Those shanks are great.All that tendon melts and turns into a sticky fat like substance that it full of flavor.The meat that is left is very tasty and tender.Deer ribs are like that too.A lot of people throw them away,but learning how to cook things right can be a real treat.This is how I cook them.
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~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
As Bob Hagel would say"You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong."Good words of wisdom...............