|
| Well there is a bit of truth in that, they say that starling eaters who try thrush never go back to starlings!
There is also this French saying, "when thrushes are few, eat blackbirds", which seems to put starlings at a lower culinary scale, since it's not even mentioned as a possible replacement...
As for vermin, many recipes for rabbit indeed, from the top of my head: Mustard; red wine; prunes; carrots; "chasseur" ("hunter", shallots and mushrooms and white wine sauce.) These are 5 different recipes, not one recipe with 5 ingredients! ;)
Small birds were traditional in rural Provence: Bunting, thrush, blackbird, robin. Much less now, some are illegal to hunt.
Preparation is limited to removing the feathers and the legs. The entrails are left to melt and drip on toast.
Here are a few pictures to show the rotisserie (broche, brochette) and the tray used to collect the melted fat.
The fat is then regularly poured back on the birds.
Some people even add a skewer of fat above the birds so it keeps dripping while the birds roast.
Mid-roast, toasted baguette is placed on the tray to absorb the drippings.
After the full roast (a good 2 hours), the birds are removed from the skewers and served whole on the toasts.
Hope this will knock hard School and make his stomach squeezier! ;)
Edited by Chimel 1/8/2014 19:19
 (48 thrushes, wrapped in back fat.jpg)
 (48 thrushes, cooked.jpg)
 (70 thrushes, 20 skylarks, 3 woodcocks.jpg)
 (72 thrushes, front.jpg)
 (72 thrushes, side.jpg)
 (thrush broche with nice tray.jpg)
 (thrushes and squabs on toast.jpg)
 (thrushes wrapped in myrtle leaves.jpg)
Attachments
----------------
 48 thrushes, wrapped in back fat.jpg (72KB - 214 downloads)
48 thrushes, cooked.jpg (78KB - 218 downloads)
70 thrushes, 20 skylarks, 3 woodcocks.jpg (44KB - 196 downloads)
72 thrushes, front.jpg (79KB - 200 downloads)
72 thrushes, side.jpg (64KB - 203 downloads)
thrush broche with nice tray.jpg (77KB - 181 downloads)
thrushes and squabs on toast.jpg (68KB - 206 downloads)
thrushes wrapped in myrtle leaves.jpg (33KB - 197 downloads)
| |
|
In my yard this morning. . .
