Tynesider Posted October 20, 2020 Report Share Posted October 20, 2020 Lovely weather here today so out for a drive around Northumberland/Scottish Borders, traffic was great and roads brilliant. Then an unfortunate coming together happened on the way home Now need a new nearside vent grille 🙄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickH Posted October 20, 2020 Report Share Posted October 20, 2020 That sucks, is it a pheasant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tynesider Posted October 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2020 Just now, MickH said: That sucks, is it a pheasant? A very deceased one at that, poor thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickH Posted October 20, 2020 Report Share Posted October 20, 2020 Wonder whats for dinner tonight then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowbos Posted October 20, 2020 Report Share Posted October 20, 2020 2 minutes ago, MickH said: Wonder whats for dinner tonight then Too soon. ... Give it a week or so hanging in the porch first 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowbos Posted October 20, 2020 Report Share Posted October 20, 2020 15 minutes ago, Tynesider said: Lovely weather here today so out for a drive around Northumberland/Scottish Borders, traffic was great and roads brilliant. Then an unfortunate coming together happened on the way home Now need a new nearside vent grille 🙄 Bugger! I've had trouble with these very same avians myself 😡 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tynesider Posted October 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2020 14 minutes ago, MickH said: Wonder whats for dinner tonight then I couldn't have brought it home my daughter would have been too upset and gone mad at me and probably break the other side (hope she doesn't sneak a look at my screen)🙄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topradio Posted October 20, 2020 Report Share Posted October 20, 2020 I love pheasant but the preparation is a bit of a faf. We deal with a number of shoots and their clients pay thousands of pounds for the privilege of travelling from London for the 'sport'. I'm reliably informed that there is no demand for the final product and that they are ultimately land filled. What a criminal waste and yet more ammunition for the veggies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menoporsche Posted October 20, 2020 Report Share Posted October 20, 2020 My grandparents would give us pheasant every now and then (I remember it being quite tasty). They came from Middlesbro and were connected with shooting clubs up there. Grandma would serve the plate, and as she handed it over cautioned "chew it carefully, you might find a bit of shot still in there" .... Ah, those days of personal responsibility... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shazbot Posted October 20, 2020 Report Share Posted October 20, 2020 I prefer pheasant relatively fresh, cut the breasts off and pan fry. Easier to shoot it but catching it with a Boxster is a novel approach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topradio Posted October 20, 2020 Report Share Posted October 20, 2020 As a child we would holiday in Wales and it was a common sight to see pheasant and rabbit hanging from hooks in a butchers window. I never see that here in 'rural' Suffolk and I suspect that it's probably banned as there's no traceability or barcode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninesomething Posted October 20, 2020 Report Share Posted October 20, 2020 They've probably still got them - just round the back somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr96er Posted October 20, 2020 Report Share Posted October 20, 2020 Saw some game birds hanging off the back of a pick up truck while pottering around borders in my boxster at the weekend. Whet my appetite, I can tell you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menoporsche Posted October 20, 2020 Report Share Posted October 20, 2020 She's a pheasant plucker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Araf Posted October 20, 2020 Report Share Posted October 20, 2020 2 hours ago, topradio said: As a child we would holiday in Wales and it was a common sight to see pheasant and rabbit hanging from hooks in a butchers window. I never see that here in 'rural' Suffolk and I suspect that it's probably banned as there's no traceability or barcode. Game is still sold around here. There's a few dealers who take any game from local shooters, then have butchers and pubs/restaurants as customers. Squirrels, wood pigeons, rabbits, pheasants etc. They're not keen on quails. Not much meat on them. Game hunters give a declaration of where shot and that's fine for traceability for wild animals. I did look to have a small herd of deer at one time and if I kept them as a wild heard they could only be killed in season but they would have entered the food chain in the same way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scubaregs Posted October 20, 2020 Report Share Posted October 20, 2020 Ex wife worked for a well known restaurant in Glasgow that specialised in Scottish cuisine. Came out the side door on Sunday morning about 3am after a lock in and a well known local figure was dragging a deer carcass out of the back of a Landy destined for the kitchen. @John K would have creamed himself at the sight of his rifle, he was a member of a rather elite gun club mind you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenman Posted October 20, 2020 Report Share Posted October 20, 2020 Yeh, unless you do it regularly the plucking is a real pain then after all the effort there’s not that much meat on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scubaregs Posted October 20, 2020 Report Share Posted October 20, 2020 6 minutes ago, Greenman said: Yeh, unless you do it regularly the plucking is a real pain then after all the effort there’s not that much meat on them. Are we still talking about pheasants, or have we moved on? 😇 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the baron Posted October 21, 2020 Report Share Posted October 21, 2020 Not just any pheasant but a Porsche killed pheasant that only Porsche know how, grilled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menoporsche Posted October 21, 2020 Report Share Posted October 21, 2020 75% of pheasants hit by Porsches are still on the road today. Just a lot flatter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gIzzE Posted October 21, 2020 Report Share Posted October 21, 2020 17 hours ago, rowbos said: Bugger! I've had trouble with these very same avians myself 😡 Yeah, I'm not a fan of budget tyres either. Sorry, that was rubbish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowbos Posted October 21, 2020 Report Share Posted October 21, 2020 34 minutes ago, gIzzE said: Sorry, that was rubbish. Yes it was, now go and sit in the corner and think about what you did... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tynesider Posted October 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2020 1 hour ago, the baron said: Not just any pheasant but a Porsche killed pheasant that only Porsche know how, grilled 😋 yum yum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EXY Posted October 21, 2020 Report Share Posted October 21, 2020 20 hours ago, rowbos said: Too soon. ... Give it a week or so hanging in the porch first 😬 Would jammed into a porch work, would save the wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menoporsche Posted October 21, 2020 Report Share Posted October 21, 2020 The one at the top of the thread is hanging out the front of a porch, you want to leave it hanging there for a week? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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