Heart ~ Liver
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09-11-2007, 02:28 PM
#23
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts
Posts: 385
RE: Heart ~ Liver
I eat both the heart and liver and love them both but after reading this advisory for one of the states that I hunt I only eat the liver of the younger deer.
HH
DEER LIVER CONSUMPTION ADVISORY
The Connecticut Departments of Health Services (DHS) and Environmental Protection advise sportsmen to limit their consumption of deer liver. Analysis of livers collected from 49 hunter-killed deer in 1991 indicated that some samples had unacceptably high levels of cadmium, a toxic metal. Sportsmen should note this advisory is only for liver and not for deer meat. Because kidneys also concentrate cadmium, it is recommended that this organ not be consumed.
For those who wish to continue to consume liver from deer despite this warning, the following recommendations are made:
[ol][*]Eat the liver of younger deer.[*]Reduce the number of meals of deer liver to no more than a few per year.
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High levels of cadmium in deer livers are not unusual in the northeastern U.S., and with this advisory Connecticut joins several other states in this region that have issued similar warnings. For further information about cadmium toxicity call DHS at (860)509-7742.
HH
DEER LIVER CONSUMPTION ADVISORY
The Connecticut Departments of Health Services (DHS) and Environmental Protection advise sportsmen to limit their consumption of deer liver. Analysis of livers collected from 49 hunter-killed deer in 1991 indicated that some samples had unacceptably high levels of cadmium, a toxic metal. Sportsmen should note this advisory is only for liver and not for deer meat. Because kidneys also concentrate cadmium, it is recommended that this organ not be consumed.
For those who wish to continue to consume liver from deer despite this warning, the following recommendations are made:
[ol][*]Eat the liver of younger deer.[*]Reduce the number of meals of deer liver to no more than a few per year.
[/ol]
High levels of cadmium in deer livers are not unusual in the northeastern U.S., and with this advisory Connecticut joins several other states in this region that have issued similar warnings. For further information about cadmium toxicity call DHS at (860)509-7742.
09-12-2007, 06:24 PM
#24
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: S Cent IN
Posts: 257
RE: Heart ~ Liver
I love beef liver and onions so I saved the liver from one of the deer I shot and tried to cook it the same way as the beef liver and it was so tough I couldn't eat it. Probably the way I cooked it but never tried it again.
