How to Cook a Deer or Venison Ham | One of Our favorite Deer Recipes from Appalachia

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

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[@zulyhallelujah9257]

I'm old school, quarter pounder with cheese for me

[@nolanneal4647]

what tempature did you cook that deer ham overnite ?

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

@@nolanneal4647 220 degrees 😀

[@jamesa.rodriguez8598]

I'm sorry, I don't purchase online. May the Lord continue to bless you all, with His grace that is sufficient for you.

[@rolandpinette9946]

Tipper, I am so happy to see more of Matt in your videos. This really is becoming a family affair now!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you Roland. I hope he can do more 😀

[@weirdmatter]

@@CelebratingAppalachia He did a good job I, hope he will do more videos with you!

[@RonRay]

Matt's like me: We like a little food on our black pepper. :)

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

😀 That's the truth-he loves pepper 😀

[@saner6888]

I don’t like pepper or eat red meat but I can sure appreciate someone processing, cooking and providing for his family with a deer he got himself. Nice video Matt!

[@susanpumphrey354]

It's nice to see someone stressing the importance of removing ALL the silver skin from venison before cooking! I always say that people who think deer meat tastes gamey just haven't had it processed properly. I'm thankful hubby (and now our oldest son) know how to properly process the deer they harvest so it always tastes great without me having to go through a million extra steps when I'm cooking it trying to get the gamey taste out.

[@annicat648]

I'm from Australia, but through the music of Jean Ritchie I've found a fascination and enjoyment of Appalachian culture. Thank you so much for sharing your recipes and traditions! Hopefully I can make this for my own family this Christmas even though I'm halfway across the world

[@rowdybroomstick1216]

Me being a lifelong deer hunter I sure do appreciate Matt showing this method, I have a ham and a roast in the freezer right now I've been wondering what to do with! And I have all those ingredients too. Not to complicated, I like that.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Its so easy but so good 😀

[@mamamode1312]

@@CelebratingAppalachia i figure it have to be good. Butter makes everything better. Bacon well in Emril's words "Pork fat rules!" Add those together and toss in the old bay, you caint loose! Its gonna be yummilicious.

[@jeffersondavishogg2752]

The fall deer are at the processors and soon I'll be making something just like this! Nicely done and thanks for sharring.

[@GottaBeThere2736]

THANK YOU, MATT. There is no feeling or sigh of relief as when the freezer is full and 'the store' is in for the coming Winter. If we can harvest from the hunt, it's doubly satisfying. I'll be doing the methods here to get the venison tender, moist and less gamey. Also, THANKS TO THOSE GONE FROM US for passing down and paying forward the many HOW-TO'S our families still enjoy.

[@albertleeiii1533]

Wow! This was an awesome recipe! Recipes can sometimes seem intimidating. On this channel they’re easy, relatable, and delicious 👍🏼 right on!

[@JoeCubicle]

I would eat that with you! We have almost the same Dutch Oven, ours has spikey drip points on the underside of the lid. It's super old and passed down. We figured out it's over 150 years old.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Love that old cast iron 😀

[@homesteadingpastor]

Matt made this look so good! Gonna have to try his recipe. Oh yea I’m a black pepper kind of guy as well, I like a little deer meat with my pepper lol 😂🦌🦌👍🏻 Thanks for sharing!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

You and Matt must have the same pepper taste buds LOL 😀

[@hollybridgeman5108]

We get elk meat from friends sometimes and I bet this would be a good recipe for that. Thanks for sharing!

[@jacobdaniel8239]

I ain't gonna lie, taking the silverskin off is nice but if you got enough time, prep and patience you can cook that shit down to non-existence. The most important thing (which he didn't mention here) is removing the glands. Not just the tarsal but there's another one inside the sirloin cut.

[@marisadaniela6]

This looks like a something you'd see in a gourmet cookbook! A sure winner. Now I have to admit to my husband I don't know what the "ham" is, before I can make this for him😅

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

😀 The ham is from the thigh part of the deer

[@sbishop16]

Thank you for this recipe! That looks so delicious! I am definitely going to try it!! 🥰

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

So easy but so good 😀

[@shelenesmith7766]

Yummy yum! That looked absolutely delicious Matt! I was hoping to taste it through the camera.., but that didn’t work. Lol. You made it look so easy! Thank you so much for showing us! Be Blessed! 😇

[@rhondabutler4172]

Looks delicious! We have trouble eating much deer around here. They are graze on winter wheat and that doesn’t give them a good flavor. If you kill a deer that’s eaten a lot of corn and grass, it tastes better to us. Thanks Matt for the lesson. Looks like a good idea to give it a try!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you Rhonda -it is really good 😀

[@cindypressley4285]

Matt makes that look so easy and the cooking is the easiest part, but you should see him when he's cleaning the deer meat. When I say cleaning, I mean when he is preparing the meat for the freezer. He is miraculous in cleaning the meat and removing all connective tissue and the film that covers the muscles and that is why his end product is so good!

