ever eat a magpie ?

[merlin]

what was it like ??....or any of the corvids ?

or are you all a suspisiuos lot ?.......que the soundtrack from the omen

[ChrisW6]

Woodies are delicious, not maggie as they carry a strain of salmonella...

[RICH2]

had a dream i ate a magpie and it was bloody awfull scarred me for life( dont try it) still cant look at a magpie the same

[cr*pshot]

No thanks - round our way they mainly seem to eat roadkill!!

[The Pie Man]

Its like eating a rat disgusting vermin disease ridden creatures..

[Mad Pierre]

Young Rooks (Branchers) are supposed to be good eating.
Avoid all other corvids.
There was a guy wrote in Airgunner mag about living off the land as an experiment, he described attempting to eat one out of desparation and lack of meat. He didn't recommend it.

[sphexx]

From:
http://www.recipes4all.co.uk/index.php/topic,60.0.html
War Time Recipe
Rook Pie
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* 6 rooks pepper and salt
* 3 hard boiled eggs ½ lb of rough puff pastry
* 1 pint warm water 1 oz butter
* 1 lb steak ½ oz of Cox's instant powdered
* 1 oz flour *gelatine
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Wash rooks well, taking care to remove the livers and backbones. Cut into neat joints and the steak into pieces, toss in flour, pepper and salt. Fry the rooks in hot butter and put onto plate, brown the steak, add warm water and simmer 1 hour. Put the rooks into the mixture and simmer for 1 hour longer. Boil eggs, remove shells and cut into quarters. Put the rooks, meat and eggs into a pie dish, pour gravy over gelatine and stir till dissolved. Pour over rooks and when cold, cover with pastry, decorate, brush with a beaten egg and bake ½ an hour. Pour in the gravy and serve cold. * If using oven with automatic control, set at No8 or letter H
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[danco1987]

Its like eating a rat disgusting vermin disease ridden creatures..

tree rats taste bloody lovely but they do eat all natural stuff where as who knows what maggies eat