• over_clox@lemmy.world
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      15 days ago

      Wild meat tends to be a lot tougher to chew and tastes gamey…

      https://www.tastingtable.com/1833810/gamey-meat-flavor-explanation-and-causes/

      My late father told me the toughness can largely be tenderized by boiling it for like an hour, then beating it with a meat tenderizer, before the actual final cooking on the grill/stove/oven/fryer.

      I was once given a piece of fully cooked, but not boiled in advance, wild boar meat, about the size of a McDonald’s chicken nugget. It was so damn tough that it literally took me over an hour to chew and swallow.

      • BlueÆther@no.lastname.nz
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        15 days ago

        Yes the flavours may bit a bit more, but here in NZ our beef is generally outside all year and grass fed so tends to be richer/stronger than some meat that I’ve had overseas.

        And like any meat, treat it well to get the most out of it