Tumours In Venison

[playdo 1]

After a bit of advice,a friend of mine who shoots deer gave me a few joints of venison,after cooking and carving a joint i found what appeared to me to be a small tumour,i am no authority on this so this is the only thing i can think it was,my question is it safe to eat the other joints as they were all from the same deer,but i binned that particular joint to be on the safe side.

[Hydropotesinermis 724]

Did you take a photo? What cut was it? If it was shoulder or haunch in May well have just been a gland.

[The one 8,481]

Need a bit more info if you didn't see it till it was cooked it couldn't have been that large ?. i would of messed about with it deers usually no too bad there pretty clean but a look at the gralloch when gutting it could of revealed more

[Caprelous 217]

If it looked like a pearly grey slug on the inner side of the rear haunch its most likely to have been a gland. removing of it by cutting it out is normal preparation prior to cooking it.

 

If you had the oppurtunity to have inspected the mesenteric nodes on the viscera you may then can see any indication there that the animal is free from disease as it here it shows first indication of tumours that may be present in the rest of the body as well as the nodes on ther medistinal strap on the lungs.

Other nodes portal on the liver and at the back of the throat are also indicators .

Regards

Stu

Edited December 18, 2013 by Caprelous

[playdo 1]

It was my friend who shot and butchered it,so i cant answer anything with regards to inspecting the animal,but it was located within a lean joint of meat which from looking at it was from the hind quarters,i still have the rest frozen in joints. do i bin just in case, or will the cooking process kill all nasties within it.

[glogin 87]

I agree with others most likely a lymph node. But even if it was a tumor I dont think there is any risk eating the meat. The tumor itself may not be too tasty though

[Yokel Matt 918]

If it looked like a pearly grey slug on the inner side of the rear haunch its most likely to have been a gland. removing of it by cutting it out is normal preparation prior to cooking it.

 

 

This is what first came to my mind. Hopefully your friend inspected the animal before distributing into the food chain and no doubt it is perfectly healthy - if it does turn out to be this gland it is nothing to worry about. That said i'd still push it to the side of the plate, If the growth is inside the muscle is may be a cyst from an old injury of some kind or if attached to the muscle on the skin side could be a parasite.

 

Bon apertite

[playdo 1]

Thanks for all the advice.