Re: Joy of this, Joy of that

On 30/11/2024 20:56, D wrote:

  On Sat, 30 Nov 2024, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
 

On 30/11/2024 11:06, D wrote:

Duck and ptarmigans are good! I suspect I would also like swans, but never had the chance to try.

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Illegal here unless you are the king!

 WTF!? In what medieval country do you live? ;) I had it in iceland, my grand father shot it and it was excellent!
 

United Kingdom. All swans belong to the crown and only Royalty is allowed to eat it or serve it, and I think some university colleges.

Tried goose? That's expensive and full of grease but nice tasting.

 No, goose does sound like a good option too! It is very impopular here where I live in eastern europe. =(
 

Really?

And if wild and shot (Canada goose) very very good.

 I often thought about shooting a canada goose myself. There are 1000s of them in sweden, and 100s of them pooping in one of my favourite parks. I do wonder how full of poisons they are though? If they were clean, trying to kill a bird or two at night would be nice for me, and nice for the park! ;)

Canada geese just fine. Where I live there is an old moat round a 1000 year old Hall.  Its a kind of trick stop for migrating geese on their way to/from  Scandinavia
Late friend decided to stand on the approach - geese turn into wind to land there - and got *three* geese with two barrels.
The only poison in them was lead pellets and you spit those out.
The other delicacy is seafaring ducks. The ones that feed by the sea. Never expect anything off a duck that lived in a pond, They always taste of mud.
But the ones that live in estuaries are first rate.
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