selvey 2 Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 Hi Guys does anyone know if the Canada geese are starting to congragate on the tay as yet? or tentsmuir. Cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ZacB 114 Posted August 28, 2014 Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 Naff all to do with your question - sorry, but have to ask as I've been told all sorts in the past. Do Canada's make good eating? Some say tough as old leather forget about them. Somebody else said take off the breast meat, treat like a good piece of steak and don't over cook - this I like the sound of. As already said, sorry for hi-jacking thread but you seem to have an interest in Canada's so assume you must do something with em. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wullz 408 Posted August 28, 2014 Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 Selvey, I saw 2 different skeins of them in the Moray Firth on the weekends of the 3rd and 10th of August, given that they will head south, I reckon they must be on the Tay by now... ZacB, horrible! Although I would be willing to try one of this years birds....might be worth a go, but any older - feed them to your dogs..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trigger2 3,145 Posted August 28, 2014 Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 Naff all to do with your question - sorry, but have to ask as I've been told all sorts in the past. Do Canada's make good eating? Some say tough as old leather forget about them. Somebody else said take off the breast meat, treat like a good piece of steak and don't over cook - this I like the sound of. As already said, sorry for hi-jacking thread but you seem to have an interest in Canada's so assume you must do something with em. i had a couple last season and found them to be o.k eating i wouldnt not have them again. i was told to always shoot one of the birds from the back of the skein as they are more often than not young birds as the older birds tend to lead the skeins. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jangles 24 Posted August 28, 2014 Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 Saw 2 skeins flying over Tentsmuir Forest back towards the Tay Estuary about 3 weeks ago ... Jangles 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
selvey 2 Posted August 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 Thanks guys I have sourced them now in big numbers time to bring them down on the 1st 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MIK 4,756 Posted August 31, 2014 Report Share Posted August 31, 2014 theres a skene of about 300 around Montrose been there a month or 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
leslie harold gedge 1,390 Posted September 1, 2014 Report Share Posted September 1, 2014 semi tame park geese. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sighthound 49 Posted September 1, 2014 Report Share Posted September 1, 2014 Congregating on the Forth at the moment feeding on the stubble. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NZ_Honker 3 Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 Naff all to do with your question - sorry, but have to ask as I've been told all sorts in the past. Do Canada's make good eating? Some say tough as old leather forget about them. Somebody else said take off the breast meat, treat like a good piece of steak and don't over cook - this I like the sound of. As already said, sorry for hi-jacking thread but you seem to have an interest in Canada's so assume you must do something with em. Cook it like venison. Slow, red wine, mushrooms, garlic, carrots..its magic Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lampingloon 1 Posted September 24, 2014 Report Share Posted September 24, 2014 Naff all to do with your question - sorry, but have to ask as I've been told all sorts in the past. Do Canada's make good eating? Some say tough as old leather forget about them. Somebody else said take off the breast meat, treat like a good piece of steak and don't over cook - this I like the sound of. As already said, sorry for hi-jacking thread but you seem to have an interest in Canada's so assume you must do something with em. Cook it like venison. Slow, red wine, mushrooms, garlic, carrots..its magic This ^^^ I've only done it once, got it handed to me by a neighbour. I pulled the skin, took the crown off and popped it on a trivet of root veg, port, red wine and orange peel with some star anise, cloves, peppercorns and cinnamon stick. Quite Christmassy when cooking but I popped it on the hob, tightly covered in double foil to bring to the boil, then as soon as it was boiling, I put it in the oven at 180c for 2 hours. Then I took it out and rested, covered for 50 minutes. It was amazing. I think possibly treat it with the same principal as squid....either flash fry steaks of it or cook it whole, low and slow. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonnytraff 8 Posted October 14, 2014 Report Share Posted October 14, 2014 One of the best things I've ever eaten .. very tender and very tastful just got to know how to cook right!! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Stott 202 Posted October 18, 2014 Report Share Posted October 18, 2014 One of the best things I've ever eaten .. very tender and very tastful just got to know how to cook right!! Funny things I find. Always tasted "pondy" to me, a bit like a stocked rainbow. A friend in Alaska says the same and locals there won't eat them. Theory seems they are more sedentary than others hence the lack of real gamey flavour. Interesting comments though thanks, might even try cooking one again! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
leslie harold gedge 1,390 Posted October 18, 2014 Report Share Posted October 18, 2014 the old people in my local club love them and most seem to use the slow cooker.and I take a lot in for them look after the old folks we will be like them Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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