diane.walker

I have just found an old cookery book called A New System of Domestic
Cookery published in 1810. Recipe for Pigeon Pie, and I quote; Rub the
pigeons with pepper & salt, inside and out; in the later put a bit of
butter, and, if approved, some parsley chopped with the livers, and a little
of the same seasoning. Lay a beef steak at the bottom of the dish, and the
birds on it; between every two, a hard egg. Put a cup of water in the dish;
and if you have any ham in the house, lay a bit on each pigeon; it is a
great improvement to the flavour.
Observe, when ham is cut for gravy or pies, to take the under part rather
than the prime.
Season the gizzards, and two joints of the wings, and put them in the centre
of the pie; and over them, in a hole made in the crust, place three of the
birds feet, nicely cleaned, to show what pie it is.

I hope you will all get straight on a try this one, it sounds scrummy.
Best regards
Diane

peter lucas

"diane.walker" <diane.walker@tiscali.co.uk> said in the newsgroup.......
news:3f5f0d9c$1_2@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com:


http://thefoody.com/poultry/pigeonandchickencroustade.html

http://www.recipecottage.com/pies-savoury/pigeon01.html

And this one sounds like it's from the same book as yours!!
http://www.eatdangerously.com/thorough_cook/poultry/pigeon_pudding.html

And one from 'Down Under'.....
http://fooddownunder.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=pigeon

I ate pigeons and rabbits all the time when I was a kid (in South Australia).
Used to go rabbiting on a weekend and come back with enough to feed the
family for a week!!
Still get rabbit occasionally...... but it's dearer than chicken!!

--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

The path of a warrior never deviating,
one has to become not just a part of nature
but a force of nature,
acting in accordance with the laws of the universe.
(Getsumi No Michi, the Moonlit Path)

frogleg

Wha? I thought rabbits were a terrific pest in Oz. I would have
thought they were sold like hamburger is here.

peter lucas

Frogleg <frogleg@nowhere.com> said in the newsgroup.......
news:0tsulv8bdfjohond06h0b8phhsor8s9ni5@4ax.com:

They used to be. But over the years they have been eradicated to a certain
degree. Now it's the 'roo that is the 'terrific pest'.

Back in the 50's and 60's they were the 'poor man's chicken'. Then when most
rabbits were infected with Miximatosus(?) they were left alone to die from
that. There used to be plagues of them around!
Now the rabbits we buy are farmed and are classed as a 'gourmet' game food.

There are so many controls in place about what sort of rabbits you can have
as a pet and what areas you can and can't have them in, it's crazy!!

We should all be out on the weekends shooting roo's for the dinner table
now.... but they are a protected species, only able to be hunted by specially
licenced roo shooters (who are only allowed to take a specific number.... and
each carcass has to have it's own 'registration') and besides all that.......
the govt has taken all our guns off of us!!


--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

The path of a warrior never deviating,
one has to become not just a part of nature
but a force of nature,
acting in accordance with the laws of the universe.
(Getsumi No Michi, the Moonlit Path)

jimmy tango

snip***********************

And you folks think that MY recipes are bad?

peter lucas

"Gregory Morrow" <gregoryDOTRIGHTHEREmorrow@worldnet.att.net> said in the
newsgroup....... news:gWR7b.134307$0v4.9821369@bgtnsc04-
news.ops.worldnet.att.net:


Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, Yum Cha for Sunday brunch with Gingered Chicken feet :-)

I know what I'm doing this Sunday ;-)

--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

The path of a warrior never deviating,
one has to become not just a part of nature
but a force of nature,
acting in accordance with the laws of the universe.
(Getsumi No Michi, the Moonlit Path)

craig welch

Yet you boast in other threads about your guns. Were you lying then,
or are you lying now?

--
Craig

phoenix

In any event the post is not entirely accurate, it is permissable with a
hunting permit to shoot the Agile Wallaby in the NT anywhere (where
permission has been obtained) above the 15th parralel except in
Arnhemland.

frogleg

Come to think of it, I *do* recall something about myxomatosis. Rabbit
in the grocery stores here is rather pricey, too. A couple of years
ago I saw an ad for a very cheap per/lb price at a local store. WEnt
to the store in high anticipation of stocking up only to find I'd
mis-read "riblets" -- some foul commercial pre-formed and sauced pork
concoction. :-)

peter lucas

Frogleg <frogleg@nowhere.com> said in the newsgroup.......
news:ijh0mv47vln3hm1ti443rkbfeor52ksmpk@4ax.com:


http://www.umt.edu/geograph/edlund/g346/myxomatosis.html http://members.iinet.net.au/~rabbit/pam.htm


Bugger!! :-)

The last rabbit I had was given to me by a duck shooter. He was not adverse
to going out and bringing home a shitload of wild duck, but baulked at the
idea of eating a rabbit!! His wife (my mate) gave me the bunny as she knew I
had eaten them before.
I cooked it up and fed it to them as a red wine chicken casserole :-) They
*loved* it!! Then I told them what it was :-)

Funny thing was, I ended up going out to the gun club (on invitation), and
gave them all a lecture on how to prepare and cook the wild ducks so that
they were palatable. It all stemmed from a duck 'cook-off' we had. All theirs
tasted like old boot leather, and mine was tasty and tender and juicy :-)

--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

The path of a warrior never deviating,
one has to become not just a part of nature
but a force of nature,
acting in accordance with the laws of the universe.
(Getsumi No Michi, the Moonlit Path)