Venison ring bologna

[hoggsback]

What ways do you cook veni bologna type rings?

I usually put them in a crockpot with kraut, but there must be others.

Please share!

[reinhard1]

tough to beat krout. next step is fried potato's nice and crispy. good luck.

[mixxedbagg]

Why take perfectly good venison and bologna it?

I thought bologna was how meat processors used up floor sweepin's. It's the one version of ground meat I can't bring myself to eat.

[thirdeye]

Some folks grill it, but I'm a pan fry in butter kind of guy.... Oh yeah, and served with mustard.

[hoggsback]

Now we are getting somewhere. Mustard definitely.

We do quite a bit of rings each year along with summer, spice sticks and breakfast sausage. This year we did 600lbs. of sausage over 3 days.

I am partial to the rings though.

[Dark Cloud]

And remember... "you can pickle anything"!

I like pickled kielbasi and bologna with some extra red pepper in the brine...

[machohorn]

I like mine in the winter months with fried crispy tators, but in the summer, 100 y.o. recipe of potatoe saled with baked beans that I add a few things to.

[reinhard1]

mixxed, i think what we are talking about here is ring bologna, not the stuff in the grocery store that you put in a sandwich. when i was a kid we used to fry that stuff [thick slices] and had that with potatoes. that stuff was as cheap as anything you could of found in those days, raised poor. ring bologna made with venison or beef at home is entirely different with no "junk" added. i have made ring bologna with venison and cooked it but never smoked it, as that will take place this year even though tender quick is part of the reciepe. good luck.

[lovebigbluegills]

Personally, I like it the best with sauerkraut.

The wife likes it sliced up with barbeque sauce and onions.

[efgh]

I like smoked ring boloney sliced about 3/8 in. thick fried with sauerkraut, mushrooms and onions. It is also good diced up in small pieces in potato soup

[NoWiser]

Nothing like a cold bologna sandwich for me. It definitely helps if you are sitting in a fish house, too.

[reinhard1]

lol, krout to bbq sauce. well if it tastes good eat it as zimmerman would say. the krout/bacon mix to me with some crispy fried potato slices and sliced ring bolo is tops. however slices of the bolo in a bbq sauce with some handy tooth picks would be a good party snack. good luck.

[lovebigbluegills]

Having it in the fish house reminded me....

When there's a few neighbors over out in the garage, it goes darn good with a few frosty ones. Heat it up, slice it up, and you've got finger food.

[TruthWalleyes]

Haven't had venison bologna for years. My dad would take our deer and get some bolonga made. Can't remember the locker....But it is still one of my favorite meats!

Grill the bologna, I prefer a dark-crunchy outside and a juicy center!

-Used to kill 3-4 rings a week as a highschool kid!

[deerminator]

When you talk "bologna," you mean ring sausage right or similar to kielbasa in circumference and/or shape (a horseshoe)? If so, I get a whole bunch from the processor every year. We love it a couple of ways. I simmer (not boil) it for a bit in beer and then grill it. Split it down the middle and put in between two pieces of rye bread slathered with dijon mustard and serve with dill pickles and dark, dark beer. A family favorite is to cut up a couple of rings into couple inch lengths and throw in the crokpot with potatoes, carrots, onions, peppers and garlic. Add a bit of salt and pepper and a little bit of water and good eats!

[reinhard1]

you do know its near supper time dont you. perfect timing. good luck.

[picksbigwagon]

a buddy of mine did this a couple of weeks ago and it was pretty good, he used kiebasa but venison would be better:

in a crock pot add two to 3 pounds of ring bologna cut into brat length pieces

add onions, green and red pepper rings, pepper and thyme (the key ingredient I thought) then pour a big can of chicken broth over it. He turned it on and then we went fishing. Came back that night and he had buns from Walmart (their hoaggie rolls were the perfect size) and we added a length of bologna, some peppers and onions and it was awesome.

I think a little garlic would add to the recipie but I like, scratch that, LOVE garlic

[hoggsback]

I ended up making it in the crock pot with potatoes, onion and kraut. Had leftovers so used some to make a soup and the rest fried up and mixed with butter and egg noodles. The soup turned out excellent and the smokey flavor really came out in the soup.

I have to say deerminator's method will be my next one. Man was my mouth watering after reading that! And yes, deerminator.....I was talking about the "horseshoe" shaped ring of sausage. I love the stuff.

Thanks all!