BS: I ate a bodhran - mmm, tasty!

Subject: BS: I ate a bodhran - mmm, tasty!
From: Stu
Date: 21 Jun 05 - 11:34 AM

Last night for tea I had bodhran greek-style, on a bed of salad with feta and olives.

Tastes like mutton (an underated meat everyone's forgotten because Tesco's don't sell it), and made for a fine meal.

It has it's detractors, but that is what I call a verstile instrument.

Subject: RE: BS: I ate a bodhran - mmm, tasty!
From: wysiwyg
Date: 21 Jun 05 - 11:41 AM

My dogs eat bones!

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: I ate a bodhran - mmm, tasty!
From: Bunnahabhain
Date: 21 Jun 05 - 12:02 PM

That's a bit extreme. Using it as a plate is sensible, but eating it? I suppose it's still better than playing the thing...

Subject: RE: BS: I ate a bodhran - mmm, tasty!
From: gnomad
Date: 21 Jun 05 - 12:04 PM

What is the hunting season for bodhrans,or was it (can it be) domesticated?

Recipes?

Subject: RE: BS: I ate a bodhran - mmm, tasty!
From: GUEST
Date: 21 Jun 05 - 12:12 PM

Bodrhan stew

2 onions
2 carrots
1 parsnip
1 turnip
peel the above and dice
1 clove garlic - minced
1/2 cup chopped celery
1 dozen new potatoes, quartered
1/2 cup chopped parsley
2 tablesppoons olive oil
2 pints Guiness
1/2 pint sour cream
1 bodrhan


saute garlic, onion and celery in olive oil until they begin to brown.
add guiness, and other vegetables excluding parsley, cover and simmer 1/2 hour or until vegeatables are tender. Stir in parsley and sour cream - Discard Bodrhan, and serve stew with hot crusty bread.

Subject: RE: BS: I ate a bodhran - mmm, tasty!
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 21 Jun 05 - 01:51 PM

Nice recipe, but it's really hard to beat the flavor of a bodhran slow-cooked on a spit over an open fire. Just make sure to keep the spit turning so it gets done evenly all around. You can use an electric rotisserie (Do they still make such a thing?) if you have one. A simple basting sauce of melted butter or olive oil with minced garlic helps keep the bodhran moist. If it's a relatively new bodhran that still smells stongly of billy goat, you'll probably want to let it soak overnight in a suitable wild game marinade.

Subject: RE: BS: I ate a bodhran - mmm, tasty!
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 21 Jun 05 - 01:56 PM

all very well, but some people wipe their bum and don't wash their hands before playing. this I have witnessed. this doesn't bother the english ("oh yah, man those irish are SO laid back") However more fastidious races and people with sensitive tummmies - beware!

Subject: RE: BS: I ate a bodhran - mmm, tasty!
From: Shanghaiceltic
Date: 21 Jun 05 - 07:24 PM

If you cut the skin in nice rounds you can pass them of as tortillas or chapattis at a pinch.

Subject: RE: BS: I ate a bodhran - mmm, tasty!
From: GUEST,G-Spot
Date: 21 Jun 05 - 07:27 PM

The Guinness tastes like a dog's ass, but everything else sounds good!

GS

Subject: RE: BS: I ate a bodhran - mmm, tasty!
From: gnomad
Date: 21 Jun 05 - 07:39 PM

Sucked a lot of dogs' asses then G-S? If it's just the one dog that tastes that way you will probably find a buyer if it (the dog) is yours.

I still want to know the hunting season..anyone?

Subject: RE: BS: I ate a bodhran - mmm, tasty!
From: GUEST,G-Spot
Date: 21 Jun 05 - 07:47 PM

Being new here, I will exercise some restraint regarding you "wittiness", gonad.

GS

Subject: RE: BS: I ate a bodhran - mmm, tasty!
From: gnomad
Date: 21 Jun 05 - 08:30 PM

Restraint can be good, G-S, but be careful.

The rest of your earlier comment I'll vote for, but the Guiness hounds may want to talk to you about the first bit.

Welcome anyway, don't let the humour (or lack thereof) put you off. There are some real wits, and real brains, to be found here and we are mostly harmless, though sometimes witless.

Subject: RE: BS: I ate a bodhran - mmm, tasty!
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 21 Jun 05 - 09:02 PM

however nobody mad enough to eat his bodhran.....as yet!

one day they will sample evrything and nobody will have to play. Or when somebody does play - they'll say its not as good as the sample - 'ere mate press this button and you an hear what you should sound like.

the chieftains will sit round in a circle smiling as though they shared intimate secrets, and pressing buttons.

