Scottish Venison Day

[Conor O'Gorman]

Today is/was Scottish Venison Day #ScottishVenisonDay, with lots of people/orgs spreading the word on Facebook etc. Maybe join in? For example:

New Look Scottish Venison Website Launches on Scottish Venison Day | Scotland Food & Drink

Celebrated every year on 4 September, this year's Scottish Vension Day promises to be extra special, as trade organisation Scottish Venison officially launches its new website, with information, recipes, hints, and tips.

foodanddrink.scot

 

[sauer]

Did my own bit for Scottish version day on my socials

 

[User00056]

Sorry. But three years of busting my ass trying to get Scottish venison to the adoring
public has clouded my view somewhat.

The industry may well be worth 70 million, but I bet it's mostly benefiting importers, supermarkets, and AGHEs

Just me being cynical, prob'ly

 

[Mickeydredd]

Did my own bit for Scottish version day

Me too, shot two Reds and had venison fajitas for tea!

 

[Taff]

In Nz we have a month of wapiti burgers at Burger fuel , today our boss bought one for all the staff (7) showing support for the wapiti foundation.

 

[David Barker]

Shameful advertising and a shocking way to deal with a prime product of scotland Dick Playfair should be sacked for promoting venison in this way and BASC SGA and other orgs should hang there head in shame. We have an industry in crisis and this is the best they can come up with . Gov spending 10s of millions on deer and we get a tinny % of that to try and get the public to eat it. What a f IN SHAMBLE.S

 

[User00056]

A £70 million industry and the grant fund is £95k

 

[Mickeydredd]

A £70 million industry and the grant fund is £95k

The uptake last time was only £14k, be interesting to see if the full amount is utilised this time.

I’ve applied.

 

[User00056]

The uptake last time was only £14k, be interesting to see if the full amount is utilised this time.

I’ve applied.

And 14 applicants. So a grand each. Better than nothing, but that's only going to offset a large investment by a tiny amount. I spent half of that on two used drinks chillers, and probably an additional 3 or 4 thousand on equipment and kitting out the larder.

As usual, lots of noise and fuss with bugger all substance behind it

 

[Mickeydredd]

Well my application is for more than a grand so will see. It would certainly help me out in my situation and enable me to shoot more Reds than currently.

 

[Mickeydredd]

The uptake last time was only £14k, be interesting to see if the full amount is utilised this time.

I’ve applied.

Apologies, it was 14 stalkers. Can’t see the £amount granted.

 

[David Barker]

Well my application is for more than a grand so will see. It would certainly help me out in my situation and enable me to shoot more Reds than currently.

I don't believe you would shoot more can you evidence base this as that's what will be required. Most people could shoot more not because of a larger fridge but because there is pour or no through flow. Hope you get what you want and telling white lies in the political arena is expected. Remember this is your money not there's. They just have control of your money.

 

[homer]

I know someone who asked about getting funding for a quad but was told no, its only for essential equipment! Dont know about you but if your shooting reds, a quad is pretty essential. No point having a chiller if you cant get them to it!

 

[Mickeydredd]

I don't believe you would shoot more can you evidence base this as that's what will be required.

Well you are mistaken.

I have provided evidence in my application.

 

[Conor O'Gorman]

Shameful advertising and a shocking way to deal with a prime product of scotland Dick Playfair should be sacked for promoting venison in this way and BASC SGA and other orgs should hang there head in shame. We have an industry in crisis and this is the best they can come up with . Gov spending 10s of millions on deer and we get a tinny % of that to try and get the public to eat it. What a f IN SHAMBLE.S

I appreciate there are bigger issues but the OP was to share some of the updates that went out yesterday and I am not sure what is wrong with raising awareness of recipies for venison. Here are some recent recipies from Eat Game.

Ground venison tacos with pickled red onion and lime

Eat Game Chef of the Year Mark Kempson is back with another of his favourite game meat recipes.

eatgame.co.uk

Byrek Filled with Venison Keema

Tony Singh MBE created this recipe for us using his Dip and Drizzle Coriander and Mint sauce, which is the perfect partner to venison.

eatgame.co.uk

Venison wellington

This loin of venison wellington, wild mushroom, truffle and Parma ham by Rachel Green makes a showstopping main for any event especially Christmas.

eatgame.co.uk

Venison chilli & nachos

This chilli is so good you will want to serve it with everything, from rice to nachos and in a burrito.

eatgame.co.uk

The ultimate stag burger

There's a burger and then there's the Ultimate stag burger from Steven Ellis at The Bailiwick Free House!

eatgame.co.uk

 

[Taff]

Sorry but I think your marketing may be way off the mark, who logs onto Eat game ? Most probably people who already eat game, looking at of the pictures from Scottish venison would not make me buy there product, butchers in tweeds ? A very wet roe and some very rare steaks, obviously aimed at a very small market. As I said burger fuel sell venison burgers, this is a main stream burger seller not a niche burger store, most of the customers would not know what a wapiti or venison is, or really care, but they buy them at a premium price due to quality of

 

[Rake Aboot]

Never heard of it.
Or any grants .

