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Title: How to take the gamey out of feral hog.
Post by: splitshot on May 19, 2011, 05:44:10 pm: Friend of mine just got back from New Mexico and bagged 2. Quote: "The downside is most of the meat tastes like it has already been eatin once". "The wife and kids wont touch it and even tried to pawn some off to the chickens with the same result".

Any ideas or links i can turn him on to?
Title: Re: How to take the gamey out of feral hog.
Post by: azcharlie on May 19, 2011, 07:36:05 pm: I have a old cookbook from England that has recipes for wild game. It says to soak the boar haunch in cold milk for at least 1 hour to remove the gamier flavors.

I don't know if this works or not as I have never tried it. But I can say. The recipes I have used out of this book have worked well for me in the past.

Hope this helps.
Title: Re: How to take the gamey out of feral hog.
Post by: PAT YOUNG on May 19, 2011, 09:03:39 pm: Brine with citrus !!!!!
Title: Re: How to take the gamey out of feral hog.
Post by: AZWildcat on May 19, 2011, 09:09:40 pm: Pat is right, citrus!.......tons of lime and ice water IMHO.
Title: Re: How to take the gamey out of feral hog.
Post by: Mark on May 19, 2011, 10:10:38 pm: You could put perfume on it. Oh no. Wait. That only works with a UA coed. ::) And you still wouldn't want to eat it. >:D
Title: Re: How to take the gamey out of feral hog.
Post by: Crash on May 20, 2011, 01:12:32 am: You'd better ship it over to me. I'll make sure to dispose of it properly. ;)
Title: Re: How to take the gamey out of feral hog.
Post by: splitshot on May 20, 2011, 06:25:34 pm: Quote from: Crash on May 20, 2011, 01:12:32 am
You'd better ship it over to me. I'll make sure to dispose of it properly. ;)

I have asperations of proper disposal as well, lol. Maybe I need to be tight lipped and pack my freezer....

I'll foward the brine ideas, thanks guys. Cheers!
Title: Re: How to take the gamey out of feral hog.
Post by: SmoknAZ on May 20, 2011, 07:51:14 pm: As stated milk is great at taking away the gamey taste. Used to do it with my Black Hills deer. Apple juice and beer is good also.
Title: Re: How to take the gamey out of feral hog.
Post by: barbedQ on May 21, 2011, 11:11:47 am: We use milk on hogs we shoot in Texas. But you should be aware that if the hogs have been eating in or around sage, creasote and some other noxious desert plants the meat may not be gamey. it might be flavored and that won't come out with milk, you'd have to hide that with the citrus brine method.
Title: Re: How to take the gamey out of feral hog.
Post by: Mark on May 21, 2011, 12:32:38 pm: Does a feral hog have the same musk gland situation to avoid, like when dressing out a javelina?
Title: Re: How to take the gamey out of feral hog.
Post by: barbedQ on May 22, 2011, 10:29:28 pm: Nope, no musk glands on their back or under their eyes. Though related javelina are a different branch than feral hogs. Most feral hogs aren't even the famous "razorback", though they can get quite hairy if the weather gets cold where they are. They are a pest in north east Texas where my dad lives. A good size herd can trash an acre in a night and it looks like like it's been disc'd when they are done. Add in two to three litters a year in mild climates and you've got a problem real quick.