Friends called by with gifts this week, a brace each of pheasant and partridge. The pheasants had been hung for a week so are ready for cooking. The cock was a handsome fellow with beautiful feathers.
But the partridge are especially pretty.
I donned my feather pluckers pinny, a present from my former, much-missed neighbour, Sally.
Then it was down to business.
I've spent many years dutifully plucking, but these days I tend just to skin them as it is so quick and easy, just like taking off a feather coat. I've got a good number of recipes.
We gave this book as a present to my parents.
My father's cold raised game pie has yet to be beaten and is spoken of with great nostalgia by our daughters! I love using the cook books that came from home.
Every Christmas I order food from Booths food shop from their sumptuous catalogue. Along with the prepared food, that gets delivered to my door, the catalogue includes several recipes.
This is the recipe that I'm going to use.
But next I'm going to have to try this cold pie recipe from Ol' Blue Eyes and see if it can measure up to my Dad's high standards!
Gosh the birds are too pretty to eat. Is this game hunting season ? I have eaten Dove but a very long time ago.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if I could use your favorite recipe with Cornish Game Hens.
We do not shoot them but son cooks Duck fabulously.
cheers, parsnip
Nothing is prettier than wild duck. It was the one bird that I never wanted to be shot.(Having said that it does taste wonderful!)
DeleteSuch beautiful birds! I am sure you had a wonderful meal.
ReplyDeleteIt's a tasty recipe, I think it's the herbs and cream that make the difference!
Delete'You look good enough to eat'. (I bet you say that to all the birds...)
ReplyDeleteI'll take that as a compliment, Tom, whoever it is you're talking to.
DeleteI'd say you are a bona fide chef Rosemary. I wouldn't know a thing about cooking those. Do you have to pick out the birdshot? I remember as a child biting down on birdshot in a dove.
ReplyDeleteI tend to cook the way my parents did. I'm far more impressed by my daughters' cooking as they are experimental and create exciting flavours. They used to cook with my father when they were children - it taught them that great things can be created from chaos!
DeleteForgot to mention the birdshot. I can't always find it so always remind friends to mind their teeth and not bite too hard.
DeleteMy freezer is stocked with venison at this time of year.
ReplyDeleteOh, delicious. Now I'm rather envious! There are plenty of deer in the woods around us but I'm never offered the chance to buy any meat.
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