Pheasants on the road
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GreersElbow
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I love the idea of the festering infectious bacteria in the roadkill...
Boris Yeltsin
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I thought you meant peasants for a second. I thought you were talking about driving through Croydon (see what I did there)
Hillian1
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My sister in law, a proper farm/country girl does this.
If she knows it's freshly killed, blood still runny like, she plucks them, cuts the breast off and roasts it.
If she knows it's freshly killed, blood still runny like, she plucks them, cuts the breast off and roasts it.
BensGrandad
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No because I do not like Pheasant but many years ago going to play football at Hillbarn Lane for Worthing Wednesday the driver of the car in front an RC priest who played for us Father McInerney hit one so he stopped rung its neck and put it in the boot of the car.
Blues Rock DJ
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then what did he do with it ??
BensGrandad
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said he was taking it home for his housekeeper to cook for him.
Gullys Cats
Sausage by the sea!!!
Absolutely yes.
Obviously it would need to be fresh, and dead from a glancing blow, but in a casserole, with some sausages, veg and cider - one of the best meals I've ever cooked.
No need to go to all the mess and effort of plucking, gutting and all that nastiness. Just slit the skin on the breastbone and peel back and you can (cleanly I promise - assuming you hung it for a day or so) just cut off the meaty breast and leg meat - and it's only a little more bloody than a clingfilmed chicken meat from a supermarket.
Obviously you'd need to be sure it's well cooked - nice and low and slow.
Yummy.
Obviously it would need to be fresh, and dead from a glancing blow, but in a casserole, with some sausages, veg and cider - one of the best meals I've ever cooked.
No need to go to all the mess and effort of plucking, gutting and all that nastiness. Just slit the skin on the breastbone and peel back and you can (cleanly I promise - assuming you hung it for a day or so) just cut off the meaty breast and leg meat - and it's only a little more bloody than a clingfilmed chicken meat from a supermarket.
Obviously you'd need to be sure it's well cooked - nice and low and slow.
Yummy.
1066familyman
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- Jan 15, 2008
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1066familyman
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- Jan 15, 2008
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As an aside, do you reckon Pheasants take the prize for stupidest bird? - always being run over because they simply haven't got a clue what's going on. Never see any of the corvid family run over do you - very intelligent birds that lot.
Seagulls on the other hand often get run over because of their sheer arrogance (and heartless wankers in cars). Never seem to think they need to move out of the way as they strut around like they own the road.
Seagulls on the other hand often get run over because of their sheer arrogance (and heartless wankers in cars). Never seem to think they need to move out of the way as they strut around like they own the road.
lighthouse
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and there was me thinking a corvid was porno on vhs
Lord Bracknell
On fire
1066familyman
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- Jan 15, 2008
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To be fair, that report claims it was hit by a lorry and that Ostriches can run at speeds of up to 45mph. Perhaps the struck bird was trying to be clever and thought it could outrun the lorry going uphill in the slow lane
Mind you, if, and it's a big if, that was the case then it clearly failed, so point taken.
Superphil
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Sadly pheasants are bred and reared for shooting, they are not wild or indigenous animals. They are brought up in low level cages, giving them little chance to learn to fly properly. They are released on the morning of a shoot with no knowledge or experience of the outside world. Those that are 'lucky' enough not to get shot simply have no idea how to survive, and don't associate cars and roads with being dangerous. The only time they've heard a motor engine has been the farmers tractor delivering food to their cages.
Having recently been inside a turkey farm i can tell you what ever festering bacteria your pheasant has picked up on the side of the road are nothing compared to what your christmas dinner stands around in its whole life.
defintely yes, might draw the line at roadkill rabbit though
defintely yes, might draw the line at roadkill rabbit though
1066familyman
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Spot on defence of the poor buggers. That does sum it up perfectly. Quite sad really.