@ShotgunX we are very short on Venison, so its a simple suppy/demand thing for those who want just 6 and a variety. You could also buy 3x 6-packs at the $12.
@ShotgunX@troy so of course after telling us this the all-Venison pack is sold out. People probably be selling on eBay in a limited edition Trader Joe’s mini bag for $100 a stick.
@troy But you were selling individual flavors at the same price across the board. Logic dictates that if you’re raising the price for a sampler, the individual product would also be more expensive.
@ShotgunX People would then complain “I’d buy some if the variety pack was available!” - it would be sold out already if the price was the same. We reserved majority of Venison for the variety (which makes up just 11.6% of our total inventory on this deal). If you aren’t a variety pack customer, we’ve got plenty at the lower pricing. And if you were lucky enough to get Venison at launch for $12, that’s what you get for visiting early!
@brainmist I am sure it tastes fine, but kind of stupid to mix pork in all of them other than the boar, since many people don’t eat pork. I do, but rarely and would have gotten the venison if it didn’t have pork in it.
@brainmist Bison and venison require LOTS of added fats to make a decent sausage, and pork is the least gamey place to get it. Beef fat carries a stronger flavor note, and costs more as well.
@brainmist@sillyheathen no one would buy 100% venison sausage because it’s not good…it’s dry, crumbly, and falls apart. U need more fat than is in venison meat in order to make sausage.
All of these companies that advertise an exotic meat but then use a filler…In the best case scenario, it’s a 50.1%/49.9% split. In worse cases, the filler makes up the majority of the product, and you’re basically getting just the essence of the unicorn or whatever.
When I buy raw bison, I can taste the difference from raw beef after cooking. When I buy some kind of processed product like meat sticks/bars, it’s the exact same flavor.
@ShotgunX … Are these exotic?
There’s a hunter’s lodge that has venison regularly, a couple of restaurants always do duck dishes (roasted, bacon, jerky, eggs)… Bison (and wild pig) is the only one I would consider needing importing because they tend to stay far away from cities.
@sillyheathen I didn’t realize you were Lao. I didn’t even know Meh ships all the way there!
Common joke in SEA, even among Lao. They love snake meat and aren’t ashamed of it. There aren’t a lot of Lao Christians, but I met two of them that told me the same joke, “We don’t know what ethnicity Adam and Eve were, but we know they weren’t Lao. If they were, they wouldn’t even sit around and listen to the serpent’s sales pitch. Who wants some dumb old fruit when there’s a delicious snake right in front of you?!”
(I haven’t had any, but I’m told it tastes like rubbery chicken. I know that’s what you’re “supposed” to say when describing new meats, but I believe it. I’ve eaten iguana meat before and it was basically indistinguishable from chicken. Gator too, but it was like tougher chicken).
@sillyheathen@Weboh I’m always surprised at the chicken comparisons… but that’s because I’ve had chicken fresh from the farm and the hens can taste very different from one another. (Might also be the farm; these were egg chickens and they weren’t fattened up.)
@Weboh I grew up in south Louisiana and have eaten a fair share of snake. Like gator or most protein sans fat, it can get tough very quickly. I prefer it stewed. Granted it been over 20 years since I’ve had it.
Hunter’s doesn’t want celery with good taste, Hunter’s wants celery that tastes good. (Predictable response to the presence of “cultured celery powder” in the ingredient lists of two flavors)
Twelve bucks for a pound and a half? If it’s really good stuff, that’s probably a deal. But my historic limit of consumption of summer sausage per fall season has been about half of that before I get bored and start making B&Ts and tuna salad and ham salad and…
Did some digging on where the “wild game” comes from : Each species is farm raised and free range
Our meats come from the US, with the exception of our Elk and Venison
The Elk and Venison come from New Zealand because it is an island that has never been exposed to Chronic Wasting Disease making the product safer to use
@butchworley@pmarin I’m somewhat surprised that the venison was gone first. Anyone who has had typical examples of both venison and bison sausage would, in my personal opinion, want the bison. But much could depend on the seasonings.
@butchworley@werehatrack I had a neighbor once give me some venison sausage; it was very good. I don’t know if pork was mixed in. I think it was professionally done and seasoned. Would definitely get that again.
Aren’t these more like a cured salami style than a regular raw sausage ?
@pakopako I wonder what made it split the picture in half. It must be “aware” of that in some sense, because the division is so clean.
I wonder if it’s been manually taught that it can split output into 2 or more parts, fulfilling a portion of the prompt in each section?
@Trinityscrew This is from the language in the letter below.
