How I make beef heart

[John_Nicholson]

Ok I thought I would put my method on here with a few pictures....

First I take some multivitamins...which ones? Whichever ones are on sale.... and put them in a metal bowl.



I then crush them...



And pour them into a paper plate for later.



I use the cheap throw away cookie sheets. 4 is normally enough.



Now for the hearts. I start with 2. Roughly 20 pounds total.



Open the package and rinse them off. I let the blood drain.



I then cut it into manageable pieces and cut them into strips so that I can remove the silver film and fat.



Here is what the trimmings look like.



Here is what the cleaned BH looks like. I will also be using those bananas.



Some of the other stuff. ***NOTE while I did not take a picture I also brown 4 pounds of ground venison and add to my mix**** I cut a slit in the bottoms of the packages so the fluid can drain out before I use it.




Here is some of the stuff in the processor. This picture shows spinach, bananas, shrimp, and just a little BH. I find that the shrimp is very sticky. I start it chopping and when it get stuck to the sides I drop in a piece of two of BH to get it moving again.



I then sprinkle a little of the crushed vitamins on it. I do this every time that I empty the processor.




Apparently I got tired of taking pictures at this point because I did not take anymore.....but here is how I finish...I will grind the rest of the ingredients. When I empty the food processor I will sprinkle in some vitamins and normally some flake food. I keep doing this until everything is ground. I them mix it well in the big metal bowl. After this I spread it on the cookie sheet. Once the 4 cookie sheets are filled I take a knife and score the mix into 2 X 5 inch pieces, cover it in foil, and freeze it. After freezing I break it into the 2 X 5 sections and put it in freezer bags for later use.

All in all it is easy and fairly cheap. I have made it a hundred different ways and none of them are wrong. I have used cooked hamburger meat, I have ground up all kinds of prepared foods that I get when I go to fish shops, I have used peas, I have got started and forgotten to use stuff. At the end of the day its not that big of a deal as long as you are providing enough protein for your fish.

Good luck.

-john

[Chicago Discus]

Your hired........ok come over and you can clean my Beef-Hearts.....they are such a pain in the butt to clean.......great mix John......Josie

[Chad Adams]

Thanks John. Making some myself today as well. Lol.

Chad

[John_Nicholson]

Works for me.....All you got to do is get me a round trip ticket, you buy the hearts, and you leave my alone in your fish room for about 45 minutes.....

-john

[William Palumbo]

Good stuff John!...Don't know how you took pics, usually I can't touch nothing my hands get so messy! Like you, other than BH and shrimp, my recipes were never the same. Good tip/trick for adding the vitamins, I will try that next time...Bill

[Allwin]

Thanks John, u kind-of triggered me to prepare BH myself!!!

[rdiscus]

Thanks for sharing John

and where do you get whole BHs like that?

[John_Nicholson]

Thanks guys. Ryan I get them from my local little mom and pop store here in Caddo Mills. I tell him I need them and they show up the following Monday. If you want me to get you some let me know. My wife always picks them up but they will run you about $1.00 per pound. I really clean mine well so out of 20 pounds of BH I will get about 10 pounds of really good, clean meat so my cost is about $2.00 per pound for the meat.

-john

[rdiscus]

Thanks John, but kind of far from my place to yours ... $1/pound is fine since the price at Fiesta is up to $1.99/pound now

[Skip]

Thanks John, but kind of far from my place to yours ... $1/pound is fine since the price at Fiesta is up to $1.99/pound now

Really?!?! huh.. i should check my Fiesta..

John.. what happened to the Ground Beef.. and cooking it?

[John_Nicholson]

Skip you can't just look at the pictures you also have to read...LOL. I did add 4 pounds of ground and cooked venison to the mix.

-john

[Skip]

That's what you get for stopping the picture taking. ..its your fault

[John_Nicholson]

Your right Skip...it is my fault......LOL.,I was hoping all of the *** and NOTE would catch your attention.

-john

[Skip]

Your right Skip...it is my fault......LOL.,I was hoping all of the *** and NOTE would catch your attention.

-john

huh.. guess i missed the NOTE on the COOKED Venison..

[Skip]

either way.. john makes good mixes..

before yall ask.. he feeds fish 2x per day..