And someone will say, you can't drink soup out of your drum machine, and Van Morrison will say that gives me an idea for a song:-

You can't drink soup out of a drum machine

another classic!

Subject: RE: BS: I ate a bodhran - mmm, tasty!
From: GUEST,G-Spot
Date: 21 Jun 05 - 09:26 PM

gnomad, thank you. Truly, I do appreciate your response. You have gained my respect, for what it is worth!

GS

Subject: RE: BS: I ate a bodhran - mmm, tasty!
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 22 Jun 05 - 04:08 AM

Beware all who venture to eat a Bodhran!
I had one for my evening meal on Monday and since then have been suffering this deeply repetative, uncomfortable sound from my stomach. I am told it is also likely to be the source of constipation, should it turn from endways on to full face as it makies its transit through the alimentary canal.
I am also informed that when it eventually exits, it makes a beautiful sound as it ricochets off the side of the pan....probably the only good sound it is capable of so they say.
Best wishes, Mike.

Subject: RE: BS: I ate a bodhran - mmm, tasty!
From: Kaleea
Date: 22 Jun 05 - 04:56 AM

My Bodhran, named "Hairy" is my pet. Sent to me several years back by Albert Alfonzo--not his real name--and he has nice white-ish hair I like to pet. So I don't think I'll be eating him soon. Especially since Albert was in the hospital right after dealing with my "Hairy" due to an allergic reaction to some bug or something which is found on goats.

Subject: RE: BS: I ate a bodhran - mmm, tasty!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 22 Jun 05 - 05:39 AM

Mmmmmmm goat curry......

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: I ate a bodhran - mmm, tasty!
From: matai
Date: 22 Jun 05 - 06:05 AM

Sounds like the script for a new Charlie Chaplin movie.

Subject: RE: BS: I ate a bodhran - mmm, tasty!
From: gnu
Date: 22 Jun 05 - 07:47 AM

gnomad... apparently, it is open season(ing) all the time.

Do vegetarians prefer synthetic Rhans?

Subject: RE: BS: I ate a bodhran - mmm, tasty!
From: GUEST,McGrath of Harlow
Date: 22 Jun 05 - 08:49 AM

Sometimes known as "the Irish chappatti"

Subject: RE: BS: I ate a bodhran - mmm, tasty!
From: Dave (the ancient mariner)
Date: 22 Jun 05 - 10:07 AM

The big question is what to serve Red or White wine? Having given it much consideration I think sparkling would do.... a nice Champagne or Asti Spumante?

Subject: RE: BS: I ate a bodhran - mmm, tasty!
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 22 Jun 05 - 10:18 AM

Kaleea's post brings an important point to mind. If you wish to roast a bodhran whose skin still has the fur on it, you must first parboil it to loosen the fur and then scrape it off using a spatula. Otherwise the roasting will result in a smell that will not disipate from the cooking area until 2085.

Subject: RE: BS: I ate a bodhran - mmm, tasty!
From: GUEST,noddy
Date: 22 Jun 05 - 11:11 AM

I find they go well with diced banjos and a touch of pepper.

Subject: RE: BS: I ate a bodhran - mmm, tasty!
From: Bunnahabhain
Date: 22 Jun 05 - 11:47 AM

Or cured over accordian smoke, for a real treat.

Subject: RE: BS: I ate a bodhran - mmm, tasty!
From: GUEST,Robert Flaye
Date: 22 Jun 05 - 11:54 AM

Ridiculous! Everyone knows that prepared properly a banjo is julienned and smoked lightly over concertina chips.

Subject: RE: BS: I ate a bodhran - mmm, tasty!
From: Stu
Date: 22 Jun 05 - 12:11 PM

I find the trouble with banjos is the pegs get stuck between your teeth.

I have been tempted to make a shakey egg omlette several times in the past.

Subject: RE: BS: I ate a bodhran - mmm, tasty!
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 23 Jun 05 - 05:30 AM

The other trouble with banjos is as you take the first bite from the neck...the strings spring round your own neck and can cause strangulation.....you then make a noise......similar to the one you make.........when you hear someone.........actually playing a banjo.
Best wishes, Mike.

Subject: RE: BS: I ate a bodhran - mmm, tasty!
From: GUEST,Fullerton
Date: 23 Jun 05 - 10:50 AM

There is NO closed season on Bodhrans. They can be humanely despatched at any time of year.

