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Splendid programme on the telly last night with Hugh (really really needs a hair cut) Fernly Whatsit
I think it was called River Cottage or such like and it was one of the best bits of superbly non PC telly I have seen in years
culling pigeons off the roof with a .22 and then making lush looking dinner with them.
Colin KC
19-09-03, 09:18 AM
Splendid programme on the telly last night with Hugh (really really needs a hair cut) Fernly Whatsit
I think it was called River Cottage or such like and it was one of the best bits of superbly non PC telly I have seen in years
culling pigeons off the roof with a .22 and then making lush looking dinner with them.
Sooo, what you're saying is, that, pigeons aren't made in Waitrose thenhttp://www.britishblades.com/forums/images/smilies/confused.gifhttp://www.synobyte.com/forums/images/smilies/wink.gif
Sooo, what you're saying is, that, pigeons aren't made in Waitrose thenhttp://www.britishblades.com/forums/images/smilies/confused.gifhttp://www.synobyte.com/forums/images/smilies/wink.gif
LOL - I keep expaining to Alex where different meats come from but I dont think he fully grasps the concept just yet. He thinks pork crackling is fantastic so we have to share it with him now :rolleyes:
PS_Bond
19-09-03, 09:59 AM
I've just bought Escape to River Cottage on DVD - I've got the River Cottage Cookbook and Cook on the Wild Side (which is apparently difficult to find these days).
Generally pretty good stuff, with some interesting recipes.
Colin KC
19-09-03, 10:00 AM
LOL - I keep expaining to Alex where different meats come from but I dont think he fully grasps the concept just yet. He thinks pork crackling is fantastic so we have to share it with him now :rolleyes:
Try, "crackling is made from the skin of pigs" you'll get an errgghh & he won't want to eat it again, least that's how I got around the "bacon rind/crackling" problem with ourshttp://www.synobyte.com/forums/images/smilies/wink.gif
Hugh's earlier stuff is well worth looking out, too. He made a series where he toured the country in his "Gastrovan", tooled out with cookers etc. Even better, he had a "Gastrobike" with a gas burner in a rig attached to the handlebars. Woodlice, anyone?
His books are great, too.
As to the cull of pigeons with the .22, 10/10. Re firearms safety, -10,000,000 out of ten. Where the f*** were those bullets coming down? Fired at ~45 degrees upwards with no backstop, those 40 grain pills will be zipping back down to earth about a mile away, and God help anyone in their path.Top bloke, though. He lives the life I dream of and will - hopefully - enjoy in about 2 years' time.
mirage
PS_Bond
19-09-03, 10:11 AM
?!? I had *assumed* that that was an air rifle being talked about, not a ruddy rimfire!!! Even with an air rifle, I'd want a 1-200yd safe zone beyond.
Haven't tried the woodlice as yet - not generally too fond of insects. Spiders are tasty, tho'.
As to the cull of pigeons with the .22, 10/10. Re firearms safety, -10,000,000 out of ten. Where the f*** were those bullets coming down? Fired at ~45 degrees upwards with no backstop, those 40 grain pills will be zipping back down to earth about a mile away, and God help anyone in their path.Top bloke, though. He lives the life I dream of and will - hopefully - enjoy in about 2 years' time.
mirage
I had wondered that myself mirage but guessed he owned most of the surrounding countyside
When he shot the first one I thought that was loud for an air rifle and then saw Hugh with the rising block and the penny dropped.
Colin - you cruel cruel man, we did actually tell him where it came from in an effort to save it all for ourselves but to no avail :rolleyes: :D
keith_beef
19-09-03, 10:17 AM
LOL - I keep expaining to Alex where different meats come from but I dont think he fully grasps the concept just yet. He thinks pork crackling is fantastic so we have to share it with him now :rolleyes:
Alex is four, right?
I take my three year old son to the butcher's shop on Saturday or Sunday morning, so he can see the chickens, the quails, the rabbits. He knows the names of a lot of the pieces of meat, but I don't think he's fully grasped the association between the meat and the animal...
Your son loves pork crackling... mine adores black pudding!
It'll be the game season soon, so well be able to see his favourite bird, the pheasant, and maybe eat a bit of it.
Might be able to get myself a few pieces of boar, this year. Maybe a jawbone, with the teeth in it... though I'd better not let the wife see that!
Keith.
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Haven't tried the woodlice as yet - not generally too fond of insects. Spiders are tasty, tho'.[/QUOTE]
woodlice aren't insects, too many legs :D IIRC they are crustaceans
keith_beef
19-09-03, 10:21 AM
I've just bought Escape to River Cottage on DVD - I've got the River Cottage Cookbook and Cook on the Wild Side (which is apparently difficult to find these days).
Generally pretty good stuff, with some interesting recipes.
I just looked at this on Amazon...
Customers who bought this item also bought:
Nigella Bites; DVD ~ Nigella Lawson (Pres/Narr);
Ray Mears Extreme Survival Series - 1 And 2; DVD ~ Ray Mears (Pres/Narr);
To The Manor Born - Series 1; DVD ~ Penelope Keith;
I would have though "The Good Life" was better. And you get Felicity Kendal (as lush as mint cakes, in those days).
Keith.
Alex is four, right?
