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Is deer liver safe to eat? Read what experts have to say and if people around the world find it safe to consume.
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https://oodmag.com/is-deer-liver-safe/
Is deer liver safe to eat? Read what experts have to say and if people around the world find it safe to consume.
It’s safe from me eating it!
We are in a time when people take an experimental vaccine for the common cold. so why not eat it
I've eaten it a few times from a young deer. I love it, wish it was all safe to eat, but I limit myself.
It's probably safer than eating store bought beef liver.
I’ll ignore the first part of your post, as for why I don’t eat it? I was never raised on liver and when I did try it, I didn’t care for it.Quote:
Originally Posted by DanE
We always made a meal from a nice liver from a young deer while in camp. That was before the recommendations from the MNRF not to consume it. We haven’t since !
Huh ! the liver and heart were the first to be consumed on the 2 deers ive gotten last 2 years !
good to know, wont be eating the liver now.
yeah liver and heart was always the first thing eaten for super that night. My dad sure could cook it. I haven't eaten liver in a very long time, I still eat the heart though. I do give my dog a small piece after she finds my deer for me, she looks forward to it.
Not a liver fan safe or not. Heart though is yummy. Slice it up real thin and stir fried with mixed peppers, red onion and shrooms - hunt camp bliss!
I have been eating deer liver before they had the warning. Wouldn’t this also make cow liver unsafe, especially free range grass feed.
Exactly... I think that a (better) study & actual comparison numbers is needed. Btw, farmed salmon has tested worse than the "wild" one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Found
I personally only buy wild salmon or shrimp. Those "sustainable" fish are fed pellets or who knows what in cages. Be green and eat that mystery meat if you want, I will pay a little higher price for the free range food.
John
The logic behind deer/moose liver being unsafe as compared to beef is that deer/moose eat a lot of brush which (in theory) collects more cadmium that grass does, since brush - from growth to consumption has a longer lifespan that grass does.Quote:
Originally Posted by Found
Cadmium accumulates in the liver and is considered to be carcinogenic, so there really is no "safe" level.
BTW - smokers have about 7 times the cadmium in their bodies that non-smokers do - so if you smoke, eating deer liver is relatively harmless.