[@candiray]

Hi, this year I finally learned to love deer meat by trying new recipes from the deer my husband harvested and I butchered. I also learned silver skin can break down through long braising and makes the meat feel less lean. I've slow braised stew cuts and shanks by making venison bourguignon in the dutch oven with beef broth and merlot wine. Braising is a wonderful method and made the meat taste like beef.

[@brendah.8201]

He's as tall as the cupboards!😯

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

😀 Thank you Brenda 😀

[@tinahuffman2788]

I never would have considered Old Bay. Sounds very interesting. Got one deer roast left in the freezer. Gonna give it a try! Thank y'all!!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

I hope you like it as much as we do Tina 😀

[@FloydofOz]

I do something very similar, including the Old Bay. Suggestion: try adding some apricot preserves on top in place of the honey (or whatever tart fruit you have...I know you all grow and can a lot of your own stuff). I'd love to see more wild game recipes of yours. I've been looking for more and more old world/old American game recipes and have started exploring some of the recipes from Germany, Austria, Hungary etc. Any of the mountainous countries with hunting traditions have similar deer recipes. I probably turn half of my deer into goulasch. So good. Just add onions and paprika to what you did here, then remove the meat and reduce the liquid, and you've pretty much got yourself some goulasch. You might also enjoy watching Scott Rea on youtube. He's a traditional style butcher in northern England -- much of the same cuisine as Appalachian cooking. He has a few cookbooks out now. He's all about eating and enjoying the whole game animal -- everything from deer to opossoms to crows to pheasants and rabbits.

[@kathleenheimanrandolph401]

I would get up at four am put the stuffed turkey in the oven, low heat, go back to bed and wake up with the amazing smell of roasting turkey. Sure be nice to have a venison roast. No one I know hunts here in CT! Like the way Matt makes this. Raising the arm high to distribute the spices evenly.

[@heatherpyle2792]

We just tried this recipe today. It was delicious! Thanks for sharing.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

My pleasure 😊

[@stealtheli]

That reminds me of what I do for Christmas. I do a stuffed Deer stuffed onion or the grill. I use Nutmeg and cinnamon. good deer and some ground beef for fat. That looks fantastic!

[@Jean-ko4xv]

I like seeing the man of the family doing some of the cooking,good job Matt. When mom wasn't home Dad would usually make chilli and he was heavy handed with the red pepper.My 3 brothers were all great cooks too. God Bless. Jean

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you Jean 😀

[@judyabernathy80]

Good job, Matt. I don’t care for deer meat, but that looks so good I would have to try it! While you were talking, and when I could see your eyes, I immediately thought that Corie surely does have those same eyes. Both twins are a really good mix of the both of you. I have twin nieces, Cathie and Carrie. Yesterday they were 51!! I can’t believe it. Corie and Katie remind me of them so much when they start goofing around. Such precious girls. Blessings always. 🙏🏼❣️♥️❣️🙏🏼

[@ramonahierholzer3163]

I love pepper too! I find it interesting that you use Old Bay. Going up in Appalachia with a family full of hunters, there was always deer meat being used in many ways! But now living in the south for 35+ years, I never heard of Old Bay until I moved here. Sounds DELICIOUS!!!

[@bobbypowers8811]

OH MY MY, No doubt I'd shut my mouth from talking till I was done eating, YUMMY!!! And trust me, it's very rare that I keep my mouth shut much! THANKS GOD BLESS

[@robinhaupt9119]

Well that looks magnificent! Thank you Matt and Tipper.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

It is really good 😀

[@dipstick5869]

I'm Always looking for different deer roast recipes and this one has oregano which I will try on it next time. The bacon really adds the perfect flavor, fat and salt content for me too. Bring on the black pepper 😋! Do y'all cook rice or creamed potatoes with it? 🙂

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Rice and mashed potatoes both go really well with it 😀

[@ls7196]

Evening, depending on Time Zone. Miss Tipper and Matt.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Good evening 😀

[@iartistdotme]

Last week a friend gifted us a huge portion of venison. It's been 50 years since I cooked any and then I just floured and fried it. It was stored over ice in an ice chest for a week to tenderize and remove gaminess. I stuck large 3-4 pound chunks of meat into gallon freezer bags to store until I had time to cook them. I opened my laptop to search out some recipes just now and at the top of the YT videos was this one. Talk about great timing. Your recipe looks wonderful, the resulting meat looked delicious, and it will be the first recipe I try. Thanks so much!

[@jvleasure]

Just picked up the two I got this year, and cooked the last of last year's filets. Used Cowboy Kent's red wine and onion venison steak recipe, I'll try this next. Always looking for a good roast recipe.

