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11-10-2006, 11:44 AM
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 pigeons What is everyones opinion of pigeons? I hate 'em myself. Love birds, actually get quite a few birds of prey around our plots, kestrels, hobbies, buzzards etc. Also lots of pretty birds too, but PIGEONS!!! 
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11-10-2006, 12:01 PM
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| Yuck! Rats with wings! Enemy of all overwintering greens etc. etc.
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11-10-2006, 03:06 PM
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| Very tasty though... if cooked by Mike Robinson.
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11-10-2006, 03:37 PM
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| Have you been to The Pot Kiln then Shortie?
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11-10-2006, 05:20 PM
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11-10-2006, 05:28 PM
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| The Pot Kiln is just a few miles from where I live - I really must try it one day - it is pretty much in the middle of nowhere, and I remember it when it was just a pub - bet the prices are a bit higher now!!!!!!!!!
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11-10-2006, 06:32 PM
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| Depends I suppose on whteher the pigeons you refer to are Wood Pigeons or Feral Pigeons. Both are a pain in the ass to fruit and veg growers, but wood pigeon is real nice eating - wouldn't touch a feral one though. Either way, reverting to type - shoot 'em, shoot 'em all !!
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11-10-2006, 07:45 PM
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| mmm pigeon pie, smoked pigeon breast, roast pigeon, wheres my gun?
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11-10-2006, 09:54 PM
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Plus the surroundings are lovely and we were allowed to walk round his kitchen garden too! Oh and he's a really decent guy from what we saw and the service was unfaultable Enough of an advert?
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12-10-2006, 11:41 AM
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| My wife does 'em roasted in red wine sauce, horseradish mashed potatoes, honey glazed carrots and peas (homegrown of course!!!). The whole washed down with a nice South African Pinotage, preferrably one about 2 or 3 years old. Luvverly
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13-10-2006, 09:32 PM
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| mmm rabbit and pigeon pie! (oops dont tell earthbabe) any one tried HFW's squirrel recipee? yummy
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15-10-2006, 10:35 AM
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| Don't worry yoanbob. Before rabbitus had her op we were regularly threatening her with the pot if she didn't behave. Although neither of us is that partial to rabbit. Not tried pigeon, I've never been offered it. Most game birds yes at some point when my neighbours son and/or daughter have been beating and return home with more than she can manage.
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15-10-2006, 11:26 AM
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| Mmm, pigeon and rabbit! Good eating! We did a wonderful game pie a couple of years ago, bolstered with a glass of stout and some red wine, very very rich and totally delish!
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15-10-2006, 05:19 PM
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| Hi to everybody!!!1 Today at lunch I had almost an entire wild rabbit cooked slowly with chillies, olives, vodka ( I ran out of wine ) my own tomato sauce and served with polenta. A friend from the allotments goes shooting and he charges only £ 1.00 per rabbit. But I have to skin and clean them under cover as apparently my family think that i am not an human.......I am quite happily to be considered a savage at least I know what I am eating. Soon it will be the pheasant season....long live the wild!!! Regards Don Vincenzo  |
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16-10-2006, 01:08 PM
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| This is fast turning into a recipe thread. Not that I mind. Just would be nice to be able to put the ideas into practice.
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16-10-2006, 01:55 PM
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| Well it shows that pests can be turned into fantastic food including some weeds. Regards Don Vincenzo |
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16-10-2006, 06:33 PM
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| mm don want that recipee too. burnie you can digest sweet corn (maize) and its very good for you, you cant digest the membrane on the outside of the ears, so to get the benifits you have to make sure you chew it properly, so its healthier to eat it off the cob rather than seperate as we tend to chew it more this way, didnt know that about pigeons tho. 
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16-10-2006, 06:54 PM
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| Strange that, I would have thought pigeon breast would have been very easy to digest as it is not stringy like other meats and resembles lambs liver in texture. Only eat sweetcorn raw off the cob anyway so no problems there! Still got quite a few sweetcorn in lottie and they save me having to take bait if I do an all day stint! |
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16-10-2006, 08:58 PM
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| Hi!! Everybody with the basic principle of cooking and with the right ingredients can make eventually a decent meal, but the secret of a good chef is fire and water and whatever is around you either hopping, flying, swimming or growing and adjusting them to collective or individual taste. An interesting recepies book which I came across during my training as a chef was the calendar mark issued during the last war and it shows how immaginative people can be when there is not food around also known as mock recepies Regards Don Vincenzo |
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