The Cooking Thread

[Mark Bolam]

It is a great post, but he’s wrong about roast pheasant, and venison.

[Steve Bullman]

Beef dirt cheap at tescos at the moment, time for beef jerky 

 

[AHPP]

20 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

It is a great post, but he’s wrong about roast pheasant, and venison.

 

I'd be interested in your opinion if you didn't make a two-ingredient foodstuff from a packet.

 

And Joe's being nice for once. Let's all just enjoy that for five or ten minutes.

 

[AHPP]

10 hours ago, openspaceman said:

I've not been offered any for five years and became wary of stewing them in the slow cooker with an acidy marinade because of the lead. 

 

Do you get any with steel shot? Worry there would be breaking teeth.

 

Two good points. I don't care about the lead. I'm indestructible. Never memorably found any steel shot in a bird. Would care if I did though. My teeth aren't indestructible.

[Mesterh]

2 hours ago, Mark Bolam said:

It is a great post, but he’s wrong about roast pheasant, and venison.

I do like roast pheasant, never tried roast reindeer tbh. Ill give it a go though when I buy a bigger house.

[AHPP]

I’ve been watching Outdoor Boys videos recently. Particularly enjoy his cooking. Doing a little homage meal now. Bread balls with cheese in the middle and bacon, served with honey butter (which is what attracted me to him in the first place). Done on the fire inside because it’s raining outside and I don’t have any children whose characters need building with that sort of suffering. 

 

 

[markieg31]

Usually parts of my car bumper i am picking out of a pheasant carcass 

[markieg31]

I have bloody loads of the refugees on my farm. Could easily get a few with the air rifle if it took my fancy. 

[openspaceman]

On 04/12/2025 at 23:44, AHPP said:

Tear bird in half. Crop and neck out, guts out, peel it.

More simple steps please. I've plucked them, skinned them but if this is simpler and quicker I'll have a go.

 

I've a brace hanging, first in over five years. I shall check the meat for steel shot with a pin pointer.