[@dianatennant4346]

Thank you Matt for sharing this, this looks really good and I agree with you Old Bay seasoning is a good one for lots of things.

[@rogerramjet7567]

I have been doing this for decades. People don’t know what they are missing!!! So so tasty!!! Thanks again!!

[@garybrunet6346]

I’m not a fan of venison but I would, definitely, taste test this. Thank you Matt! 😊🇨🇦

[@kcbooks1354]

Love this-- from a WA resident, just let me say, watch out for Chronic Wasting Disease. Maybe get your meat tested? Not sure if it's in KY yet. Anyway, this looks great!!

[@Teresia12]

In my family we say you put the seasoning on it until your ancestors whisper "That's enough child". 😊 I don't like garlic but all the rest looks great.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

😀

[@ronwatson4902]

That's a delicious looking pot of venison there Matt. Thank you for sharing the way you cook it. I don't hunt anymore but I'll pass this on to my friend Jimmy who does. I think he's killed about 6 deer this year.So far!

[@blown572hemi]

Are there really any recipes in Appalachia? My mom and her 6 sister's would write them on index card's but never used them. Think they were used as guides for the sister's who didn't possess the "magic" that was southern comfort food or just off the tops of their head's. I caught on, early on but can't quite replicate it all and I miss it dearly now that I'm older and they are gone. Venison is still my favorite right along side Virginia ham. Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas too all!

[@rebeccajones9735]

My late husband's doctor and his wife (also a doctor) and their 5 kids eat mostly deer. His mother and I were teachers together for about 10 years. He hunted on our farm.

[@dannpd1955]

Thanks Matt. I’m going to try it on a deer neck I’ve got in the freezer. You can teach an old dog a new trick. You just proved it with me👏

[@backwoodscountryboy1600]

I've done the bacon on a deer ham but I've never done the honey and I like the idea of the Old Bay season thanks for the tips guess what I'm eating this Christmas LOL

[@meatdog]

The honey has granulated. If you heat it up just a bit and stir, the granulation dissolves and it is perfectly edible.

[@navaleah8663]

Low and slow, That's the way to go. I tend to favor deer meat on account of it not having a bunch of fat off in it. Don't get why folks soak deer meat with apples to get the wild flavor gone, never seen no difference with that step no ways. Don't know why some folks don't like deer meat. If you ever told my sister-in-law it was deer meat, she wouldn't eat it, don't say a word about it and she'd tear it up, which was just plumb silly on account of her eating it all her life. So many ways to cook up some deer meat, it's hard to choose when the time comes to fix it up.

[@mattmusselman5055]

Looks delicious..I'm definitely going to cook mine like that and try it..

[@charleywalker2982]

Thanks for sharing your videos and keep them coming please.

[@travisrickett5681]

I cook mine about the same way. I leave the hind quarter whole and season real good, I like a lot of garlic on mine, then wrap in the cheapest bacon I can find, and cook on 250° till it falls apart.

[@thecommunityofpeace6905]

Good looking recipe, I don’t eat pork so I will try adding some lamb for the fat content.

[@mamamode1312]

I do believe I've learned a new way to cook it. I just pierce it with garlic, wrap it in Bacon, rest it on onion, potatoes, and carrots. I do believe sometime, i will give this way a try. I do love old bay.

[@ELIRAXPRT]

Never would have thought of the honey. Looks delicious

[@druidsadwyrnemrys232]

I think I would pierce the roast with a knife most of the way through to get the flavors deep into the meat, but I'm sure this venison preparation tastes really really really good - I might try this with some goat or if I get an oryx hunt in southern NM.

[@melissalambert7615]

Great recipe. Bet it makes really good sandwiches too.

[@thebanjooutlaw]

I know that was some good eating! It sure looked pretty!👍

[@comiketiger]

Great video! Thank you! Love deer or Elk venison. God bless all here.

[@somewhereupthere785]

It looks like a roast, the way it pulls apart. I've never eaten venison before though.

[@bailey4557]

FYI: Beer has water in it but also a natural tenderizing property. I just add a beer or two to the pot then fat and seasonings

[@ibdaffy]

That looked absolutely delicious! Matt has proven himself to be quite the chef in this and other videos. Thank you for sharing.

[@michellenelson6587]

I just love the way you clean your dear man maybe that's what I need someone here in our County to do for us if you have it cleaned good then it would taste a whole lot better and you have everything so nice and clean around you and it looks so delicious I wished I was there to help you all enjoy it also thank you and your family for sharing everything you do

[@grassgangsters3616]

yumm matt as a hunter i know how fun deer hunting is, after that trigger pulled the work begins, its so worth it, i have a 7mm i haven't shot in years, it puts the food on the table, the 1st deer i ever killed i took his heart and fried it in butter and made biscuits,

[@donnielaws7020]

Thanks Tipper. That sounds so good. thanks for sharing.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you Donnie 😀

[@johnsmalldridge6356]

An old country lady I used to know would roast a venison front shoulder and use it to make venison salad which was kind of like ham salad.

