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Deer meat with a fancier French name, because 'eating Bambi' doesn't sell at restaurants.
means The meat of a deer, prepared and eaten as game.
from From Old French 'venesoun,' tracing back to Latin 'venari,' meaning 'to hunt.' It originally referred to the meat of any hunted animal, not just deer — a boar or hare could technically be 'venison' too. Over centuries in English, the word narrowed its aim until it came to mean deer meat specifically, abandoning its broader hunting-party roots.
- etymology
- from Latin venari, meaning to hunt
- leaner than beef
- roughly a third less fat
- overcooking risk
- low fat means it dries out fast
- farmed source
- most US venison now comes from New Zealand farms