They may be adequate past the date indicated by a period of at least
90 days, but this depends on storage conditions. Storage in cooler
temperatures helps to extend the freshness of the product
@Coldwyn I sure did. I dont think they can Spell at the warehouse. I ordered 12 Bison and received 12 Boar. I guess “B” is all they can read. I contacted customer service and they are supposedly sending out Bison now. I am NOT holding my breath. Think I would Die before they get it right
I sure did. I dont think they can Spell at the warehouse. I ordered 12 Bison and received 12 Boar. I guess “B” is all they can read. I contacted customer service and they are supposedly sending out Bison now. I am NOT holding my breath. Think I would Die before they get it right
Specs
Product: 6-Pack: Hunter’s Reserve Summer Sausage
Model: 820545073075, 820545073051, 820545073044
Condition: New
Hunter’s Reserve Wild Game Summer Sausage Bison
Hunter’s Reserve Wild Game Summer Sausage Venison
Hunter’s Reserve Wild Game Summer Sausage Boar
What’s Included?
Price Comparison
$37.98 (for 6) at Amazon
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Monday, Oct 14 - Wednesday, Oct 16
/showme a hunter smoking a sausage
/giphy star trek sausage
/showme a sausage smoking a hunter
@mediocrebot … Ok I’m angry now because that’s arguably technically correct if you pause in the right place.
So you’re forcing a 50% upcharge just for variety? That’s a no on principle from me, dawg.
@ShotgunX we are very short on Venison, so its a simple suppy/demand thing for those who want just 6 and a variety. You could also buy 3x 6-packs at the $12.
@ShotgunX @troy so of course after telling us this the all-Venison pack is sold out. People probably be selling on eBay in a limited edition Trader Joe’s mini bag for $100 a stick.
@troy But you were selling individual flavors at the same price across the board. Logic dictates that if you’re raising the price for a sampler, the individual product would also be more expensive.
@ShotgunX People would then complain “I’d buy some if the variety pack was available!” - it would be sold out already if the price was the same. We reserved majority of Venison for the variety (which makes up just 11.6% of our total inventory on this deal). If you aren’t a variety pack customer, we’ve got plenty at the lower pricing. And if you were lucky enough to get Venison at launch for $12, that’s what you get for visiting early!
@ShotgunX @troy …
How early?
@pakopako About 25 minutes into the sale
@troy Sounds IRK-someh
Summer’s over. Probably why this is now the “deal” here.
Perfect timing, Meh.
@phendrick Think i’ll just wait for the Thanksgiving turkey sausage in January.
Bison/venison mixed with pork?
That does not seem appealing.
@brainmist I am sure it tastes fine, but kind of stupid to mix pork in all of them other than the boar, since many people don’t eat pork. I do, but rarely and would have gotten the venison if it didn’t have pork in it.
@brainmist typically the game sausages are mixed with pork trim or pork fat to add the fat and temper some of the gamey flavor.
@brainmist @sillyheathen yes, venison especially needs extra fat mixed in because it’s too lean!
@brainmist Bison and venison require LOTS of added fats to make a decent sausage, and pork is the least gamey place to get it. Beef fat carries a stronger flavor note, and costs more as well.
@sillyheathen @TimW Some of us prefer bison and venison because they’re so lean. If I want pork fat, I’ll just buy bacon.
@brainmist @sillyheathen no one would buy 100% venison sausage because it’s not good…it’s dry, crumbly, and falls apart. U need more fat than is in venison meat in order to make sausage.
All of these companies that advertise an exotic meat but then use a filler…In the best case scenario, it’s a 50.1%/49.9% split. In worse cases, the filler makes up the majority of the product, and you’re basically getting just the essence of the unicorn or whatever.
When I buy raw bison, I can taste the difference from raw beef after cooking. When I buy some kind of processed product like meat sticks/bars, it’s the exact same flavor.
@ShotgunX … Are these exotic?
There’s a hunter’s lodge that has venison regularly, a couple of restaurants always do duck dishes (roasted, bacon, jerky, eggs)… Bison (and wild pig) is the only one I would consider needing importing because they tend to stay far away from cities.
/giphy snaking-decayed-grave
Well I do love my meat in stick form!
@sillyheathen Such a dapper snake with that top hat.
@sillyheathen I didn’t realize you were Lao. I didn’t even know Meh ships all the way there!
Common joke in SEA, even among Lao. They love snake meat and aren’t ashamed of it. There aren’t a lot of Lao Christians, but I met two of them that told me the same joke, “We don’t know what ethnicity Adam and Eve were, but we know they weren’t Lao. If they were, they wouldn’t even sit around and listen to the serpent’s sales pitch. Who wants some dumb old fruit when there’s a delicious snake right in front of you?!”
(I haven’t had any, but I’m told it tastes like rubbery chicken. I know that’s what you’re “supposed” to say when describing new meats, but I believe it. I’ve eaten iguana meat before and it was basically indistinguishable from chicken. Gator too, but it was like tougher chicken).
@sillyheathen @Weboh I’m always surprised at the chicken comparisons… but that’s because I’ve had chicken fresh from the farm and the hens can taste very different from one another. (Might also be the farm; these were egg chickens and they weren’t fattened up.)
@Weboh I grew up in south Louisiana and have eaten a fair share of snake. Like gator or most protein sans fat, it can get tough very quickly. I prefer it stewed. Granted it been over 20 years since I’ve had it.
