Buffalo Ribeye

[sattie]

I got my shipment in today and tried a buffalo ribeye for the first time.

Quick sear in a med/high cast iron with salt and pepper. The ribeye was thinner than I anticipated so that is why I went with the higher heat. Steak was done to a medium ... medium rare.

I could not tell any difference in taste from buffalo or beef. Visual differences was hardly any fat on the cut of meat. When eating it, the flavor was wonderful, although there were some chewy spots.

I have elk sirloins to try yet, a few other cuts of buffalo, and a pheasant that I will be trying sometime down the road.

OH... I got ground venison and buffalo... any ideas folks???

[Doc]

Sounds good Sattie. I've never tried that.

My wifes grandma used to mix ground venison with ground beef. Half and half and it tasted great. They mixed well together and made for great burgers ....we'd cook em out on the grill.

[sattie]

Yea, I have heard that when cooking with ground venison, that it is better to mix it... plus I think you need to fat content. My Uncle Charlie and his wife use to make venison sausage gravy... boy that was the BOMB and I always looked forward to breakfast on the weekends with them. I'm almost certain that she mixed pork sausage in with it. (I just ate the gravy out of the bowl... stuff was toooooo goooood to mess it up with a biscuit!!!)

[sattie]

Don't know if anyone would know this answer... but I have a question about buffalo steaks/meat.

When I got the ribeyes and strip steaks, I was really expecting them to be large. I am somewhat dissapointed that the ribeyes were the same size or even smaller than beef ribeyes. And the strips they sent me... rediciulous!!!! I don't know how in the hell they can call that a strip steak!!!

Sooooo I see all these pics of massive bison cruising the plains.... I figure that the ribeye of one of these things should cover my face. So is the bison raised for food meat the same creatures I see roaming the fields or are they bred down and actually the same size as a cow or smaller????