Plover's Eggs?

[Brian Reay]

I've tried Quail's eggs and like them. Duck duck eggs are an
interesting change.

I've never tried Plover's eggs.

Looking on the internet, it seems you can buy them (I assume legally).
Has anyone tried them?

What about other (small) eggs?

[graham]

 I've tried Quail's eggs and like them. Duck duck eggs are an
interesting change.
I've never tried Plover's eggs.
Looking on the internet, it seems you can buy them (I assume legally).
Has anyone tried them?
What about other (small) eggs?

I recall eating Coot's and/or Moorhen's eggs as a child and that they
were not significantly different to chicken's. It's a long while ago and
my memory is being stretched:-) Incidentally, we called the Coots
"waterhens".

[Malcolm Loades]

Post by graham

 I've tried Quail's eggs and like them. Duck duck eggs are an
interesting change.
I've never tried Plover's eggs.
Looking on the internet, it seems you can buy them (I assume legally).
Has anyone tried them?
What about other (small) eggs?

I recall eating Coot's and/or Moorhen's eggs as a child and that they
were not significantly different to chicken's. It's a long while ago and
my memory is being stretched:-) Incidentally, we called the Coots
"waterhens".

Me too!

Didn't the waterbird's eggs have richer yolks?

Plus pigeon and pheasant's eggs. These tasted little different to
chicken's, only difference was the size.

Did you eat squirrels and young rooks?

Malcolm

[graham]

Post by Malcolm Loades

Post by graham

   I've tried Quail's eggs and like them. Duck duck eggs are an
interesting change.
I've never tried Plover's eggs.
Looking on the internet, it seems you can buy them (I assume legally).
Has anyone tried them?
What about other (small) eggs?

I recall eating Coot's and/or Moorhen's eggs as a child and that they
were not significantly different to chicken's. It's a long while ago and
my memory is being stretched:-) Incidentally, we called the Coots
"waterhens".

Me too!
Didn't the waterbird's eggs have richer yolks?

Too long ago!

Post by Malcolm Loades
Plus pigeon and pheasant's eggs.  These tasted little different to
chicken's, only difference was the size.
Did you eat squirrels and young rooks?

Hell no!!!! I never heard of anyone eating those.
Rabbits until mixi took hold, partridges, pigeons and especially
pheasants. We lived opposite a well-known poacher. He would go out
shooting in the early hours then hide his gun and "catch" at the bottom
of our garden before doubling back through the village to see if the
coast was clear. Then he would retrieve his stash. Mum would often open
the back door in the morning to find a brace of still-warm pheasants
hanging from the door knob.
Graham

[Malcolm Loades]

Post by graham

Post by Malcolm Loades
Did you eat squirrels and young rooks?

Hell no!!!! I never heard of anyone eating those.
Rabbits until mixi took hold, partridges, pigeons and especially
pheasants. We lived opposite a well-known poacher. He would go out
shooting in the early hours then hide his gun and "catch" at the bottom
of our garden before doubling back through the village to see if the
coast was clear. Then he would retrieve his stash. Mum would often open
the back door in the morning to find a brace of still-warm pheasants
hanging from the door knob.
Graham

In Hampshire squirrels are also known as 'tree rabbits' because the
taste is very similar.

Only young rooks were eaten when I was a kid. The local farmer used to
shoot them as soon as they'd left the nest. Apparently adults taste vile!

My favourite is still wood pigeon, to me it beats pheasant and partridge
any day.

We also had the occasional hare.

Malcolm

[Brian Reay]

Post by Malcolm Loades

Post by graham

Post by Malcolm Loades
Did you eat squirrels and young rooks?

Hell no!!!! I never heard of anyone eating those.
Rabbits until mixi took hold, partridges, pigeons and especially
pheasants. We lived opposite a well-known poacher. He would go out
shooting in the early hours then hide his gun and "catch" at the bottom
of our garden before doubling back through the village to see if the
coast was clear. Then he would retrieve his stash. Mum would often open
the back door in the morning to find a brace of still-warm pheasants
hanging from the door knob.
Graham

In Hampshire squirrels are also known as 'tree rabbits' because the
taste is very similar.
Only young rooks were eaten when I was a kid.  The local farmer used to
shoot them as soon as they'd left the nest.  Apparently adults taste vile!

I wouldn't have thought there'd be much meat on the young ones.

A bit like frogs' legs, naff all to eat.

Post by Malcolm Loades
My favourite is still wood pigeon, to me it beats pheasant and partridge
any day.

