[Wonder Warthog]

"Now we eat them year-round. They may have hunted one deer a season and eaten it over several months."

Hmmmm---I wonder how they managed THAT, not having refrigeration, and all.

[KarlInOhio]

Hmmmm---I wonder how they managed THAT, not having refrigeration, and all.

Salted venison, smoked venison, venison jerky.

Or else just caught it, kept it and ate parts as they needed. The deer could have leaned up against a tree if it only had two legs left.

[katana]

Maybe they figured out how to make something like Pemican. Smoke and/or sun dry, mix with berries and pound into dry leather like strips. The guy's point is valid that moderation and exercise minimize the effect of a fat rich diet and people knew how to preserve meats long before refrigeration.

[bjs1779]

They may have hunted one deer a season and eaten it over several months."

Hmmmm---I wonder how they managed THAT, not having refrigeration, and all.

Simple. They put it next to their wives!

[Fiddlstix]

Ping

[RJS1950]

They didn't care about the rancid meat, smell, taste. In the middle-ages meat was commonly hung in bags and nets and would be "aged". One of the reasons why the brits regularly boiled all their meat.

[MacDorcha]

jerking the meat may have helped... just an idea.

[scottybk]

They made vension jerky, by salting the meat and drying it in the sun.

[vikk]

cured meats happened for a reason.

[riverrunner]

Yes along with there were no seasons. They ate them when ever they could kill them. One deer would last a family a week or so at the most. If it was the main meat source.