Pot fillers

[3 Turns 326]

THIS THREDS DISINTEGRATING INTO SLAGGING.

[chartpolski 24,855]

Wish i was old enough to be able to participate in this thread :nea:

 

Oh, I'm sure I'll be able to tell you all about your granda's dogs racing on the tracks around Ashington and any other lies an old dog man could tell you !! LOL !!!

Cheers.

[Moll. 1,770]

Ehh?

[chartpolski 24,855]

THIS THREDS DISINTEGRATING INTO SLAGGING.

 

No it hasn't !!

 

Cheers.

[chartpolski 24,855]

Ehh?

 

A joke, 'Von, just a joke !

 

Cheers.

[Moll. 1,770]

Thought you were calling my GF a liar

 

Then again they may have been both were dead before i was born.

[chartpolski 24,855]

Thought you were calling my GF a liar

 

Then again they may have been both were dead before i was born.

 

The "old dog man " I was refering to was MYSELF ! Sorry for any confusion,

 

Cheers.

[Moll. 1,770]

[Catcher 1 639]

I don't think a lurcher would have been the best supplier of food when times were hard to be honest, it would be another mouth to feed. I know my grandad lived through hard times and he was a well known poacher. Got most of his game using snares.

 

 

Come on baw.Agood dog can feed itself and fill the pot no probs.

[hickymick 37]

so back to the pot filling,lurcher,,,, yes it is poss to put a bit extra on table,,,,

[fallow buck 18]

few years ago when I only had six pound a week spare for food thats exactly what I did do,, myself and my two /three year old ate what the dog caught, fur or feather,, one duck could last three meals, one rabbit could last four,, i was able to exchange meat for eggs from a lady round the corner, and i'd get fresh veg from up the road,, joys of living in a village i suppose! managed to get HUGE bags of rice from london when visiting family for pence and I made my own bread.. ironically those days were probably the best we ever ate, all fresh produce cooked simply. however i will admit when she came in season or was injured, lentils and cous cous soon got boring wouldn't say this is a topic for times gone by or for mature members, more for people who valued what their dogs caught in regards to edible meat.

 

even now i think nothing beats a really simple stew with maybe four very fresh ingedients!

 

mind you with rise of VAT, food prices and fuel it may become a lot more common once more..

 

all the best fallow

[wild rover 548]

I love the romantic notion of the lurcher feeding the family but can i ask, and this is probably better aimed at lurcher owners who kept them a few years ago. Have any of our members actually genuinely used a lurcher to help them through tough times, by putting food on the table and perhaps the game dealers/butchers trays......

 

Yes, rabbit pie, rabbit stew, pigeon casserole, pheasant, venison, hare, trout, salmon, vegetables from fields and allotments, my kids used to eat it regular but stopped when they were older ., I still eat it all,when I can get it friends donate fish and pheasants from shoots etc, I supply rabbits in exchange, also sell the rabbits to hound trail men as dog food, not many still do this with the ready meals and microwaves hahah, stuff that.

[Shazza 52]

I've loved reading through this thread.

 

Must admit when i looked at getting a rabbit dog it was partly through need as well as loving to work dogs for what they were bred for. I will be waiting til next season to start my pup off but fully intend to make the best possible use of whatever she catches, the way things are going right now we will actually need what the dog provides. This country just gets worse every year/government for screwing it's citizens

[artic 595]

Lots of testosterone in here......WOW!

 

 

[deck 35]

i agree fallow buck i to see the old times coming back, the way the goverment is squeezing the working man we'll end up back hunting out of need aswell as picking your own fruit and veg etc [in the dark],i think people have lived of there lurchers and i think they will again.