Venison

Check out this photo! Remember when I posted about all the gifts of food we were being given a month ago or so? Well, I think today, this gift topped all the others. Yes, Dear Reader, that is indeed a leg of venison that Aaron his holding. A rather large leg of venison - a front quarter, to be specific.

Today I had my first adult English class for beginners. One of the men who attended happens to work for the Wildlife service in this area. In addition to wildlife mangement and biology, his job includes acting as a hunting guide for village visitors who wish to deer hunt. He has heard about Aaron and expressed an interest in meeting him. As we talked, I mentioned that Aaron and I enjoy venison very much. Next thing I know, he is offering to give us some. I thought perhaps he might give us a pound or two, but I was mistaken. Our doorbell sang it's little song around 7:30 this evening and there he was, deer quarter in hand. I said that it was too much and he laughed at me, saying that it's fine because he has plenty. So, we now have a freezer full of some very tasty Japanese venison. Who could have imagined such a thing?! I'm planning a lasagna dinner next weekend (I discovered an online specialty food store - there are no lasagna noodles to be found anywhere around here), and he will have to be invited. I think he and Aaron will find much to talk about.

Here are two more photos - before and after- of the venison. Yes, that is indeed a box of bandaids you see. After doing a wonderful job sharpening our many knives, Aaron succeeded in cutting himself (only a minor cut).
http://felker.imstx.com/deer2.jpg
http://felker.imstx.com/deer3.jpg

This is just a goofy picture of Holt wearning an old DVD case as a hat. He has an interesting fashion sense, don't you think?

Here is a picture of the two of them together, taken at Ridge's insistence. http://felker.imstx.com/boys.jpg


One last word...
As I type this entry, I can hear Aaron laughing in the other room, and loudly saying, "I understand!!" Apparently the TV show he is watching involves someone who is speaking Spanish, so he can understand half of the conversation. He's so excited!