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From: Henry Olson on 13 Jun 2010 00:10 On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 21:49:16 -0400, tony cooper <tony_cooper213(a)earthlink.net> wrote: >On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 21:07:16 -0400, "Peter" ><peternew(a)nospamoptonline.net> wrote: > >>OK. Yes, I just got confused between the two. I am down to three candidates. >>I must get it done within the next few days as we have a planned trip to >>shoot puffins, next weekend. > >Is a hunting permit required? Is there a bag limit? Any recipes? When living in remote areas of the Everglades for many months I often wondered why there's no recipes for Vultures. Some of them would browse not more than a few feet from where I would sit at my campsite. It would be easy to just reach out and grab their necks. Locals claimed the reason was that vultures only eat carrion and this would make them unfit for human consumption. Yet I have photographic proof that they eat live fish most of the morning. Catching them just like any crane or other wading bird. There's lots of animals that we use for food that only eat dead things. In fact humans themselves are mostly carrion eaters (aside from the few that relish sashimi, sushi, and tartare recipes). Why are Vultures off the table? When back in civilization I searched the net for Vulture recipes, but the only thing I found was joke recipes. Has nobody ever tried them? Where they are plentiful I'd think they'd be a better source of holiday dinners than turkeys. They're about the same size with huge flight-muscles. p.s. For the record, when I asked locals what unusual odd green colored wading birds were (Green Herons in breeding plumage, which I never saw that brightly colored before) they told me they called them "Steak Birds", because they taste just like steak.
From: Tim Conway on 13 Jun 2010 02:38 "Henry Olson" <henryolson(a)nospam.org> wrote in message news:agm816pe7401v9nqj1nahlb5qju02196o6(a)4ax.com... > On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 21:49:16 -0400, tony cooper > <tony_cooper213(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > >>On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 21:07:16 -0400, "Peter" >><peternew(a)nospamoptonline.net> wrote: >> >>>OK. Yes, I just got confused between the two. I am down to three >>>candidates. >>>I must get it done within the next few days as we have a planned trip to >>>shoot puffins, next weekend. >> >>Is a hunting permit required? Is there a bag limit? Any recipes? > > When living in remote areas of the Everglades for many months I often > wondered why there's no recipes for Vultures. Some of them would browse > not > more than a few feet from where I would sit at my campsite. It would be > easy to just reach out and grab their necks. Locals claimed the reason was > that vultures only eat carrion and this would make them unfit for human > consumption. Yet I have photographic proof that they eat live fish most of > the morning. Catching them just like any crane or other wading bird. > There's lots of animals that we use for food that only eat dead things. In > fact humans themselves are mostly carrion eaters (aside from the few that > relish sashimi, sushi, and tartare recipes). Why are Vultures off the > table? When back in civilization I searched the net for Vulture recipes, > but the only thing I found was joke recipes. Has nobody ever tried them? > Where they are plentiful I'd think they'd be a better source of holiday > dinners than turkeys. They're about the same size with huge > flight-muscles. > > > p.s. For the record, when I asked locals what unusual odd green colored > wading birds were (Green Herons in breeding plumage, which I never saw > that > brightly colored before) they told me they called them "Steak Birds", > because they taste just like steak. Interesting about the Green Herons. I never really considered eating them. hmmm My guess about the vultures is that someone tried them sometime and they tasted so bad that it was quickly forgotten and hushed up. LOL. The idea itself is kinda repulsive - except for the ones like you said that eat the live fish. You'd think they would taste fishy, like some ducks that eat mostly fish.
From: Allen on 13 Jun 2010 02:47 Tim Conway wrote: > > Interesting about the Green Herons. I never really considered eating > them. hmmm > My guess about the vultures is that someone tried them sometime and they > tasted so bad that it was quickly forgotten and hushed up. LOL. The > idea itself is kinda repulsive - except for the ones like you said that > eat the live fish. You'd think they would taste fishy, like some ducks > that eat mostly fish. > > In my part of the world they would probably taste like armadillos. For appetizers, some could be selected that taste like squirrel. Bur who wants anything that tastes like squirrel or (especially) armadillo? Allen
From: Tim Conway on 13 Jun 2010 05:23 "Allen" <allent(a)austin.rr.com> wrote in message news:sZadnWl4YuBu44nRnZ2dnUVZ_qqdnZ2d(a)giganews.com... > Tim Conway wrote: > >> >> Interesting about the Green Herons. I never really considered eating >> them. hmmm >> My guess about the vultures is that someone tried them sometime and they >> tasted so bad that it was quickly forgotten and hushed up. LOL. The idea >> itself is kinda repulsive - except for the ones like you said that eat >> the live fish. You'd think they would taste fishy, like some ducks that >> eat mostly fish. >> >> > > In my part of the world they would probably taste like armadillos. For > appetizers, some could be selected that taste like squirrel. Bur who wants > anything that tastes like squirrel or (especially) armadillo? In PA some people eat squirrel pot pie. Not me. I never tasted it but they're like rats to me, not appetizing at all.
From: J. Clarke on 13 Jun 2010 09:55
On 6/13/2010 5:23 AM, Tim Conway wrote: > > "Allen" <allent(a)austin.rr.com> wrote in message > news:sZadnWl4YuBu44nRnZ2dnUVZ_qqdnZ2d(a)giganews.com... >> Tim Conway wrote: >> >>> >>> Interesting about the Green Herons. I never really considered eating >>> them. hmmm >>> My guess about the vultures is that someone tried them sometime and >>> they tasted so bad that it was quickly forgotten and hushed up. LOL. >>> The idea itself is kinda repulsive - except for the ones like you >>> said that eat the live fish. You'd think they would taste fishy, like >>> some ducks that eat mostly fish. >>> >>> >> >> In my part of the world they would probably taste like armadillos. For >> appetizers, some could be selected that taste like squirrel. Bur who >> wants anything that tastes like squirrel or (especially) armadillo? > > In PA some people eat squirrel pot pie. Not me. I never tasted it but > they're like rats to me, not appetizing at all. I loaned out my copy, but in "Lobscouse and Spotted Dog" the authors include a tested recipe for "bakers", as culinary rats were referred to in Nelson's Navy. They say that they were quite surprised at how well it turned out. |