I think most people in the US use "Cornish Game Hen" (AKA "Rock Cornish Hen") as a substitute, which is neither a game bird nor necessarily a hen. I't a small chicken bred to be about the same size as a pheasant at 6 weeks.
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Whole Foods here sale pheasant meat, I prefer pheasant over cornish game hen but both are good, pheasant more flavorful.
Our local butcher gets pheasant along with venison, rabbit, partridge, the occasional hare. Outside the town where I grew up, you couldn't drive a mile without smacking into a pheasant or a rabbit. I once got passed by a car with a bit of fresh blood on its front bumper and, happily, turned the next corner to find a gorgeous fat pheasant with a neatly broken neck smack in the middle of the road. Straight into the boot with it.
Your market's turn of the century meds sound interesting - what sort of stuff? I have visions of Epsom salts and cod liver oil.
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mercurochrome, that kind of stuff. I should snap a pic, next time I'm there.
Just a bunch of the meds our grandparents would use on our parents, when they were kids.
I mean, even the packaging of these things looks like something sold by a snake oil salesman, LOL...
Just a bunch of the meds our grandparents would use on our parents, when they were kids.
I mean, even the packaging of these things looks like something sold by a snake oil salesman, LOL...
No "Whole Paychecks" within 100 miles of here. Fresh Market is the closest thing we've got.
Paregoric, Calamine lotion, Milk of Magnesia, Merthiolate, Doan's Liver Pills, Carter's Little Pills, Castor Oil, Tiger Balm, and yes Epsom Salts and Cod Liver Oil. About half of those are just laxatives, LOL.
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I really must make more of "roadkill"!!
Right, posting pictures of Pie of Glory. Pastry: hot water crust. I hadn't made this for about 25 years, so it was good to find out that the knack hadn't deserted me. Filling: pheasant, gammon, black pudding, bacon, mushroom, shallot and garden pea, with the remains of the parsely sauce stirred through it.
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Fish cake? I know there is something lost in translation there... I’m picturing a fish flavored birthday cake lol. One way to stick to a diet
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Meat pie sounds great, but I’m suspicious of what black pudding is.
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Black pudding is good (blood sausage)
Hardly anyplace sales it
Hardly anyplace sales it
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I thought it was probably blood sausage, but was hopefull it was something less cringeworthy. There’s a good reason no one sells it..... I know it’s just a mental thing, but that dish just dropped a few notches on my list.
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Pretend I never typed it
I love a good black pudding, and the Fruit Pig Co. stuff I get is excellent, but the bad stuff is truly bad (like bad haggis).Right now, I've got red cabbage braising in the oven with apple, onion, a touch of garlic, spices and red wine vinegar, all ready to go with my traditional Yuletide duck on Friday. Orange slices in an (intentionally) slightly burnt caramel are in the fridge, to be partnered with cardamom quince, fresh hazelnut praline and some good vanilla ice-cream.
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I think you have to spend some time in the North of England to appreciate Black pudding, its fantastic but most Southerners are too "nesh"(wet) to appreciate it.
Quiche and baked beans tonight.
Quiche and baked beans tonight.
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Sorry, I know it’s a cultural thing and shouldn’t knock anyone’s tastes. Variety is what makes the world interesting. I’m still not eating it though.... lol. I’ve tried such delicacies as snails, raw oysters and fish eggs too that others seem to love. Yuk! But to each their own.Pretend I never typed it
Right now, I've got red cabbage braising in the oven with apple, onion, a touch of garlic, spices and red wine vinegar, all ready to go with my traditional Yuletide duck on Friday. Orange slices in an (intentionally) slightly burnt caramel are in the fridge, to be partnered with cardamom quince, fresh hazelnut praline and some good vanilla ice-cream.
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Awesome work!