Hunter’s doesn’t want celery with good taste, Hunter’s wants celery that tastes good. (Predictable response to the presence of “cultured celery powder” in the ingredient lists of two flavors)
@werehatrack Ah, so this product “contains no nitrates”
@agnesnutter @werehatrack “no specific nitrates added”
Twelve bucks for a pound and a half? If it’s really good stuff, that’s probably a deal. But my historic limit of consumption of summer sausage per fall season has been about half of that before I get bored and start making B&Ts and tuna salad and ham salad and…
Did some digging on where the “wild game” comes from : Each species is farm raised and free range
Our meats come from the US, with the exception of our Elk and Venison
The Elk and Venison come from New Zealand because it is an island that has never been exposed to Chronic Wasting Disease making the product safer to use
@butchworley this answer implies an Elk was available but apparently not here. Must have run off with the deer.
@butchworley @pmarin I’m somewhat surprised that the venison was gone first. Anyone who has had typical examples of both venison and bison sausage would, in my personal opinion, want the bison. But much could depend on the seasonings.
@butchworley @werehatrack I had a neighbor once give me some venison sausage; it was very good. I don’t know if pork was mixed in. I think it was professionally done and seasoned. Would definitely get that again.
Aren’t these more like a cured salami style than a regular raw sausage ?
@butchworley @pmarin “Summer sausage” typically does bear more of a resemblance to salami than to breakfast sausage, yes.
/showme a hunter smoking on a sausage dog outside the tasty freeze
@mediocrebot The bot def got the “sausage dog” correct, but the “on” is a little suspect.
@mediocrebot @phendrick But just as in the song, it’s between his knees.
/giphy meat stick
@somf69 I’ll be impressed if anyone can clean that plate (man that is a lot of macaroni to go with that meat)
@pakopako @somf69 That looks like “Terry Black’s BBQ” in Austin. Fantastic BBQ. I try to have vendors buy the beef rib for me.
/showme Eric Cartman singing Swiss Colony Beef Log
/showme brisket-cruel-shreeker
I’ll bite
@mediocrebot that is… Are there two of you now?
@pakopako I wonder what made it split the picture in half. It must be “aware” of that in some sense, because the division is so clean.
I wonder if it’s been manually taught that it can split output into 2 or more parts, fulfilling a portion of the prompt in each section?
@pakopako @xobzoo It was trained on real images from the internet. There are some split images online. Also comics.
@Ark_kun @pakopako @xobzoo There are also lots of images that are only “real” on the Net.
@pakopako @xobzoo I think the hyphens might have done it.
/showme brisket cruel shreeker
@806D2701 @xobzoo maybe the hyphens were the suspect all along
/giphy windy-derisive-promqueen
/giphy /orders/dead-shifty-night
“Best by November 2024 and probably still good after per this letter from Hunter’s Reserve.”
There’s a ringing endorsement if ever I heard one.
Pass.
@Trinityscrew This is from the language in the letter below.
@troy Yeah. I read the letter. It reads like the “has all the earmarks of Russian disinformation” letter.
@Trinityscrew @troy Storage in brother-in-law’s luxury warehouse near Pinsk is optimal for temperature.
/showme quivering bitter candycorn
My general experience with summer sausage is that exactly one a year is good so this is too many
@verysmallkisses one serving a year?
@verysmallkisses BDG would disagree
Wow - so many buttholes and snouts in on offering!
@Pufferfishy “Buttholes & Snouts”. A great name for a law firm.
@Pufferfishy @Trinityscrew You forgot the “Esq.” on each.
@Pufferfishy Please cite your source indicating this product (or “Summer Sausage” in general) contains those specific animal parts.
@Pufferfishy Only premium steak for you in your plastic meat tubes, eh buddy?
@806D2701 I know a spicy butthole when I taste one.
/giphy jumpy-mortified-spine
/showme scared-dead-joe
No Georgia Red. . . for that alone, meh.
So the wild boar is quite good. And it says it’s from feral pig. What a tasty way to get some benefit from an invasive species!
I never recieved the sausage.
Anyone else received Boar after ordering Bison?
@Coldwyn I sure did. I dont think they can Spell at the warehouse. I ordered 12 Bison and received 12 Boar. I guess “B” is all they can read. I contacted customer service and they are supposedly sending out Bison now. I am NOT holding my breath. Think I would Die before they get it right
@Coldwyn Nope, I just got my replacement BISON sausage. They did make it right! Thanks MEH!
I sure did. I dont think they can Spell at the warehouse. I ordered 12 Bison and received 12 Boar. I guess “B” is all they can read. I contacted customer service and they are supposedly sending out Bison now. I am NOT holding my breath. Think I would Die before they get it right
@jonjen2 Nope, I just got my replacement BISON sausage. They did make it right! Thanks MEH!
Nope, I just got my replacement BISON sausage. They did make it right! Thanks MEH!