1) You do not have a sense of humour
2) Think all wild animals wear country gent costumes and talk to each other when we ‘humans’ aren’t watching
3) Are a vegetarian person
You will find it offensive.
Ok so it’s Christmas and a credit crunch one at that. In the next 12 blog entries, in fact each day leading up to Christmas I will give you an idea how you, the humble farmer, can control the vermin on your land and cook up a tasty dish… for free!! Please enjoy, share your own recipes of your ‘Farmers Foe Fayre’. Feel free to send in pictures of your finished dishes.
Farmers Foe Christmas Fayre No 3:
Pidgeon
Pidgeons are the bane of any Oilseed Rape, or cereals grower, often referred to as ‘rats with wings’, a feral pidgeon can consume about 30kgs of food per year. Considering there is an estimated 18 million feral pidgeons in the UK, that’s about 540,000 TONS of food! The UK spends an average of £15 million a year clearing up pigeon poop!
Save the taxpayer a fortune by encouraging your friends with this tasty dish. Not so much feed the birds, but feed on the birds!
Pigeon Soup By Hammergun
Ingredients:
6 pigeons
Large carrot, diced
Large onion, finely chopped
1 oz lean ham, (or bacon) Preferably smoked
1/2 head celery, chopped
Butter
Bay leaf
Flour
Parsley to taste
Thyme (or corriander if preferred)
Butter
3 cloves
Tiny pinch mace
1 clove garlic, pressed (optional)
1 quart stock
Worcestershire sauce to taste.
Method:
Lightly roast the pigeons so that the meat comes off the bones, finely cut the meat and put it to one side. Put the bones to one side. Fry the onion, carrot, ham, celery and herbs in butter until lightly browned.
Add the bones and stock, and some flour to thicken. Gravy browning can be added for colour (Crompton's Gravy Salt), cover and simmer for 1 hour, skimming off any scum periodically.
Separate bones and pulp the vegetables (you can remove the bones easiest using a sieve). Add pigeon meat to liquid with Worcestershire sauce, pepper and salt to taste. Skim as required. Cook for a further 1/2 hour. Serve hot.
For more and many delicious recipes, visit http://www.pigeonwatch.co.uk/recipes.htm
Disclaimer
The views in this blog post are my own. I have not tried any of these recipes, so don’t blame me if it all goes wrong. I have included links and credits where applicable.
Some of the animals mentioned in the blog are protected species so please refer to www.defra.gov.uk before turning the gas on.
We take no responsibility what so ever for indigestion or law suits which may arise if you do not take heed!!!
Bon appétit
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