Pigeon breasts are rather good, in a red wine sauce. Ditto pigeon pie.

Post by Malcolm Loades
We also had the occasional hare.

Only tried hare once. Unsurprisingly it was very like rabbit.

I can't convince my wife to try rabbit. I served it once and she refused
to eat it.

[Ophelia]

Post by graham

Post by Malcolm Loades
Did you eat squirrels and young rooks?

Hell no!!!! I never heard of anyone eating those.
Rabbits until mixi took hold, partridges, pigeons and especially
pheasants. We lived opposite a well-known poacher. He would go out
shooting in the early hours then hide his gun and "catch" at the bottom
of our garden before doubling back through the village to see if the
coast was clear. Then he would retrieve his stash. Mum would often open
the back door in the morning to find a brace of still-warm pheasants
hanging from the door knob.
Graham

In Hampshire squirrels are also known as 'tree rabbits' because the taste
is very similar.
Only young rooks were eaten when I was a kid. The local farmer used to
shoot them as soon as they'd left the nest. Apparently adults taste vile!

I wouldn't have thought there'd be much meat on the young ones.

A bit like frogs' legs, naff all to eat.

My favourite is still wood pigeon, to me it beats pheasant and partridge
any day.

Pigeon breasts are rather good, in a red wine sauce. Ditto pigeon pie.

We also had the occasional hare.

Only tried hare once. Unsurprisingly it was very like rabbit.

I can't convince my wife to try rabbit. I served it once and she refused
to eat it.

====

When I was a child, my father had racing pigeons. Any that didn't come up
to scratch got put in the pot:(

I can't even think about eating them now:)

[Brian Reay]

When I was a child, my father had racing pigeons.  Any that didn't come
up to scratch got put in the pot:(
I can't even think about eating them now:)

Normal for Yorkshire ;-)

Seriously, while I've no experience of preparing pigeon for the pot, I
would have assumed racing birds would be a bit tough, like old chickens.
I rather assumed pigeons that I'd eaten where young birds. I suppose, if
you made a stew etc, they would be OK.

[Ophelia]

Post by Ophelia
When I was a child, my father had racing pigeons. Any that didn't come up
to scratch got put in the pot:(
I can't even think about eating them now:)

Normal for Yorkshire ;-)

Aye lad, back in the day .... ;p

Seriously, while I've no experience of preparing pigeon for the pot, I
would have assumed racing birds would be a bit tough, like old chickens.
I rather assumed pigeons that I'd eaten where young birds. I suppose, if
you made a stew etc, they would be OK.

I don't really remember, but I think she stewed them.. Believe me, it
was a looooooooooooooooooooooong time ago :))

[s***@gowanhill.com]

Post by Ophelia
When I was a child, my father had racing pigeons. Any that didn't come up
to scratch got put in the pot:(

I've got pigeon lofts near me.

Plump grain-fed pigeons that will come to the hand, and a freezer ...

Owain

[Ophelia]

Post by Ophelia
When I was a child, my father had racing pigeons. Any that didn't come up
to scratch got put in the pot:(

I've got pigeon lofts near me.

Plump grain-fed pigeons that will come to the hand, and a freezer ...

Owain

==

How do you cook them?

[s***@gowanhill.com]

Post by Ophelia

Post by s***@gowanhill.com
I've got pigeon lofts near me.
Plump grain-fed pigeons that will come to the hand, and a freezer ...

How do you cook them?

I'd like to say the local butcher takes them whole, no questions asked, 50p each, but I think the local pigeon fancying population might smell a rat, as it were, at mass pigeon abduction.

That and the fact that the local butcher (along with the local bank, local police station, etc) have all closed down and the pigeons are pretty safe at the moment (although we do have two kebab shops).

Owain

[Ophelia]

Post by Ophelia

Post by s***@gowanhill.com
I've got pigeon lofts near me.
Plump grain-fed pigeons that will come to the hand, and a freezer ...

How do you cook them?

I'd like to say the local butcher takes them whole, no questions asked, 50p
each, but I think the local pigeon fancying population might smell a rat, as
it were, at mass pigeon abduction.

That and the fact that the local butcher (along with the local bank, local
police station, etc) have all closed down and the pigeons are pretty safe at
the moment (although we do have two kebab shops).

Owain
==

<g> How you do cook any you manage (in whatever way) get hold of?

[s***@gowanhill.com]

Post by Ophelia

Post by s***@gowanhill.com
we do have two kebab shops

<g> How you do cook any you manage (in whatever way) get hold of?

