| As with Fiona's beautifully pink lamb, my deeply gamey venison was cooked exactly the way I had asked. |
| French words veal, beef, venison, pork, even in Chaucer's time, stood for the animals as well as the flesh. |
| So are the ones for oatcakes, crowdie, medallions of venison and steamed mussels. |
| They knew, the cooks of those days, that venison was a rich and gamey meat which needed tempering. |
| Only when the venison and its wild mushroom galette and red wine sauce had disappeared did the banter resume. |
| To serve, slice the venison loin on the bias and arrange with some porcini mushrooms in the center of the plate. |