Just like rats.

Subject: RE: BS: I ate a bodhran - mmm, tasty!
From: GUEST
Date: 23 Jun 05 - 11:29 AM

This fragrant rub is good on bodrhans, tambourines, banjos, and butterflied accordian.


1 Tbs. black peppercorns
1 Tbs. white peppercorns
1 Tbs. green peppercorns
1 1/2 tsp. coriander seeds
1 1/2 tsp. cumin seeds
1/2 tsp. hot red pepper flakes
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon

Toast the peppercorns, coriander, and cumin in a small skillet over medium heat, shaking the pan occasionally to prevent burning,3-5 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat, cool the spices to room temperature, then mix with the pepper flakes and cinnamon.
Grind the spice mixture to a powder in a spice grinder or coffee mill. (The rub can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for several weeks.)

To Use: rub all surfaces of the prepared instrument with a generous amount of the spice mixture - wrap well in plastic film and refrigerate minimum of 6 hours or overnight. Barbecue or roast slowly, brushing with a sauce frequently to prevent drying out.

Subject: RE: BS: I ate a bodhran - mmm, tasty!
From: GUEST,crazy little woman
Date: 23 Jun 05 - 11:32 AM

Y'all need to get out more. Start going to concerts by talented musicians, one of whom picks up the bodhran and does a long solo with fascinating changes of tempo, volume and pitch while the audience drinks in every sound.

The bodhran is one of the sexiest instruments around.

Subject: RE: BS: I ate a bodhran - mmm, tasty!
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 23 Jun 05 - 11:54 AM

the bodrhan in the hands of a talanted player is incredible. I am more then pleased to know several such.

the bodrhan as normally encountered is an affront to anyone attempting to appreciate music. Many players equate volume with excellence, have no sense of rythmn whatseoever and pay no attention to anyone else playing when they do.

Subject: RE: BS: I ate a bodhran - mmm, tasty!
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 23 Jun 05 - 01:22 PM

It's all a matter of 'taste' obviously.
Best wishes, Mike.

Subject: RE: BS: I ate a bodhran - mmm, tasty!
From: GUEST
Date: 24 Jun 05 - 07:54 AM

Surely the best way to cook the best is to stir fry it after first shredding it on a mandolin most well equiped kitchen have one

Subject: RE: BS: I ate a bodhran - mmm, tasty!
From: s6k
Date: 24 Jun 05 - 08:08 AM

im going to try one

Subject: RE: BS: I ate a bodhran - mmm, tasty!
From: GUEST,gnu
Date: 24 Jun 05 - 10:14 AM

Youse got expensive palates!! Or cheap Rhans. Or, are youse pilfering them?

Subject: RE: BS: I ate a bodhran - mmm, tasty!
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 24 Jun 05 - 02:15 PM

Re: the bodrhan as normally encountered is an affront to anyone attempting to appreciate music.

That's funny. I often think that about the fiddle. Don't plan to eat one, though. I get enough fiber from cracked-wheat bread.

Subject: RE: BS: I ate a bodhran - mmm, tasty!
From: GUEST
Date: 24 Jun 05 - 02:21 PM

Can one still buy bodhran-seltzer in that dark blue bottle? I fear I could use some.

Subject: RE: BS: I ate a bodhran - mmm, tasty!
From: GUEST,sorefingers
Date: 24 Jun 05 - 05:13 PM

Ah but, the bag of the bagpipe when properly perpared can be very nice too!

Subject: RE: BS: I ate a bodhran - mmm, tasty!
From: TS
Date: 24 Jun 05 - 07:40 PM

As a drummer I have to agree..when in the wrong hands the bodhran can be dangerous to one's health and hearing. On the other hand..I really hope my band mates don't read this thread. Could cause for more grief on stage. Its already to a point where they have ME telling the Bodhran jokes.....Slainte!

Subject: RE: BS: I ate a bodhran - mmm, tasty!
From: dianavan
Date: 25 Jun 05 - 01:54 AM

The only way to get rid of that goaty taste is to make sure it has been marinated with lots of spit.

Subject: RE: BS: I ate a bodhran - mmm, tasty!
From: The Barden of England
Date: 25 Jun 05 - 04:29 AM

My bodhran was far too expensive to try out the recipes, so I thought a tambourine would make a fine replacement. How wrong can you be - the jingles just wont take the marinade, and get stuck fast between the teeth. Never mind, I'm going to try a banjo next and see how that turns out.