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Post by everso on Dec 25, 2009 23:49:20 GMT
I like most animals but horses, dogs anmd cats are my favourites. Oh, and guinea pigs. They're great. I like birds too, particularly birds of prey. I was watching a heron by the canal the other day for ages. Very handsome birds. I'm not a vegetarian although I believe very strongly in animal welfare and support Compassion in World Farming. Wood pigeons are natures bounty...there are so many of them! Better to eat them than some intensively reared chickens that never see real daylight. I had pigeon casserole once at a dinner party. They taste o.k. but, oooo, all those tiny bones.... made me feel a bit funny. |
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Post by aubrey on Dec 26, 2009 9:57:52 GMT
Small birds seem more trouble to eat than they're worth.
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Post by everso on Dec 26, 2009 12:34:14 GMT
Small birds seem more trouble to eat than they're worth. My cat was always a bit off colour after eating a bird. |
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Post by Weyland on Dec 26, 2009 12:49:39 GMT
My cat was always a bit off colour after eating a bird. Mine used leave a pile of feathers in the yard, and drop the feet at my feet as a gift. Waste not want not. |
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Post by everso on Dec 27, 2009 17:13:11 GMT
My cat was always a bit off colour after eating a bird. Mine used leave a pile of feathers in the yard, and drop the feet at my feet as a gift. Waste not want not. My mum's old cat regularly left a pair of bird feet and a beak under her bed. I mean, what are you supposed to do with that? You can't even make a decent soup out of them. |
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Post by Weyland on Dec 27, 2009 18:18:08 GMT
My mum's old cat regularly left a pair of bird feet and a beak under her bed. I mean, what are you supposed to do with that? You can't even make a decent soup out of them. I'm glad you asked, Everso. Got this off the Michelin 5-* site . . . You marinade them in Marmsey laced with a tincture of Italian truffle blended with best Tabasco extract for 32 hours. Then stuff the feet with fermented dent-de-lion and char the beak gently over Papava Somniferum charcoal, being careful not to melt it. Then discard the whole caboodle and phone for a pizza. [With apologies to Doctor Samuel Johnson -- "a cucumber should be well sliced, and dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out, as good for nothing".] |
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Post by everso on Dec 27, 2009 23:21:53 GMT
I wouldn't mind betting that Heston Blumenthal would find a way to present bird feet and beak as a tasty snack.
My dad used to quote that.
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