BS: Squabs Thread

Subject: RE: BS: Squabs Thread
From: MMario
Date: 16 Mar 06 - 11:02 AM

see also three main species

Subject: RE: BS: Squabs Thread
From: Windsinger
Date: 16 Mar 06 - 11:12 AM

more tender then the wooden ones on violins.

Unless you're a termite, :P I imagine so.

Not nearly as much roughage though.

Slán,

~Fionn

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Subject: RE: BS: Squabs Thread
From: Ebbie
Date: 16 Mar 06 - 12:08 PM

It's my understanding that squab is young pigeon. When I was a girl in Virginia local people on occasion went out to the barns after dark and caught some.

And they ate squirrel too.

Subject: RE: BS: Squabs Thread
From: frogprince
Date: 16 Mar 06 - 02:54 PM

Had some alligator tail for appetizer at a local restaurant a few months back. Not really unpalatable or vile, but as they prepared it it was very greasy and chewy, and not flavorful enough to over-ride those factors.
We went to Colorado and Arizona a couple of years ago, and when we got back I kicked myself for having forgotten to see if I could find some rattlesnake to eat.
Brain and tongue are both things I would have a very hard time eating unless on the brink of starvation. I know that's just subjective reaction, but it's my subjective reaction.

Subject: RE: BS: Squabs Thread
From: Rapparee
Date: 16 Mar 06 - 03:21 PM

Buffalo tongue was shipped East by the ton, it was considered a delicacy of the first order. Brains (I've eaten them, but years and years ago) are soft and mushy, as you'd expect; I have them fried into a patty -- crisp on the outside and soft and mushy on the inside. I wouldn't eat them now.

Subject: RE: BS: Squabs Thread
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 16 Mar 06 - 03:39 PM

Try the Sacromonte Omelette mentioned in the first paragraph. That'll put hairs on your chest!
Giok

Subject: RE: BS: Squabs Thread
From: Rapparee
Date: 16 Mar 06 - 03:51 PM

Ya ever eat calf fries, pilgrim?

Subject: RE: BS: Squabs Thread
From: Peace
Date: 16 Mar 06 - 03:57 PM

Prairie Oysters?

Subject: RE: BS: Squabs Thread
From: Rapparee
Date: 16 Mar 06 - 04:29 PM

Call 'em what you will. Jist stretch a calf out, brand it, earmark it, vaccinate it, cut it and let it run. When you got enough, give the cuttin' to the cook to fry up.

Subject: RE: BS: Squabs Thread
From: Peace
Date: 16 Mar 06 - 04:30 PM

Yep. Done it all but the cutting. Need experienced folks for that. AND, it's one helluva lot easier with a cradle. I'm just too old for anymore hand-throwing. Especially when the branding is late.

Subject: RE: BS: Squabs Thread
From: Rapparee
Date: 16 Mar 06 - 04:44 PM

Met a guy who decided it would be fun and useful to cut a mountain lion. He learned from his mistake, and the next time he tries it he'll try it with a male. Oh, yeah, they call him "Scars" for some reason....