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Hunting Season begins in Switzerland and Venison is on the menu

by Patricia Turo | September 3, 2009 at 08:10 am

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"Hunting season has arrived and hunters head for the mountains in search for deer, elk and mountain goat. The hunting season is only about 3 weeks or the time that is needed to meet the culling goals of the herds. Hunters deliver their hunted game to the local butchers who prepare them and sell the meat. Hirsh, Reh (venison and elk) are prepared into steaks, racks, sausage, Hirsh Peffer (marinated venison in wine) and Hirsh Bünder Fleisch (air dried meat). Graubünden is world famous for Bündner Fleisch."

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albertacowpoke

at 10:44 on September 3rd, 2009

Thanks for this. My mouth is watering.

jazzyzazzy

at 15:52 on September 20th, 2009

I tried Venison once but found the taste a bit rancid.The stuff stank.It most certainly is an aquired taste.

Patricia Turo

at 07:01 on September 24th, 2009

This shouldn't be the case. First of all it is really important that you remove ALL the fat. Good venison should have any kind of smell. In fact it is very low in fat and far better then eating red meat. We have it all the time and never found a rancid taste or smell. Also we eat very little red meat, this being one of the only ones we eat. Maybe it was a bad piece. Try it again, but make sure that where ever you eat it the person knows how to prepare and cook it.