Pheasants....

[ummmm]

Local butcher has them for sale. I've never tried them so..

Can you describe what they taste like?

And what is the best way to cook them?

[ummmm]

Lol....I'll tell him that :-))

[JMR27]

It was the lead shot that got me....never again

[mike11111]

So, if it 's not well hung you'll get a tough old bird.

Story of my life!

[DTCwordfan]

Naz has it in his recipe and do allow them to rest under some foil and then a tea towel on top for about 10 mins - it allows the jucies to come from the centre to the outer meat - and hence why so many complain about them being dry. The trick is to slightly undercook and allow them to rest for this process to take place - so effectively the cooking continues outside the oven.

Any game/chicken/turkey benefits from this, as does 'red meat' inc rabbit!

[carrust]

If you don't like rabbit, I don't think you'll like pheasant, & you'll definitely wont like hare. You need a strong stomach gutting & skinning one of those after its been hung for a couple of weeks.

[ummmm]

I always rest my meat....

[DTCwordfan]

Any meat, if moist, is delicious.....when dried out - yuk and for me turkey and venison are the worst when like this - well cooked and rested so you taste the juices, yummy. And I am not talking the blood by the way.

[ummmm]

I've only had rabbit once and that was in a stew....

[NazNomad]

I forgot to add ... Baste it regularly during cooking.


If you ever get tough, dry pheasant, it's been cooked wrong.

[237SJ]

Ummm rabbit stew is nice, but rabbit pie is better! I don`t know how to cook it, but my Mum does. It has sliced potatos, onions, and white gravey with a pastry top.

[carrust]

What I need is a game old bird. LOL

[mike11111]

The trick with pheasants is to remove the 'h' before cooking. They are juicier and go a lot further.

[NazNomad]

Agreed, you can't beat a nice peasant dish.

[carrust]

They're plenty of peasants in Norfolk. :-)

[DTCwordfan]

Can I serf the net for good peasant recipes?

[mike11111]

Groan out loud!!

[DTCwordfan]

Dereham, Norlolk, does some excellent peasant pies with theirpastry and hence bakery tradition - more bakeries per '000 residents than anywhere else in the UK. They're all in-bred apparently............

[carrust]

We'd better stop the Norfolk jokes DT. 4get sucked several lemons the other night.

[DTCwordfan]

which region would you like.......

[ummmm]

Hahaha....I think I've seen her agreeing with the inter breeding...lol