New Year's Eve - venison or pheasant?

[JemimaMuddledUp]

Thinking of having game for NYE. Not a big gathering, just family. Have never cooked pheasant at home, but have cooked venison.

Any thoughts on either of them? Any tips for cooking?

Was thinking red cabbage and roast parsnips as vegetables to go with either.

Pheasant is probably best pot roasted or casseroled , only young birds are tender enough for roasting, you can check by seeing if the breastbone can be bent, if it does it's a young bird and can be roasted. Last time we had pheasant we cooked it over a bed of cabbage it was lush. Saying that I love venison and often have a venison stew on new year's eve

Venison. 😋

Venison with those sides sounds fab!

Venison, I think it lends itself better to christmas spices, juniper, cinnamon, clove etc.

Pheasant is fiddly and full of bones. I’d go for venison.

IME pheasant is also full of shot.
Venison here all the way.