I take my three year old son to the butcher's shop on Saturday or Sunday morning, so he can see the chickens, the quails, the rabbits. He knows the names of a lot of the pieces of meat, but I don't think he's fully grasped the association between the meat and the animal...
Your son loves pork crackling... mine adores black pudding!
It'll be the game season soon, so well be able to see his favourite bird, the pheasant, and maybe eat a bit of it.
Might be able to get myself a few pieces of boar, this year. Maybe a jawbone, with the teeth in it... though I'd better not let the wife see that!
Keith.
so many children these days dont have a clue about where food comes from.
Alex is funny though, his favourite meal is roast dinner and we always tell him at the start what meat it is and then without fail, he always says "mm this chicken is lovely" or whatever when he has been told it is pork :rolleyes:
I did a BBQ earlier in the summer with lamb for Jules & I and pork for all of us, Alex decides that Daddy's lamb is much nicer than his pork and procedes to eat most of mine :rolleyes:
I dont ever see out child becoming a veggie but I suppose you never know
Pete,
The rifle that the landowner was using was a suppressed Ruger 10/22, though it sounded as though he was using supersonic ammo in it. (Duh!)
Hugh was using a Martini action single shot.
mirage
PS_Bond
19-09-03, 10:33 AM
woodlice aren't insects, too many legs :D IIRC they are crustaceans
And choils to you too :D
Yes, you're absolutely right. They're arthropods.
But can you tell the difference between a wood louse and a pill louse?
http://www.geocities.com/~gregmck/woodlice/recipes.htm
But can you tell the difference between a wood louse and a pill louse?
http://www.geocities.com/~gregmck/woodlice/recipes.htm
probably yes but now by taste :D
I did a BBQ earlier in the summer with lamb for Jules & I and pork for all of us, Alex decides that Daddy's lamb is much nicer than his pork and procedes to eat most of mine :rolleyes:
Rosie, my not quite two year old, has been helping herself to the contents of my plate ever since she realised that lumpy stuff is good to eat. She'll eat just about anything now.
Her half-brother and -sister, with their absentee dad, are fussy eaters and a nightmare to cater for :banghead:
I think that a love of good food is one of the most important things we can give our kids.
keith_beef
19-09-03, 10:59 AM
Rosie, my not quite two year old, has been helping herself to the contents of my plate ever since she realised that lumpy stuff is good to eat. She'll eat just about anything now.
Her half-brother and -sister, with their absentee dad, are fussy eaters and a nightmare to cater for :banghead:
I think that a love of good food is one of the most important things we can give our kids.
Dead right.
My daughter is a little over 13 months old, and is eating lumpy stuff now... Her face really lights up for some things: plain yoghurt with home made jam in it seems to be her favourite.
My son (four) loves helping. So does one of his cousins (six). I bought them safety goggles, so they can watch me drilling and grinding. My son likes cooking, too: last week he helped his mom to make a ratatouille and a chocolate mousse. His jobs were breaking the vegetables that his mom left too big, and putting them in the pan, and stirring the egg yolks into the hot melted chocolate.
You might have guessed that I'm more than a little bit proud of him.
Keith.
Dead right.
You might have guessed that I'm more than a little bit proud of him.
Keith.
arent we all :biggthump
Colin KC
19-09-03, 11:15 AM
Cailtlin looooves fruit & will often choose a banana or pear as dessert, she didn't eat jar foods as a baby (unless we went out to eat) as my wife cooks up all the produce from the MIL's allotment. & to see Caitlin checking up on the rhubarb plants isa wunnerful thing. Mmmmm rhubarb stewed, NO sugar:D
Oh boy, I need to get in on this proud of the kids thing :D My 5 year old Thorin (said Torin) can do most of the prep his own fish, he loves rainbow trout. He pointed out some chickens at a a friends house the other day and asked if we could have them as they looked nice and tasty. He was also asking me the other day when we are going to be having squirrel pie :D He knows most of the main tree species by sight, and loads of plants, shrubs, insects, animals etc He is my little hero....why do you think I named him after Thor :biggthump
As for Hugh and the cottage, I really want to interview him for the site (bcuk) Hey, that gives me an idea for a thread!
CM Burns
19-09-03, 11:45 PM
(re original thread....) In one of the early episodes Hugh revisited London and actively considered eating pigeons from Trafalgar Square - after much chasing about he eventually caught a disgusting disease-ridden specimen which he declined to eat. i was rather disappointed that he had limits.
Cant say I realy blame him :yikes:
Welcome to out little (but growing very rapidly) band CM Burns :biggthump
Jason_01
20-09-03, 09:55 AM
A friend and I grabbed a pretty awful looking pigeon in the centre of Birmingham some years ago, we stuck it on the BBQ back at my place, as the host I let my friend eat most of it! ;) Ducks from city parks are another matter entirely tho....
When I was at University (many years ago) two Chinese students caught a duck from Wivenhoe Park lake and ate it.
They were in hospital for a week with severe food poisoning :yikes:
If it hasn't got a barcode, beware!
:biggthump
Dan
PS_Bond
24-09-03, 02:01 PM
I think I saw the bit being talked about... Just received the DVD, and the first episode had them shooting white pigeon off the roof with rimfires.
Ruddy atrocious safety - and I couldn't for the life of me think why they'd need a rimfire for those ranges. A moderated (preferably precharged) air rifle would have been a far more suitable tool, IMO. And headshots leave more edible meat, too.
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