Hey Guys, I need some help! I got 2 deer near the end of the season and both froze solid within a day. I butcher my own meat and was wondering what is the best thing to do with them. Leave them hang till it warms up so they can age, or just thaw them out and butcher them now. Any thoughts would be a great help.
We've had frozen animals and all we did is unthaw them, cut them up, package and refreeze the meat. Won't do any damage to the meat if done once just don't do it many times.
This was explained to me by our butcher.
If your meat is frozen, you MUST defrost it slowly.
We had a Calf moose last year that was frozen solid and we put it in a heated shop.
It came out like crap!!
I asked him what the problem was and that is what he said.
He suggested defrosting on a cooler of sorts.
Good luck
Jamie
Yes what jamie said defrost it slowly dont bring it into a shop thats 20+ degrees thats why I sugested a heater set it on low and let it defrost for atleast 24 hours 10 degrees is good ....the reason for this is the same as why you want to "flash freeze" The cells are frozen at a fast rate they dont have the time to expand and rupture when you defrost the opposite happens and if things get hot to quick they expand too quick and rupture therefore leaving you with dry tough meat.
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