I leave that to the bloke in the kebab shop :-0

Owain

[Ophelia]

Post by Ophelia

Post by s***@gowanhill.com
we do have two kebab shops

<g> How you do cook any you manage (in whatever way) get hold of?

I leave that to the bloke in the kebab shop :-0

Owain

==

LOL Ok:)))

[Brian Reay]

Post by s***@gowanhill.com

Post by Ophelia

Post by s***@gowanhill.com
we do have two kebab shops

<g> How you do cook any you manage (in whatever way) get hold of?

I leave that to the bloke in the kebab shop :-0
Owain

I've never tried a kebab, they always seem to be dripping fat/grease
when you see them on those vertical spit things. They look like a heart
attack waiting to happen.

[Ophelia]

Post by s***@gowanhill.com

Post by Ophelia

Post by s***@gowanhill.com
we do have two kebab shops

<g> How you do cook any you manage (in whatever way) get hold of?

I leave that to the bloke in the kebab shop :-0
Owain

I've never tried a kebab, they always seem to be dripping fat/grease
when you see them on those vertical spit things. They look like a heart
attack waiting to happen.


===

I have to admit neither have I, but there, we don't all like the same things
and a good job too:)

There wouldn't be enough to go around everybody:))

[s***@gowanhill.com]

Post by Brian Reay
I've never tried a kebab, they always seem to be dripping fat/grease
when you see them on those vertical spit things. They look like a heart
attack waiting to happen.

A /good/ kebab is quite healthy in takeaway terms as the fat drains off during cooking, and the pitta bread and salad is okay.

I don't think the doctor will object to my typical one a year.

Owain

[Brian Reay]

Post by s***@gowanhill.com

Post by Brian Reay
I've never tried a kebab, they always seem to be dripping fat/grease
when you see them on those vertical spit things. They look like a heart
attack waiting to happen.

A /good/ kebab is quite healthy in takeaway terms as the fat drains off during cooking, and the pitta bread and salad is okay.

The ones I've seen, and I admit I've not looked that closely, seem to
'weep' a lot of fat.

Post by s***@gowanhill.com
I don't think the doctor will object to my typical one a year.

I don't object to you eating them, I just don't want to ;-)

[Brian Reay]

Post by s***@gowanhill.com

Post by Ophelia

Post by s***@gowanhill.com
I've got pigeon lofts near me.
Plump grain-fed pigeons that will come to the hand, and a freezer ...

How do you cook them?

I'd like to say the local butcher takes them whole, no questions asked, 50p each, but I think the local pigeon fancying population might smell a rat, as it were, at mass pigeon abduction.
That and the fact that the local butcher (along with the local bank, local police station, etc) have all closed down and the pigeons are pretty safe at the moment (although we do have two kebab shops).
Owain

I've only ever seen pigeon breast on the menu in the better restaurants.
As for butchers, may be once or twice in the kind you sometimes see in
small country towns etc.

Senior Management has suggested I 'dispose' of some in the garden that
have a habit of leaving their mark on here washing but I doubt she'd eat
them if I did. (Any RSPB types, she isn't serious.)

[Ophelia]

Post by Malcolm Loades

Post by graham

Post by Brian Reay
I've tried Quail's eggs and like them. Duck duck eggs are an
interesting change.
I've never tried Plover's eggs.
Looking on the internet, it seems you can buy them (I assume legally).
Has anyone tried them?
What about other (small) eggs?

I recall eating Coot's and/or Moorhen's eggs as a child and that they
were not significantly different to chicken's. It's a long while ago and
my memory is being stretched:-) Incidentally, we called the Coots
"waterhens".

Me too!
Didn't the waterbird's eggs have richer yolks?

Too long ago!

Post by Malcolm Loades
Plus pigeon and pheasant's eggs. These tasted little different to
chicken's, only difference was the size.
Did you eat squirrels and young rooks?

Hell no!!!! I never heard of anyone eating those.
Rabbits until mixi took hold, partridges, pigeons and especially
pheasants. We lived opposite a well-known poacher. He would go out
shooting in the early hours then hide his gun and "catch" at the bottom
of our garden before doubling back through the village to see if the
coast was clear. Then he would retrieve his stash. Mum would often open
the back door in the morning to find a brace of still-warm pheasants
hanging from the door knob.
Graham

==

We have permission to shoot over a farm in Yorkshire. The farmer likes us
to shoot rabbit, pigeon, sometimes magpies when they get too many and grey
squirrel. We always bring the rabbits home because D loves me to cook
them:) As it happens I will be cooking some tomorrow in a white sauce with
mushrooms.

