I'm pretty sure that is the gall bladder attached to the liver. I leave a bit of liver attached to the gall bladder when I remove it just to not risk getting bile on everything.
Deer heart is the first part of the deer we eat! Split down the middle, trim off the valves and blood vessels and arteries from the top of the heart along with the connective "strings". Wash with cold water and soak in water in the fridge for a day or two. Then just boil in salted water untill done. We slice it across the grain while still warm.Add a little salt and there you go. It's good cold too. We never save the liver from deer. But if I'm not mistaken, deer have no gall bladder. The file photo from above was a pig liver.
But if I'm not mistaken, deer have no gall bladder. The file photo from above was a pig liver.
Quote from: R.K. on November 15, 2021, 09:10:11 AM But if I'm not mistaken, deer have no gall bladder. The file photo from above was a pig liver. I just did a google search for "deer gall bladder", and you are correct. They do not have a gall bladder. They do produce bile, and I believe the picture is of a "bile sac", which is what I always heard it called. I don't know if the pic is a pig liver or a deer liver, but would remove the bile sac carefully by cutting a small portion of the liver out around it so as not to contaminate the meat.
I never was one for eating organs. It may just be something in my mind... who knows.Never know what one might eat if one gets hungry enough.