 21, 2008, 08:28 AM

the old folk over here keep it in brandy and plain yogurt over night. then the next day fry it in a thick bottom pan in garlic butter. but then again over here allmost anything goes with brandy and coke

Byron Quick · October 21, 2008, 08:46 AM

A buddy of mine eats it. He's been known to eat it raw.

cerberus65 · October 21, 2008, 08:54 AM

I haven't but I would. It's a muscle. I've had chicken heart at a Brazilian steakhouse and it was very tasty. Of course, I have yet to eat any piece of meat roasted by Brazilians that wasn't very tasty. :-)

indy245 · October 21, 2008, 10:33 AM

We eat the heart out of all game animals we kill. Another way to enjoy it is to stuff it with your favorite stuffing and then slow cook it, we usually cook it on the BBQ with a few wood chips.

Indy.

SWMAGMAN · October 21, 2008, 10:47 AM

Absolutely - pan seared as described, pure prime stuff! (The stuffed version sounds worth a try as well!) Served up as a breakfast steak with your scrambled eggs gets you off on the right foot for a day in the woods!

simonkenton · October 21, 2008, 11:20 AM

I don't eat deer heart, but my cats and dogs love it.
They also eat a lot of deer liver.

gdvan01 · October 21, 2008, 11:54 AM

Love the Bambi but I don't do internal organs as most are geared towards cleansing the body.

Kinda like the oil filter in your vehicle.

**Brian Pfleuger** · October 21, 2008, 11:57 AM

1) The item can not be necessary for life.

2) It must be a muscle.

3) It must not be visible from the outside under normal circumstances.

Heart violates rule #1

Blech:barf:

camper4lyfe · October 21, 2008, 12:30 PM

I use the heart and liver as currency, in exchange for using land/facilities to process the deer.

Kreyzhorse · October 21, 2008, 12:41 PM

I like liver (chicken and calf) and have had sheep kidneys (tasty), but I've never had the urge to try either deer liver or heart.

How does deer liver compare to cow or chicken?

musher · October 21, 2008, 12:57 PM

Moose heart is topnotch. I eat it whenever I manage to kill one w/o messing up the heart with the shot.

I'm kinda curious regarding the cholesterol comment though. What's the source of the info that game heart meat is loaded with cholesterol?

I googled it. Couldn't find any info regarding heart meat, but was surprised to find that most game meat comes in higher than beef on the cholesterol.

Still gonna eat it.

crowbeaner · October 21, 2008, 07:07 PM

Deer heart is good if pickled with slices of onion in bread and butter pickle juice. Boil the heart and slice thin. Layer of onion, layer of heart. Add some hot peppers for zing. Nummy.

ilbob · October 22, 2008, 10:31 AM

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A buddy of mine eats it. He's been known to eat it raw.

A guy I used to work with ate the raw hearts of deer he kills. Just does not appeal to me a whole lot. It was some kind of family tradition I think.

Magnum Wheel Man · October 22, 2008, 10:51 AM

can't say as I've ever had venision heart, but buffalo heart we've eaten a several times...

clean & slice the heart into steaks ( ours are normally 3/4" thick or so ) put in a large zip lock bag, add a bottle of Italian salad dressing, & merinate for a couple days in the fridge... cook to taste on the grill like you would any other beef steak ( I use apple wood )

mmmmm... got me hungry for one right now... I'd guess deer heart would be the same, only smaller

Quickdraw Limpsalot · October 22, 2008, 11:55 AM

Yep. The heart and liver are the first meal from a freshly taken deer 'round my house.

Tom Matiska · October 22, 2008, 12:30 PM

Most organs are high in cholesterol, but for diet purposes consider the heart to be a muscle.... a very healthy muscle. If there is a part of the deer with less cholesterol I’m not aware of it.

