Where I am today

[Mash]

First two brace of pheasants ready for the freezer.

Pheasant breast schnitzel. Yummitiville

[buffalobob]

There are loads of pheasant about all of a sudden. My favourite thing to eat, I absolutely it. I seal the meat and cook slowly in a casserole with thick onion and sage gravy.
Whilst I was being chauffeured around down sarf we passed a fesh roadkill deer. I suggested that we get it in the boot and my daughter freaked out and got abusive (she gets that from her mum). Whats wrong with the younger generation eh. They don't know they're born.

[gaza the instructor]

They just don't have any of the ancient ways of our ancient forefathers.
Take road kill for example. The ancient ones would know good dear from
bad dear, first it is a little more expesive ie:- two Dear really or is that
my sons name. And secondly not fit to eat is it is going black thin and
shiny, showing signs of Pirelli P Zero or excessive tread depth. This means
it has been run over many times.
Are these the skills you mean Buffalobob ??

[buffalobob]

Spot on Gaza . This one was intact and in prime nick at the side of the road unflattened and begging to go into a freezer. My sprogs have always been reluctant to eat anything that doesn't come wrapped in plastic from a supermarket. If I brought anything in for the table with feathers/fur or scales, and a head they used to back off.

[gaza the instructor]

Well kids I love, but I couldn't eat a whole one.
Catch a Sea Bass or Salmon yum yum .

[Easydrinker]

My neighbours just dropped off (15 mins ago) a very clean kill, road kill Hare.
They found it while taking a late walk, ahead of the shit weather due for the next couple of days.
They brought it for my (once feral) cat, the only way to worm him is to bury the pill in his favourite food, which he literally wolfs down.
And fave food is rabbit or hare.
I think the saddle will be reserved for myself.

Robert.

[Easydrinker]

Fergot to say,
All, well, nearlly all roadkill is utilsed round these parts.
I live amongst a community of road cleaners.

Robert.

[Mash]

I am certainly a road cleaner. I have gralloch kit in the truck.

Why waste it? Why waste anything? I think we have lost touch with our inner animal and have become dependent on the state. Losing life skills and life knowledge along the way.

[buffalobob]

Couldn't have said it better Mash.

[Easydrinker]

Todays gales FCUK'd my polytunnel.
After much swearing managed to get the polythene folded down and secured on one side.
If we get a good day, I think it is fixable.
The hard part is now keeping the chucks out until then.
It has some netting temporarily fixed in place, but that is not very tall.
Ho hum.

Robert.

[buffalobob]

Some better weather coming next week mate. Get a couple of troops rounded up and it will get sorted . If its not one thing its another eh.

[phantom]

There are loads of pheasant about all of a sudden. My favourite thing to eat, I absolutely it. I seal the meat and cook slowly in a casserole with thick onion and sage gravy.
Whilst I was being chauffeured around down sarf we passed a fesh roadkill deer. I suggested that we get it in the boot and my daughter freaked out and got abusive (she gets that from her mum). Whats wrong with the younger generation eh. They don't know they're born.

Know the feeling. Saw an excellent, fresh Roe deer last week.

Problem for me is usually that the useless buggers manage to get clouted where there's no chance in hell to stop an artic. Otherwise it's easy to have a carcass hanging from the back of the cab (can wash off any "juice" later at yard with steam washer)........

As for the kids, it's us who've spoiled the ungrateful little swines with the convenience of supermarkets.

I used to drive a sludge tanker, and when it was busy the boss would rent in a tractor and tank. I'd move whatever at night, so it was a doddle to couple the tank for offload, then rather than pump the load off, I'd just vent the tank and sit on top shooting the rabbits with my brother's pellet gun (erindoors would go up the wall when she came down to find me gutting bunnies at 06 buffalo in the morning - but the rabbit tasted great ).....

[Easydrinker]

I have lost count of the deer bodies driven past on the edge of motorways.
I would like to think that they don't go to waste

Robert.

[buffalobob]

I have a mate who until recently used to load guns for Rodney Richpig on shoots. I asked him to grab a couple when he could. He would often bring me half a dozen pheasants or grouse. Sadly those days have gone, he reckons he's too old to lug guns and ammo through Heather on the moors now he's 70 , I keep telling him he's wrong but he's not having it

[gaza the instructor]

BB who is Rodney Richpig did you just make him up or is
related to Edward Kintwat, or Tarquin Limbinringtingohlaybiscuitbarell.
Here we go again ED over to you for a Monty P outrageous name.

[buffalobob]

I think they might be cousins . Rodney Richpig was a character out of the Furry Freak Brothers comic books, around in the early 70's.

[gaza the instructor]

Tarquin exists in the warped but very funny minds of the python crew.

[Easydrinker]

I had forgotten about the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers !
And gaza claimed the best Monty Python name.
What does he leave me with?
Smoketoomuch?

Robert.

[buffalobob]

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This Fat Freddy's cat badge will take you back in time then Robert

[wormwood]

"Wait till he puts on his stereo headphones!"

[Easydrinker]

I well remember playing the game 'Fed's and Heads' in around 1974.
A game given away, well, cut out from, one of these comics.
The game seemed to be based upon scoring weed without being caught.
Fat Freddy was a good source, IIRC....
What is nostagia all about?

Robert.

[Easydrinker]

Tonight, well last night now, I fed my neighbour 'bubble' on hot pork pie.
Fresh from the oven, just made pie.
It was stonking.
Just using up last years pork.
This years pork awaits.

Robert.

[buffalobob]

OMG I can taste it , my local butcher makes amazing pork pie but its even better warmed up so the jelly melts. But home made is always a cut above. I'm suddenly very very hungry .

[Mash]

Bugger. Never thought of hot pork pie.

[gaza the instructor]

And a hot pork pie caught him in the eye and Ernie bit the dust "Ernie"
And he drove the fastest Milk cart in the West.