 

[johnnytheboy]

Forewarning would have been nice if this event!

 

[David Barker]

I appreciate there are bigger issues but the OP was to share some of the updates that went out yesterday and I am not sure what is wrong with raising awareness of recipies for venison. Here are some recent recipies from Eat Game.

Ground venison tacos with pickled red onion and lime

Eat Game Chef of the Year Mark Kempson is back with another of his favourite game meat recipes.

eatgame.co.uk

Byrek Filled with Venison Keema

Tony Singh MBE created this recipe for us using his Dip and Drizzle Coriander and Mint sauce, which is the perfect partner to venison.

eatgame.co.uk

Venison wellington

This loin of venison wellington, wild mushroom, truffle and Parma ham by Rachel Green makes a showstopping main for any event especially Christmas.

eatgame.co.uk

Venison chilli & nachos

This chilli is so good you will want to serve it with everything, from rice to nachos and in a burrito.

eatgame.co.uk

The ultimate stag burger

There's a burger and then there's the Ultimate stag burger from Steven Ellis at The Bailiwick Free House!

eatgame.co.uk

Conner you are not preaching to the converted here you are trying to encourage new members of the public to try venison and maybe put it on there plate. Putting pictures up of deer slung over Pony's back or deer torsos hanging in a shinny chill will not help. I don't see the farming sector showing the insides of an abattoir. Lets be real if we are to increase sales its in the industrialised areas and they are with out doubt sensitive to dead things. I don't need you recipes the general public do with out the need for the killing side lets keep that to our selves. Sadly DICK and CO cant seem to get away from the control side.

 

[Conor O'Gorman]

Sorry but I think your marketing may be way off the mark, who logs onto Eat game ? Most probably people who already eat game, looking at of the pictures from Scottish venison would not make me buy there product, butchers in tweeds ? A very wet roe and some very rare steaks, obviously aimed at a very small market. As I said burger fuel sell venison burgers, this is a main stream burger seller not a niche burger store, most of the customers would not know what a wapiti or venison is, or really care, but they buy them at a premium price due to quality of View attachment 436019

To be fair, the OP is just a few social media posts from various moorland groups and others on #ScottishVenisonDay which has been running a few years now - and its just one day on socials and some people will see an update on their socials about it for the first time and many won't. It is what it is.

The wider marketing of game in the UK is multi-faceted with many stakeholders and audiences. As regards the general public celebrity chefs in particular can and do help raise awareness as do supermarkets that stock game.

I wasn't aware of the NZ chain Burger Fuel doing wapiti burgers. Very interesting. The 'Bastard Burger' made me smile and I had a look at the Wild Heart' wapiti burger.

Wild Heart Burger – Limited Edition Venison Creation | BurgerFuel NZ

Sink your teeth into the Wild Heart: a consciously crafted burger featuring WITHWILD Fiordland Wapiti venison, truffle mascarpone, BBQ black rub, and a rich cherry sauce. Available for a limited time only at BurgerFuel.

www.burgerfuel.com

These seem to be the folk managing the collaboration:

BurgerFuel

WithWild is dedicated to conservation efforts to protect local ecosystems while procuring unique and consciously sourced meat from the wild, for the wild.

withwild.co.nz

They say "last year through this collaboration a total of $30,000 ($1 per burger sold) was raised, with this amount donated to the Fiordland Wapiti Foundation to enhance its predator control work in the Nitz Valley. 50 DC200 traps were funded and recently installed, with the direct benefactors our iconic native birds namely Kiwi, Kea, Whio, Weka and Kaka".

Also "Wapiti is free range, antibiotic free, gluten free, dairy free, beyond organic, and grown on some of New Zealand’s finest native vegetation".

The wapiti are harvested by hunters from the Fiordland Wapiti Foundation

https://fwf.net.nz/

From reading further it seems that lead ammunition is not used by hunters affiliated with the Fiordland Wapiti Foundation for shooting wapiti or other species for environmental reasons - especially the impact on kea.

https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/conl.13059

A fascinating story from field to fork. Thanks for sharing and I may write an article on this.