Brace of woodcock!

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Jonnyboy

Joined: 29 Oct 2004
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Location: under some rain.

Posted: Wed Dec 27, 06 9:58 pm Post subject: Brace of woodcock!
First two of the year!! One of my favourite birds, simply roasted. trail in for me and then spread on toast, drawn for the missus. Neither of use have tried the brains yet, maybe this time eh?

sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: North Devon

Posted: Wed Dec 27, 06 9:59 pm Post subject:
Sprogs just get the bones to gnaw on, do they?

Mary-Jane

Joined: 13 Jan 2005
Posts: 18397
Location: The Fishing Strumpet is from Ceredigion in West Wales

Posted: Wed Dec 27, 06 9:59 pm Post subject:
Lucky bugger! Not a right and left, I assume, or you'd be jumping up and down on the rooftop!

Jonnyboy

Joined: 29 Oct 2004
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Location: under some rain.

Posted: Wed Dec 27, 06 10:06 pm Post subject:

sean wrote:

Sprogs just get the bones to gnaw on, do they?

Sprog minor gets to carry 'the knocking bird' around the house, and then cry when it finally gets taken from him.

Jonnyboy

Joined: 29 Oct 2004
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Location: under some rain.

Posted: Wed Dec 27, 06 10:07 pm Post subject:

Mary-Jane wrote:

Lucky bugger! Not a right and left, I assume, or you'd be jumping up and down on the rooftop!

Haven't had a L/R in six months, and that was a pair of landing woodies.

KILLITnGRILLIT

Joined: 14 Sep 2006
Posts: 894
Location: Looking at a screen in the front room

Posted: Wed Dec 27, 06 11:26 pm Post subject: Re: Brace of woodcock!

Jonnyboy wrote:

First two of the year!! One of my favourite birds, simply roasted. trail in for me and then spread on toast,

Superb eating, well done.

hardworkinghippy

Joined: 01 Jan 2005
Posts: 1110
Location: Bourrou South West France

Posted: Thu Dec 28, 06 7:19 am Post subject:
Best taste ever ! We cook them (usually only one ) on a piece of string suspended over the fire and let the fat drip on to bread. Twiddle the string to make the bird turn for about three quarters of an hour. One bird has enough taste to flavour the bread and feeds two. We haven't had one this season though...

Graham The Builder

Joined: 05 Jan 2007
Posts: 13

Posted: Sun Jan 14, 07 8:05 pm Post subject:
You don't need to hang a woodcock too long neither because it will get very gamey very quick. Snipe is even stronger!

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