What about venison or Elk?

  • Dh has some deer meat (ground and steaks) and also some Elk steaks. Are these okay for him to eat?
  • I know venison is usually quite lean so I would say yes. You only need to avoid or limit fatty cuts of meat.

    Kim
  • Hi Nat

    I don't see why you couldn't have those meats.Venison has 2.7 gram of fat,sorry I don't have the fat grams for elk. Happy eatting BB
  • Go for it!
    Based on 4 oz roasted, weighed after cooking, here are the stats:
    Venison Cals 193 fat 4
    Moose Cals 152 fat 1
    Elk Cals 165 fat 2
    Beef Cals 301 fat 20
    Bear Cals 292 Fat 15
    - threw that in just in case!
  • Ruth, have you been wrestling bears lately? I know you have a lot of them in Canada, but really!
  • Oh Good in case a bear comes out of the mountains, Iknow it's not SB Friendly... LMBO>>>

    I love Elk.. hmmm
  • Laurie, we DO have bears around here. One was wandering through a meadow down by the Lake and a woman called to tell me one of my dogs was down there. Of course, my Girls were safe at home but we found out later that it was a black bear cub who was closely followed by his mother.

    Hunny Bee, where in the USA !!!! are you?
  • Venison and elk are more lean cuts of meat than beef. When I have access to them, I eat them over beef because they are so lean. But, as Ruth says, avoid the fatty cuts if there are any.

    As an added note, bison (buffalo) is also a very lean meat. The information actually shows that it is leaner than chicken or fish.
  • Good grief! I've been eating the wrong meat!! I do know where I can get some bison... I suppose it's expensive, though. Also ostrich. You forgot the stats for ostrich.

    We have bears up at our cottage. We arrived there one day to find scratch marks on the corner of the cottage where the bear had obviously stood up for a stretch and a scratch. The marks are about eight feet high. shudder. Also, "he'd" taken a little bite out of the wood siding. Testing it for edibility, I suppose.