Cube it up, throw it in the crock pot with a bag of soup/stew veggies, add a 2-3 cans of Campbell’s condensed(no water) Cream of mushroom/tomato/celery/whatever.... (low sodium if you like) and just go away for 8+ hours

edit....

maybe not??? checked a few links for specifics and the psu one specifically lists deer heart as up there on the cholesterol list. Find it hard to believe bambi has more cholesterol than pork or bear but Penn State says so.

http://www.gunnersden.com/index.htm....ion-value.html

http://ces.uwyo.edu/PUBS/B920R.PDF

http://aginfo.psu.edu/News/2000/12/game.html

NRA4life · October 22, 2008, 12:34 PM

I've eaten quite a few of them in the past. Now I mostly take them to throw into the sausage. This might sound gross to some, but I would boil the heart to tenderize it, then slice it up and pickle it with onions for a couple weeks in the refridgerator. Then eat it on crackers. Very tasty.

dragonfire · October 22, 2008, 01:11 PM

sure do eat usually the first thing when we get home if it wasn't blown up

**hogdogs** · October 22, 2008, 03:02 PM

I never have had it as it just fell in the gut bucket with everything else. But this year I will give it a whirl... I like liver from cattle so I will likely love it. This thread is what made me decide to look for it. I don't mind cholesterol... Actually I hope they find biscuits and gravy smothered in real butter laying in my arteries when I die!

I only had one check done ad it was super great even though I do not try to watch it at all so I ain't changing anything!
Brent

TheNatureBoy · October 23, 2008, 07:25 PM

Not!

e-bear · October 23, 2008, 08:00 PM

I love deer heart.
I boil it up, chop it up, put it in the blender with a lil' bit of mayo, garlic, and some burn twice red pepper and make a nice spicy pate' at christmas time. Goes great with red dry wine and crackers.

I also slice it after I boil it and it makes a perty good lunch meat.

My beagle likes it too. Boiled and cut up into her eatin bowl. She never leaves any for later.

old e-bear

**Brian Pfleuger** · October 25, 2008, 10:21 AM

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I boil it up, chop it up, put it in the blender with a lil' bit of mayo, garlic, and some burn twice red pepper and make a nice spicy pate' at christmas time. Goes great with red dry wine and crackers.

Do you have a lot of people declining dinner invitations to your house?

October 21, 2008, 08:28 AM	#4
lt dan Senior Member Join Date: March 4, 2008 Location: south africa Posts: 319	the old folk over here keep it in brandy and plain yogurt over night. then the next day fry it in a thick bottom pan in garlic butter. but then again over here allmost anything goes with brandy and coke __________________ "Hunting has two brothers , Shot Placement and Penetration": old African saying

October 21, 2008, 10:33 AM	#7
indy245 Senior Member Join Date: January 24, 2006 Location: Woking, Alberta (Rural) Posts: 112	We eat the heart out of all game animals we kill. Another way to enjoy it is to stuff it with your favorite stuffing and then slow cook it, we usually cook it on the BBQ with a few wood chips. Indy. __________________ Don't Squat with your Spurs on

October 21, 2008, 11:54 AM	#10
gdvan01 Senior Member Join Date: November 15, 2006 Location: Home of the first First Lady Posts: 409	Love the Bambi but I don't do internal organs as most are geared towards cleansing the body. Kinda like the oil filter in your vehicle. __________________ NRA Endowment Life Member Proud Son of a former Tomb Guard

October 21, 2008, 11:57 AM	#11
Brian Pfleuger Staff Join Date: June 25, 2008 Location: Central, Southern NY, USA Posts: 14,458	My Animal Eating Rules 1) The item can not be necessary for life. 2) It must be a muscle. 3) It must not be visible from the outside under normal circumstances. Heart violates rule #1 Blech:barf: __________________ Still happily answering to the call-sign Peetza. --- You do not HAVE a soul. You ARE a soul. You HAVE a body. -C.S. Lewis He is no fool who gives what he can not keep to gain what he can not lose. -Jim Eliott, paraphrasing Philip Henry.