[graham]

Post by graham

Post by Malcolm Loades

Post by graham

   I've tried Quail's eggs and like them. Duck duck eggs are an
interesting change.
I've never tried Plover's eggs.
Looking on the internet, it seems you can buy them (I assume legally).
Has anyone tried them?
What about other (small) eggs?

I recall eating Coot's and/or Moorhen's eggs as a child and that they
were not significantly different to chicken's. It's a long while ago and
my memory is being stretched:-) Incidentally, we called the Coots
"waterhens".

Me too!
Didn't the waterbird's eggs have richer yolks?

Too long ago!

Post by Malcolm Loades
Plus pigeon and pheasant's eggs.  These tasted little different to
chicken's, only difference was the size.
Did you eat squirrels and young rooks?

Hell no!!!! I never heard of anyone eating those.
Rabbits until mixi took hold, partridges, pigeons and especially
pheasants. We lived opposite a well-known poacher. He would go out
shooting in the early hours then hide his gun and "catch" at the bottom
of our garden before doubling back through the village to see if the
coast was clear. Then he would retrieve his stash. Mum would often open
the back door in the morning to find a brace of still-warm pheasants
hanging from the door knob.
Graham
==
We have permission to shoot over a farm in Yorkshire.   The farmer likes
us to shoot rabbit, pigeon, sometimes magpies when they get too many and
grey squirrel.  We always bring the rabbits home because D loves me to
cook them:)  As it happens I will be cooking some tomorrow in a white
sauce with mushrooms.

A farmer in my village gave permission to a US serviceman, from a nearby
base, to shoot pheasants on his land - as long as he didn't pick any
sloes, as there was a poor crop that year. As it happens, he wasn't a
very good shot and didn't bag any birds.

[Ophelia]

Post by graham

Post by Malcolm Loades

Post by graham

Post by Brian Reay
I've tried Quail's eggs and like them. Duck duck eggs are an
interesting change.
I've never tried Plover's eggs.
Looking on the internet, it seems you can buy them (I assume legally).
Has anyone tried them?
What about other (small) eggs?

I recall eating Coot's and/or Moorhen's eggs as a child and that they
were not significantly different to chicken's. It's a long while ago and
my memory is being stretched:-) Incidentally, we called the Coots
"waterhens".

Me too!
Didn't the waterbird's eggs have richer yolks?

Too long ago!

Post by Malcolm Loades
Plus pigeon and pheasant's eggs. These tasted little different to
chicken's, only difference was the size.
Did you eat squirrels and young rooks?

Hell no!!!! I never heard of anyone eating those.
Rabbits until mixi took hold, partridges, pigeons and especially
pheasants. We lived opposite a well-known poacher. He would go out
shooting in the early hours then hide his gun and "catch" at the bottom
of our garden before doubling back through the village to see if the
coast was clear. Then he would retrieve his stash. Mum would often open
the back door in the morning to find a brace of still-warm pheasants
hanging from the door knob.
Graham
==
We have permission to shoot over a farm in Yorkshire. The farmer likes
us to shoot rabbit, pigeon, sometimes magpies when they get too many and
grey squirrel. We always bring the rabbits home because D loves me to
cook them:) As it happens I will be cooking some tomorrow in a white
sauce with mushrooms.

A farmer in my village gave permission to a US serviceman, from a nearby
base, to shoot pheasants on his land - as long as he didn't pick any
sloes, as there was a poor crop that year. As it happens, he wasn't a
very good shot and didn't bag any birds.

=

lol

[Brian Reay]

Post by graham

  I've tried Quail's eggs and like them. Duck duck eggs are an
interesting change.
I've never tried Plover's eggs.
Looking on the internet, it seems you can buy them (I assume legally).
Has anyone tried them?
What about other (small) eggs?

I recall eating Coot's and/or Moorhen's eggs as a child and that they
were not significantly different to chicken's. It's a long while ago and
my memory is being stretched:-) Incidentally, we called the Coots
"waterhens".

I'm not sure re the legal aspects of even collecting those in the UK. I
assume the Plover's eggs on sale are either 'farmed' or there is some
licence scheme.

As for the taste difference, as Mike said, water birds (at least
ducks), seem to have a more intense flavour. The difference in Quails
eggs is harder to describe (other than the size, of course).