Wayne Ryan's blog

Thursday, 8 June 2017

Townsville Bowen and Magnetic Island FNQ

Bowen FNQ

Magnetic Island Ferry

Port of Townsville

Magnetic Island Transport

View of Horseshoe Bay from the pub

Garry and Michelle

Wednesday, 31 May 2017

Venison Jerky Time - Sustainable use of Free Range Organic Meat

Sweet and Spicy Venison Jerky

Trimmed Venison

Some of the venison marinating in the bag at bottom and other cuts 'tenderising' and aging before freezing above.

The new 10tray food dehydrator, $119 bucks free delivery from the Bay of E 👍

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/-/252931484787?roken=cUgayN

Loaded up

Ready to go 4-5 hours

Thanks Matty Boulton for this recipe.

Venison Marinade for Sweet and Spicy Venison Jerky

Equal parts Soy sauce and Worcestershire sauce.

500 ml Soy sauce
500 ml Worcestershire sauce
125 ml Teriyaki sauce
2 x Tea spoons of Wasabi
60 ml (I bottle) Smoked Chipotle Tabasco sauce

Enough for about two kilos of meat.

Method:

Mix together all the ingredients.
Add the venison strips and toss to evenly coat. I used a large plastic bag.
Marinate in the refrigerator for 24 hours. Mix the venison a few times as it marinates to ensure even absorption of the marinade.
Remove the venison strips from the marinade and squeeze off excess.
Arrange the venison on the racks of a food dehydrator so that it does not overlap.
Dry the venison on high until dry but still pliable, about 4 - 5 hours.
The jerky should bend without breaking.
Completely cool in an well ventilated space before tasting or testing for dryness.
Most recipes recommend allowing to air dry for up to a week before storing.
Store in an airtight container, vacuum seal or in resealable plastic bags.

Yum 😙

If you don't have a food dehydrator, you can also place it in a 80 degree C oven for 6 to 8 hours. Never tried this.

Thursday, 25 May 2017

Free Range Organic Meat

First off . . . . In my opinion wild harvested game, or Free Range Organic Meat is infinity more preferable to packaged, sometimes chemically supplemented and processed meat.

When you pick up that plastic wrapped meat from the supermarket please be aware that farmed animals can be confined, fattened, transported and processed sometimes in cruel conditions and may wait as long as 48 hours smelling death waiting at a processing plant. I fear they often suffer. Of course they may live a life as pleasant as responsible farmers can make possible.

Wild taken game is ideally enjoying a free and natural life in the wild unaware of any danger and in the next second quickly and ethically taken. No suffering and I am respectful and thankful to the animal.

I do not hunt any animal I can't utilise and mostly they are feral (introduced pests) and practice the sustainable utilisation of wildlife. This is my sport and my hobby.