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Eating and Drinking => Cooking, Storing and Preserving => Topic started by: king cauli on January 17, 2007, 16:42

Title: road kill
Post by: king cauli on January 17, 2007, 16:42
did anyone watch the roadkill chef last night on bbc3?Although the business of eating roadkill doesnt exite me much,there were some interesting tips on furraging,where to find giant puffballs,uses for nettles and so on.the squirrel what he cooked looked delicious,must have a go at that this summer,mmm........if no-one caught the programme,definately worth a viewing in the future :idea:
Title: road kill
Post by: Zak the Rabbit on January 17, 2007, 16:47
ive had squirrel roadkill, cant say it was much good, but then i didnt have much in the way of seasoning or side veg either. It had been run over by the 4 ton truck that we had just been turfed off on a survival exercise.
Title: road kill
Post by: muntjac on January 17, 2007, 19:59
have to admit i do collect it for 2 reasons ,yeh i wait for real gales to scream and then lok for pheasants knocked over in the mornings ,most i got was 11 on the A12 going to a scout camp at hallowtree ipswich, i carry a freezer bag in my boot and a deer sack, i have had 3 deer in my time in suffolk , 2 roa and a muntjac .all killed within hours of me coming apon them, squireels i shoot anyways and they are great barbied, brush with honey dressing and cook for 10 mins iether side , rabbit i colect for the ferrets a supply during the sumer when teh crops are high comes in very handy  .oh not sure if it qualifies but i ate a swan that had been in collision with power lines on beccle marshes . dang that was good , smoked badger hams  from a old chap in louth  called bob tanner in my youth still bring a dribble to my lips ,so folks i say dont knock it till ya try it  :wink:
Title: nice selection
Post by: king cauli on January 18, 2007, 04:37
muntjac you eat like  a king,how about gudgeon fried in butter like henry the 8th,gotta try a squirrel,the meat looked well tasty,see ray mears with his two fish earlier ,a trout and a chub,i find chub a bit earthy with no lemon prior to cooking,cant beat a bit of fresh river caught fish especially if it has been poached,muntjac do you work on a farm or an estate?
Title: road kill
Post by: muntjac on January 18, 2007, 14:31
estate , 14000 aceres with 11 tenant farmers, river going through the place ,, fresh caught perch gutted and slow steamed on the bank ,use giant docks to protect it , i have fyke nets in during the summer / autumn for the eels running ,.pike roachbream tench , had a barbel from the severn with a pal we canoed the full river from top to bottom eating most from what we caught ( poached ) its remarkable what a long line with loads hooks n werms on will catch over night heheh, buying eggs and milk etc from the farms alongside the river was briiliant found a stream coming in with tonnes fresh water cress , we picked a load and swapped  it at a pub for our beer lolo
Title: road kill
Post by: shaun on January 18, 2007, 20:27
you know removing course fish is a hanging offence  :D
my old fella used to tell me about thredding worms onto a length of wool and leaving that over night and when you pull it out in the morning there would be loads of snigs on it.
Title: river
Post by: king cauli on January 18, 2007, 20:38
i live 5 minutes from the severn and half hour from the teme,so am always there, especially closed season :D does anyone know how to make a Crawfish pot/catcher?is that true about the hanging?i know that cattle rustling is still a hangable offence
Title: road kill
Post by: muntjac on January 18, 2007, 21:13
we used to catch eels that way  shaun the eels used to get the wool in thier teeth and couldnt pul off when the swallowed it .. ive etaen tons freshwayer fish never knew it was illegal here .in france its common .same in the states i love catfish n crays . yabbies in ozz lol
Title: road kill
Post by: shaun on January 18, 2007, 21:14
it is illegal but i dont think they will hang you.
Title: road kill
Post by: muntjac on January 18, 2007, 21:18
if you go here you can get themtraps  yaself matey



http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Tackle-Traders
Title: road kill
Post by: shaun on January 18, 2007, 21:20
thats it the wool and the teeth thingy quite like eel bit strong the smell when you cook it though,i couldnt stomach those jellied eels they make me heave just looking at them.
Title: road kill
Post by: muntjac on January 18, 2007, 21:22
nowt wrong skin n soak em for a day they wil be yumyum,,, jellied eels yuck
Title: road kill
Post by: fluffypebble on January 18, 2007, 21:26
Correct me if I am wrong - but isn't the season closed for a reason?
Title: road kill
Post by: shaun on January 18, 2007, 21:30
it only applies to rivers and a few still waters march 16th-june 16th
you can still fish for eels salmon and trout though ,
Title: road kill
Post by: muntjac on January 18, 2007, 21:31
yes it is the closed season in april i think  for rivers is for breeding but i believe ponds dont count in some places , eels are not in that situation when fyke net caught , they run from august to end october for migration and is when we catch them . as for coarse fish  we do catch them but let them go .in winter we take pike to cull them on our coarse river going through the estate
Title: road kill
Post by: shaun on January 18, 2007, 21:36
the close season is a bit out dated i think the fish are still breeding in july.when they lifted it on the canals many moons ago it made no difference to stocks what so ever.i do believe in banning keep nets though except in matches.
Title: road kill
Post by: muntjac on January 18, 2007, 21:38
i do as well ,i remember the days of the knotted net and the damage it did to mirror carp on the pompey rivers
Title: road kill
Post by: shaun on January 18, 2007, 21:40
i remember them things aswell.you get some chaps fishing for 12-14 hours with a keep net in all day long,whats the point ?
Title: road kill
Post by: muntjac on January 18, 2007, 21:46
wasnt ray mears in france as well when he had his fish diner?
Title: road kill
Post by: shaun on January 18, 2007, 21:48
dont know mate never watched much of him
Title: link for pots
Post by: king cauli on January 23, 2007, 05:37
thanks for the ebay link for those crayfish pots,never woulda thought of lookin on ebay,cheap too :D