October 21, 2008, 12:41 PM	#13
Kreyzhorse Senior Member Join Date: April 12, 2006 Location: NKY Posts: 10,811	I like liver (chicken and calf) and have had sheep kidneys (tasty), but I've never had the urge to try either deer liver or heart. How does deer liver compare to cow or chicken? __________________ "He who laughs last, laughs dead." Homer Simpson

October 21, 2008, 08:07 AM	#1
12GaugeShuggoth Senior Member Join Date: September 6, 2008 Location: Virginia Posts: 534	Who else eats deer heart? Well, the title pretty much sums it up, who else here enjoys eating deer heart? I've just grown up eating it along with the rest of the deer, honestly it's my favorite part to eat. I don't know anyone else locally other than family and a few close friends, who enjoys or has even tried it. We slice it up and pan-sear with onions, garlic, and olive oil, then serve with spicy-honey mustard. Everyone who has tried it is hooked and no one can ever seem to get enough.......just had a new convert last night who has promised he'll send all future deer hearts to us for cooking __________________ ---Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.--- ---Enlightenment is the ability to take infinite pains--- MOLON LABE

October 21, 2008, 08:14 AM	#2
B. Lahey Senior Member Join Date: March 17, 2008 Location: Indiana Posts: 2,811	Heck yeah. Tasty.

October 21, 2008, 08:15 AM	#3
45Marlin carbine Junior member Join Date: January 26, 2007 Location: South-Western North Carolina Posts: 1,124	I've eaten it a few times. likeable as the liver is but I have to watch my cholesterol which both are loaded with.

October 21, 2008, 08:46 AM	#5
Byron Quick Staff In Memoriam Join Date: November 13, 1998 Location: Waynesboro, Georgia, USA Posts: 2,361	A buddy of mine eats it. He's been known to eat it raw.

October 21, 2008, 08:54 AM	#6
cerberus65 Senior Member Join Date: April 30, 2008 Posts: 361	I haven't but I would. It's a muscle. I've had chicken heart at a Brazilian steakhouse and it was very tasty. Of course, I have yet to eat any piece of meat roasted by Brazilians that wasn't very tasty. :-)

October 21, 2008, 10:47 AM	#8
SWMAGMAN Member Join Date: October 12, 2008 Location: NW Wisconsin Posts: 45	Absolutely - pan seared as described, pure prime stuff! (The stuffed version sounds worth a try as well!) Served up as a breakfast steak with your scrambled eggs gets you off on the right foot for a day in the woods!

October 21, 2008, 11:20 AM	#9
simonkenton Senior Member Join Date: April 25, 2008 Posts: 891	I don't eat deer heart, but my cats and dogs love it. They also eat a lot of deer liver.

October 21, 2008, 12:30 PM	#12
camper4lyfe Senior Member Join Date: September 2, 2008 Location: Fairport, NY Posts: 148	I use the heart and liver as currency, in exchange for using land/facilities to process the deer.

October 21, 2008, 12:57 PM	#14
musher Senior Member Join Date: April 23, 2005 Posts: 362	Moose heart is topnotch. I eat it whenever I manage to kill one w/o messing up the heart with the shot. I'm kinda curious regarding the cholesterol comment though. What's the source of the info that game heart meat is loaded with cholesterol? I googled it. Couldn't find any info regarding heart meat, but was surprised to find that most game meat comes in higher than beef on the cholesterol. Still gonna eat it.

October 21, 2008, 07:07 PM	#15
crowbeaner Senior Member Join Date: June 4, 2007 Location: Upstate SC Posts: 1,934	Deer heart is good if pickled with slices of onion in bread and butter pickle juice. Boil the heart and slice thin. Layer of onion, layer of heart. Add some hot peppers for zing. Nummy. __________________ If you want your children to follow in your footsteps, be careful where you walk. Beware the man that only owns one gun; he probably knows how to use it. I just hope my ship comes in before my dock rots.

