Eating Corvids...

[Skot Ruthless Teale 1,701]

i shot a magpie a few months ago any me and my mate thought we would try it. one breast each shallow fried in oil.. pretty nice actually then i said i wouldnt really eat them again, afterall there scratty horrible vermin just like crows..

 

then we were camping out a few weeks ago and i shot another so we cooked it in a traditional fashion.. aka rammed a stick through it and put it close to the fire.. also was quite nice and went with the squirrel i got pretty well

 

overall tho i dont think il be eating anymore anytime soon lol

[BEARINATOR 2,872]

6 rooks

pepper and salt

3 hard boiled eggs

½ lb of rough puff pastry

1 pint warm water

1 oz butter

1 lb steak

2 level tbl spoons of gravy granules

1 oz flour

gelatine

 

Wash rooks well, taking care to remove the livers and backbones. Cut into neat joints and the steak into pieces, toss in flour, pepper and salt. Fry the rooks in hot butter and put onto plate, brown the steak, add warm water and simmer 1 hour. Put the rooks into the mixture and simmer for 1 hour longer. Boil eggs, remove shells and cut into quarters. Put the rooks, meat and eggs into a pie dish, pour gravy over gelatine and stir till dissolved. Pour over rooks and when cold, cover with pastry, decorate, brush with a beaten egg and bake ½ an hour. Pour in the gravy and serve cold. If using a gas oven set at gas mk No8

[Probuk 93]

Have you never heard the kids nursery rhyme that has the line 4 & 20 blackbirds baked in a pie thats rook pie but only use branchers not adults and only the breasts.

Well said ...spot on

Marty

Edited October 8, 2012 by Probuk

[kanny 20,703]

Have you never heard the kids nursery rhyme that has the line 4 & 20 blackbirds baked in a pie thats rook pie but only use branchers not adults and only the breasts.

Well said ...spot on

Marty

 

Yeah along with larks tongues and otters noses

[Phantom 631]

the song or rime the only lines I can remember ......5 and 20 black birds baked in a pie ...king in counting house counting money....the black birds in the song are corvids .

 

I've often quoted that line from "Sing a song of Sixpence"

Branchers are known as Squabs and there are many recipies out there for Squab Pie, stew etc...

 

6 rooks

pepper and salt

3 hard boiled eggs

½ lb of rough puff pastry

1 pint warm water

1 oz butter

1 lb steak

2 level tbl spoons of gravy granules

1 oz flour

gelatine

 

Wash rooks well, taking care to remove the livers and backbones. Cut into neat joints and the steak into pieces, toss in flour, pepper and salt. Fry the rooks in hot butter and put onto plate, brown the steak, add warm water and simmer 1 hour. Put the rooks into the mixture and simmer for 1 hour longer. Boil eggs, remove shells and cut into quarters. Put the rooks, meat and eggs into a pie dish, pour gravy over gelatine and stir till dissolved. Pour over rooks and when cold, cover with pastry, decorate, brush with a beaten egg and bake ½ an hour. Pour in the gravy and serve cold. If using a gas oven set at gas mk No8

 

Is that the one out of the airgun mag a month or so back?

I've got other ones in an archive file somewhere, along with Dog, Cat, Rat, Snake etc. etc....

 

Tony

[BEARINATOR 2,872]

6 rooks

pepper and salt

3 hard boiled eggs

½ lb of rough puff pastry

1 pint warm water

1 oz butter

1 lb steak

2 level tbl spoons of gravy granules

1 oz flour

gelatine

 

Wash rooks well, taking care to remove the livers and backbones. Cut into neat joints and the steak into pieces, toss in flour, pepper and salt. Fry the rooks in hot butter and put onto plate, brown the steak, add warm water and simmer 1 hour. Put the rooks into the mixture and simmer for 1 hour longer. Boil eggs, remove shells and cut into quarters. Put the rooks, meat and eggs into a pie dish, pour gravy over gelatine and stir till dissolved. Pour over rooks and when cold, cover with pastry, decorate, brush with a beaten egg and bake ½ an hour. Pour in the gravy and serve cold. If using a gas oven set at gas mk No8

 

Is that the one out of the airgun mag a month or so back?

I've got other ones in an archive file somewhere, along with Dog, Cat, Rat, Snake etc. etc....

 

Tony

 

Tony, I put a few recipes up on my mates airgun forum a year ago or so, but sadly the forum didn't take off so I'm a mod with no posters to watch

[tegater 789]

the song or rime the only lines I can remember ......5 and 20 black birds baked in a pie ...king in counting house counting money....the black birds in the song are corvids .

 

I've often quoted that line from "Sing a song of Sixpence"

Branchers are known as Squabs and there are many recipies out there for Squab Pie, stew etc...

 

6 rooks

pepper and salt

3 hard boiled eggs

½ lb of rough puff pastry

1 pint warm water

1 oz butter

1 lb steak

2 level tbl spoons of gravy granules

1 oz flour

gelatine

 

Wash rooks well, taking care to remove the livers and backbones. Cut into neat joints and the steak into pieces, toss in flour, pepper and salt. Fry the rooks in hot butter and put onto plate, brown the steak, add warm water and simmer 1 hour. Put the rooks into the mixture and simmer for 1 hour longer. Boil eggs, remove shells and cut into quarters. Put the rooks, meat and eggs into a pie dish, pour gravy over gelatine and stir till dissolved. Pour over rooks and when cold, cover with pastry, decorate, brush with a beaten egg and bake ½ an hour. Pour in the gravy and serve cold. If using a gas oven set at gas mk No8

 

Is that the one out of the airgun mag a month or so back?

I've got other ones in an archive file somewhere, along with Dog, Cat, Rat, Snake etc. etc....

 

Tony

Squabs were always pigeons still on the nest to me, I have not heard of young rooks as squabs before, it must be local variation.