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Offline Krusher

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« on: March 13, 2002, 10:50:35 AM »
LONDON (Reuters) - A leading London chef known for his love of offal dishes is offering the capital's gourmets a new -- bushy-tailed -- eating experience.

Fergus Henderson, of the fashionable St. John restaurant, offers gray squirrel "gently braised with wine, boletus mushrooms and wild garlic leaves," British newspapers reported on Wednesday.

He said the dish was popular at his restaurant, where he also serves up lamb testicles, bacon and mash and smoked eel.

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http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml;jsessionid=EKTUI3D53PIPECRBAE0CFFAKEEATGIWD?type=humannews&StoryID=695972

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« Reply #1 on: March 13, 2002, 10:57:14 AM »
Back before US domestic terrorist groups existed (ALF, PETA, etc.) my sister needed a "wildlife dish" for her school project, that being everyone got to bring in a pot luck of wild life dishes, not excluding frog, squirrels, whatever...I prompty went out and shot 4 Red squirrels (for those of you who live in the mid west, know what a  PITA red squirrels are, they get into attics and really raise hell with your home) then simmered them slowly in stoneware, with strips of bacon, and crushed apple.  It won the "Wild life Best Dish" award I'm happy to say. :D

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« Reply #2 on: March 13, 2002, 11:00:46 AM »
I've shot and eaten squirrel as a young'n in Wyoming.  Way too much work for as much food as you get... rabbits are less work,a and taste better to boot. :)

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« Reply #3 on: March 13, 2002, 11:06:17 AM »
We used to grill em camping when we were young in florida.  Not bad, threre's better but not better and as easy to bag a half dozen quickly.

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« Reply #4 on: March 13, 2002, 11:17:54 AM »
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Originally posted by Kratzer
I've shot and eaten squirrel as a young'n in Wyoming.  Way too much work for as much food as you get... rabbits are less work,a and taste better to boot. :)


Agreed!

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« Reply #5 on: March 13, 2002, 12:25:56 PM »
Tree rats are good eatin'

My mom makes a mean squirrel pot pie.

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« Reply #6 on: March 13, 2002, 01:18:32 PM »
English food?

Boiled ______  (add critter here) in mint sauce.

Anything else?

Oh, and warm beer.

Ick! :p

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« Reply #7 on: March 13, 2002, 01:29:39 PM »
The world would be the greatest if:

The Brits were the cops
The Germans were the engineers
The Italians were the lovers
The French were the cooks
The Swiss were the ecomonists


The world would be the worst if:

The Brits were the cooks
The Germans were the police
The Italians were the engineers
The French were the economists
The Swiss were the lovers
Some will fall in love with life and drink it from a fountain that is pouring like an avalanche coming down the mountain

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« Reply #8 on: March 13, 2002, 02:03:56 PM »
You've obviously never met a British Policeman Curval.

:D

And what's wrong with good old steak and kidney pie?  Or a pasty?  Good honest food that doesnt try to hide what it is, like bubble & squeak or toad-in-the-hole.

And ya just cant beat spotted dick and custard.


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« Reply #9 on: March 13, 2002, 02:20:23 PM »
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Originally posted by Swoop
You've obviously never met a British Policeman Curval.

:D

And what's wrong with good old steak and kidney pie?  Or a pasty?  Good honest food that doesnt try to hide what it is, like bubble & squeak or toad-in-the-hole.

And ya just cant beat spotted dick and custard.



Isn't curry the national food of Britain right now?

When I was in the UK I was amazed that everyone put vinegar on their chips.....apparently Brits have now substituted curry sauce.

mmmmmmmm...spotted dick and custard...alllaahhahahahall (Homer drooling sounds).

Nothing wrong with steak and kidney pie...except the kidneys.

Love Cornish pasties too.....

But, the fact remains that none of them would win any sort of culinary glory....ya gotta admit that mate!  I'm no big fan of froggies...but they sure do know how to cook!
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« Reply #10 on: March 13, 2002, 02:36:06 PM »
If Curval has his way, I admit to being mostly Italian!:D

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« Reply #11 on: March 13, 2002, 02:40:10 PM »
Nah mate I dont agree.  


When you've seen frogs legs and snails crawling around on plate.......


And why do wierd things to a good bit of beef when all you've gotta do is roast it and add Yorkshire pud?



Now the English diet consists of fish n chips every friday covered with either vinegar or, as you say, curry sauce.  Saturday is a kebab completely drenched in chilli sauce (purely so ya cant taste the kebab any more).  Sunday is the traditional roast whatever with veg boiled until it's gone soft (although there are weird people out there that only cook the veg for 30 seconds and seem to like raw carrots) and gravy.  The rest of the week is covered by fast food and pasties.

Ya wanna know what the Dutch eat?  lessee here........absolutely shed loads of indonesian food that the Cloggies call Dutch, krockets (liquidised horse meat fried in breadcrumbs), sate anything (the most vile food ever devised by man), lumpia (fried christ knows what in a roll)......and dont even ask what a Groetje Bol is.


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« Reply #12 on: March 13, 2002, 02:52:41 PM »
Good Lord...that stuff the cloggies eat isn't food.....sounds like it is what food eats..ie cow feed.

But, I guess when ya got the munchies anything will do:D

Snails are okay...as long as they are dripping in garlic butter and don't have any sand in them.

Frog's legs....tried 'em...they didn't taste like chicken...more like sh*t.

(...and by the way, when I tried them they were very still....dead still, in fact :D )
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« Reply #13 on: March 13, 2002, 03:01:05 PM »
as a kid staying at the swanky Gosforth Park, Gosforth, Newcastle England, we were treated to the best BLT sandwiches I ever had.
Loved them until we were told the "B" in it wasn't bacon but cows tongue :)

oh yeah, this cracker feeds his squirrels (corn cob holder on the back fence) we don't eat em ...
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« Reply #14 on: March 13, 2002, 03:12:54 PM »
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Originally posted by Eagler
as a kid staying at the swanky Gosforth Park, Gosforth, Newcastle England, we were treated to the best BLT sandwiches I ever had.
Loved them until we were told the "B" in it wasn't bacon but cows tongue :)

oh yeah, this cracker feeds his squirrels (corn cob holder on the back fence) we don't eat em ...


How did they call this a BLT then...I'm trying to think what the "B" stands for?

Should have been a CTLT surely?!  

;)

I would have hurled for sure.

Blatent false advertising!
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