October 22, 2008, 10:51 AM	#17
Magnum Wheel Man Senior Member Join Date: July 26, 2006 Location: Southern Minnesota Posts: 6,979	can't say as I've ever had venision heart, but buffalo heart we've eaten a several times... clean & slice the heart into steaks ( ours are normally 3/4" thick or so ) put in a large zip lock bag, add a bottle of Italian salad dressing, & merinate for a couple days in the fridge... cook to taste on the grill like you would any other beef steak ( I use apple wood ) mmmmm... got me hungry for one right now... I'd guess deer heart would be the same, only smaller __________________ In life you either make dust or eat dust...

October 22, 2008, 11:55 AM	#18
Quickdraw Limpsalot Senior Member Join Date: September 20, 2004 Location: Rural Kentucky Posts: 464	Yep. The heart and liver are the first meal from a freshly taken deer 'round my house.

October 22, 2008, 12:30 PM	#19
Tom Matiska Senior Member Join Date: April 13, 2000 Location: Wilkes-Barre, Pa Posts: 926	Most organs are high in cholesterol, but for diet purposes consider the heart to be a muscle.... a very healthy muscle. If there is a part of the deer with less cholesterol I’m not aware of it. Cube it up, throw it in the crock pot with a bag of soup/stew veggies, add a 2-3 cans of Campbell’s condensed(no water) Cream of mushroom/tomato/celery/whatever.... (low sodium if you like) and just go away for 8+ hours edit.... maybe not??? checked a few links for specifics and the psu one specifically lists deer heart as up there on the cholesterol list. Find it hard to believe bambi has more cholesterol than pork or bear but Penn State says so. http://www.gunnersden.com/index.htm....ion-value.html http://ces.uwyo.edu/PUBS/B920R.PDF http://aginfo.psu.edu/News/2000/12/game.html Last edited by Tom Matiska; October 22, 2008 at 01:13 PM. Reason: add links

October 22, 2008, 12:34 PM	#20
NRA4life Senior Member Join Date: July 26, 2001 Location: WA Posts: 183	I've eaten quite a few of them in the past. Now I mostly take them to throw into the sausage. This might sound gross to some, but I would boil the heart to tenderize it, then slice it up and pickle it with onions for a couple weeks in the refridgerator. Then eat it on crackers. Very tasty.

October 22, 2008, 01:11 PM	#21
dragonfire Senior Member Join Date: November 3, 2005 Location: cadillac mi Posts: 139	sure do eat usually the first thing when we get home if it wasn't blown up __________________ TRESPASSERS WILL BE SHOT AND SURVIVORS WILL BE SHOT AGAIN

October 22, 2008, 03:02 PM	#22
hogdogs Staff Join Date: October 31, 2007 Location: Western Florida panhandle Posts: 10,687	I never have had it as it just fell in the gut bucket with everything else. But this year I will give it a whirl... I like liver from cattle so I will likely love it. This thread is what made me decide to look for it. I don't mind cholesterol... Actually I hope they find biscuits and gravy smothered in real butter laying in my arteries when I die! I only had one check done ad it was super great even though I do not try to watch it at all so I ain't changing anything! Brent

October 23, 2008, 07:25 PM	#23
TheNatureBoy Senior Member Join Date: September 6, 2007 Posts: 1,085	Not!

October 23, 2008, 08:00 PM	#24
e-bear Member Join Date: October 18, 2008 Location: Virginia Posts: 50	Heart is the best part I love deer heart. I boil it up, chop it up, put it in the blender with a lil' bit of mayo, garlic, and some burn twice red pepper and make a nice spicy pate' at christmas time. Goes great with red dry wine and crackers. I also slice it after I boil it and it makes a perty good lunch meat. My beagle likes it too. Boiled and cut up into her eatin bowl. She never leaves any for later. old e-bear __________________ 'If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.'- Ronald Reagan "Denying me a gun because idiots kill is like getting castrated because your neighbor has too many kids." - Andy