Bagged a plump .......

[Crankarm]

.... bird today. Looked like he'd been freshly killed by a moton. There was little visible damage to him except a broken neck. Poor pheasant. His plumage was grand indicating he was in his prime. Quite a big and heavy specimen. He must have done some damage to the vehicle that hit him. Just hope he got a chance to pass on his genes before he met his maker. I hid him discreetly in the hedge by the side of the road and picked up him up on my return having acquired some carrier bags, slipping him neatly into my pannier.

Anyway plucked and prepared him ready for roasting (only took 2 hours) only to find the oven wasn't making anywhere near temperature . So he's now in the fridge marinating in herbs and olive oil until I decide how else to cook and enjoy him.

 

[ianrauk]

Passed a few roadkill Pheasants last week in Sussex. Would have liked to have picked up a brace and slung them across the Roubaix' toptube...

 

[gaz]

I would pay to see that ian..

 

[gbb]

My haul today woulda been two rather worse for wear badgers
I'd have struggled to get them in a carrier bag..let alone the oven

 

[Maz]

I've never tasted pheasant before. I couldn't eat roadkill, though. It wouldn't be halal.

 

[mcshroom]

Or a rabbit. Lots of them on my route yesterday.

 

[swee'pea99]

Badger. Yum!

 

[Keith Oates]

Only if it's curried!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[normgow]

Have you tried hedgehog?

 

[automatic_jon]

I really should have picked up that badger I saw near Botley the other day...

 

[Cubist]

I've never tasted pheasant before. I couldn't eat roadkill, though. It wouldn't be halal.

Maz, how does hunting fit in with Halal? By that of course I mean is it permissible to eat shot or hunted game?

 

[automatic_jon]

Maz, how does hunting fit in with Halal? By that of course I mean is it permissible to eat shot or hunted game?

As far as I remember, game is permissible if it's been killed hunting, unless dogs have been used and so long as it's been drained of it's blood. Roadkill would, however, be classed as carrion which is always haraam.

 

[tyred]

Couldn't you take the badger and turn it into a shaving brush?

 

[Slowgrind]

Only on pizza!

 

[Cascad]

Going on experience, you should hang it for about a week with feathers etc. intact (in a shed), then pluck and draw - it'll be lovely when roasted...