Reply to: I’ve got this Pheasant.

[Churchill]

I clipped a pheasant on "The Isle of Skye Road" just over't th'ill from where I live. I was doing about seventy as it glanced off the front pillar - the daft bastard was chasing the female that took off before it.

I stopped, reversed and put the bugger in the car and sold it to one of the regulars in't pub. Sorted!

[milanbenes]

ok, with you,

'Definitely a pheasant. It was taking off at right angles to me and was just at number plate height when I heard the thump.',

my guidance was assuming the bird is walking across the road, granted the symptoms your car endured are commonly related to hitting a bird in flight.


Having a rest very nice, I'm gonna do that too, but hopefully not for a few years yet, too much .Net to do and too many plans for the proceeds - fingers crossed eh.

Aren't you in DE, probably not far from me these days.

Milan.

[Sysman]

are you sure it wasn't a sheep or a deer to inflict the damage you described ?
Milan.

Definitely a pheasant. It was taking off at right angles to me and was just at number plate height when I heard the thump.

A deer would have been a different matter. One did jump across the road in front of me one morning. That was truly impressive - it came over a wall and with a single leap cleared the 5 foot wall on the other side of the road.

Gone before I could even think about touching the brakes.

how are you anyway ?

Thanks for asking.

Fine, but now on the bench and taking a bit of time out to recover from the living hell the last place had become. Gawd it was depressing there at the end.

But established some records:

1. Longer than any permie job I ever had.
2. Longest time at the same desk in the same office, despite the usual reorganizations.
3. No living out of a suitcase for extended periods.

[milanbenes]

oh dear


are you sure it wasn't a sheep or a deer to inflict the damage you described ?

or perhaps it was a dream

how are you anyway ?

Milan.

[Sysman]

sysman,

you are not from the country and you've never done that have you

please continue

Milan.

Is it still panto season?

Oh yes I have.

[planetit]

+++Pheasant update Pheasant update Pheasant update+++

The Pheasant is now an ex-pheasant. I went down the “skin it without plucking it” route, which was pretty easy and not so messy. Removing the guts was also pretty easy, though “sticking your hand UP its bum” is not really how I’d describe it. It’s more “inside the abdomen”. And as for “Hope you have a small appetite”, I think Milan’s right. You must have had a pigeon. 1 pheasant was more than enough as a meal for 2. Even got some leftovers for tea tonight.

Thanks.

[milanbenes]

sysman,

you are not from the country and you've never done that have you

please continue

Milan.

[Sysman]

Planet IT,

road kill does not necessarily mean schnitzel, if it does then best to leave the bird, but with some practice, skill and judgement, you should be able to line up the bird with the middle of the car and therefore not run over it with the wheels

Milan.

and:

a) watch pieces of your front number plate bouncing off the road through your mirrors.

b) by the time you have retrieved enough of the number plate to make the car look legal, the pheasant has regained conciousness and limped off through a barbed wire fence.

c) on the country road which has only about 10 cars per hour at that time of day, all 20 of them have stopped to laugh their socks off at you and wish you better luck next time.

[Lucifer Box]

It was scrummy. I've found a link for a very similar recipe (I didn't actually add the tea leaves like this one does)...

Shrimp With Green Tea Leaves

As to the butter, I'm going to use organic cream rather than milk. Unpasteurised milk is as hard to come by as rocking horse sh1t unless you work in the cheese industry.

[hyperD]

Fantastic LB - I will definately try the marinade prawns this weekend. Let me know how you get on with your butter. Where do you get the "hopefully unpasteurised) raw milk from?

[Lucifer Box]

Off the top of my head, the aforemention pheasant casseroled in green tea (amongst other things). Lime mousse with green tea was an extremely scrummy desert I made once, a bit like a rich sorbet. Stir fried king prawns that I marinaded in some green tea, stock, soy sauce and sesame oil - that was lovely and is a recipe I got off a waiter in a restaurant in Chinatown. Ordinary tea, of course, has a long and distinguished place in cake making.

I'm going to try making my own butter next week. Apparently very easy and then I can use the buttermilk that comes off to make some sodabread.

[hyperD]

Well, if you were a Cha Wallah I'd be most impressed!

No, what dishes have you cooked with green tea - I'm intrigued to learn more.

[Lucifer Box]

Never cooked with Green Tea (although I drink it daily) - what do you do LB?

Do you mean as a day job or with green tea?

[hyperD]

Never cooked with Green Tea (although I drink it daily) - what do you do LB?

[Lucifer Box]

couldn't, "a mixture of orange juice, wine, walnuts, grapes and tea ", have been abbreviated to, last night's dish water ?

The fairy liquid gives the pheasant a bit of a acrid taste, don't you know.