[@travisrhaley]

Thats what I'm talk'n about. Excellent.

[@mikeedwards2384]

Really looks good . Deer fat has a bad taste and dries your mouth out lol I don't think it was ever intended to be eaten it's just plain bad

[@mrdfoutz]

Again, if that's how Matt does it, that's how it should be done!

[@lindahays8444]

Thank you for sharing this with us. Looked very good and super tender.

[@naomitracy5684]

I approve this recipe 100 percent!! Bacon is the secret and the way you slow cook it👍👍💯

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you! It is very tasty 😀

[@naturesmagik]

Yummy!!!! Love venison done with bacon!

[@russellrofe4849]

My granny used to braise roasts like that. She used beef suet or tallow. It smelled so good in her house.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

When he cooks it all night we wake up to that wonderful smell 😀

[@danielt.3152]

Thank you for sharing this one!!! I will try it.

[@drewpetrey5804]

Cannot wait to try this recipe!! Thanks Tipper and Matt!

[@n2bigu]

Nice job! looks wonderful.

[@cathyrichmond6178]

I've never used the Old Bay seasoning on my deer meat. Will definitely try it. Thanks Matt for sharing your recipe.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

We love old bay 😀

[@KingKongFan]

That's some good eatin'! 👍👍👍👍

[@jamesa.rodriguez8598]

Thanks! That looked delicious.

[@elmermason9685]

Gotta try that. Thanks for the recipe.

[@brendah.8201]

Wow that turned out nice! I'll remember this recipe.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Its a good one - easy and tasty 😀

[@bobandlucas]

Deer is expensive meat over here. So is rabbit.

[@lmckay8881]

That looks "extra good." Thank you for sharing the recipe!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Pap used to say that 😀 Thank you for watching!

[@RonRay]

1st

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

😀

[@kathleenheimanrandolph401]

Be still , my heart! Venison!!!!

[@heberje]

Hmmmmm..Kind of like a croc pot.

[@thedreadtyger]

that's our usual main dish at the church supper after the Christmas Vigil. mmm! mmm!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

It is so good 😀 Thank you for watching!!

[@crystaldunn733]

So good it will make your lips smack over your head..lol... Your fan from West Virginia

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

😀

[@that_thing_I_do]

I was drooling,,,,anyone else?

[@weirdmatter]

That looked delicious 😋.

[@TheKyoung213]

Can’t wait to try this! Thank you!

[@heberje]

local honey is the best for health as well.

[@papaw5405]

My son in law shot a 10 point buck yesterday. He is tickled to death with it. He had been trying to get it for 18 days. He said there is another, better one in the same area. He is going back in the morning and Missy said she is going with him. My niece got a doe too last night. She isn't as happy with her deer or her car.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Poor niece! I bet your son in law is tickled pink 😀

[@duckiegirl58]

Wow! Yum! Thanks Matt!

[@joshedmondson2181]

I did a couple of deer roasts like this last night, and I don't think I'll ever do them any other way again. Very delicious!! Thanks for sharing!😁

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Wonderful!

[@Kwl4Real]

Thanks so much for sharing!

[@joecamel8182]

Looks delicious Matt.

[@nedraleigh]

Enjoy Matt so much. Good job

[@yvonneshaub6111]

Greetings Miss Tipper and Matt..you can't go wrong with Bacon😁😁..it truly does make everything better..up here in PA hunting is a rite of passage..even the schools know when hunting season is on..we make a lot of deer sausage and balonge..do you also make sausage and other stuff too?..blessings to you and your family 😇😇

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you 😀 We don't usually make deer sausage but we like it 😀

[@Bearsfan871]

so you have a book with this recipe in it? I've always just cut steaks and slow cooked in pan with gravy or grilled. nice to have a change up from a different culture so to speak

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

😊 You can see the cookbook here: blindpigandtheacorn.etsy.com/listing/1467868257/celebrating-southern-appalachian-food

[@larryreese6146]

You're giving me some good ideas. I've never eaten venison any way but in thin steaks, pounded, battered, and fried. That looks good. Wonder how a little liquid smoke would work? Wouldn't want to mess it up. Thanks.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thanks Larry! The liquid smoke would probably be good 😀

[@Gqspeed13]

That looks so good. My Fathers side of the family comes from Beckley West Virginia. Would you call that Northern Appalachia? My memaw cooked a lot of the same type of food.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

That is wonderful 😀 Yes I it north of where I live. West Virginia is the only state that is completely in Appalachia 😀