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 02/10/2009 07:24:10 PM · #1
I have too much time on my hands. Watching an egret hunting in my lake, I wondered if they are edible. I haven't been able to find a recipe online, so I assume it just isn't done.

Same with Herons, darn it.
 02/10/2009 07:34:08 PM · #2
In the 15th century most fowls were eaten roasted.... but today I believe herons, egrets and the such are protected species?
 02/10/2009 07:39:07 PM · #3
Originally posted by Nobody:
I have too much time on my hands. Watching an egret hunting in my lake, I wondered if they are edible. I haven't been able to find a recipe online, so I assume it just isn't done.

Same with Herons, darn it.


They taste somewhere between a Whooping Crane, and a Spotted Owl...
 02/10/2009 07:39:30 PM · #4
But they just hang out like they are something special..... They need to be taught a lesson.
 02/10/2009 07:41:21 PM · #5
you can eat them if you can catch them. Least, that's my rule of thumb.
 02/10/2009 07:42:22 PM · #6
If you have too much time on your hands, try to see how close you can get to one. They are jumpy little things and usually it's no more than a few hundred yards.
 02/10/2009 07:42:47 PM · #7
yum

ETA: and it looks like you could have had some if you were king around the time aerogurl suggested

Message edited by author 2009-02-10 19:45:40.
 02/10/2009 07:46:55 PM · #8
You can eat 'em, but you might egret it...
 02/10/2009 07:48:43 PM · #9
From what I've read, they aren't really killed for their meat, but their feathers do make lovely hats (apparently they were hunted to endangerment around the 19th century for this)! Just don't kill any in New Zealand or Australia where they are a protected species.

//www.audubon.org/

//www.unep-aewa.org/home/index.htm

Message edited by author 2009-02-10 19:49:48.
 02/10/2009 07:52:06 PM · #10
Originally posted by pidge:
yum

ETA: and it looks like you could have had some if you were king around the time aerogurl suggested


Bittern - My Favorite!
 02/10/2009 08:40:13 PM · #11
Nothing to add to the convo but I think this qualifies as the most random question I've seen on DPC in a long while. ;)
 02/10/2009 08:47:38 PM · #12
Originally posted by scalvert:
You can eat 'em, but you might egret it...


oh Shannon that was terrible.........I egret reading it :)
 02/10/2009 08:57:49 PM · #13
not after watching them eat
02/10/2009 09:08:14 PM · #14
people eat dogs and they lick each others' butts - won't even go into what pigs eat...
 02/10/2009 09:19:41 PM · #15
Originally posted by keegbow:
Originally posted by scalvert:
You can eat 'em, but you might egret it...

oh Shannon that was terrible.........I egret reading it :)

Sorry, just chicken to see if you were laying attention. In stork contrast to other recent threads, this turkey's post quacked me up when I took a gander, and I didn't think I'd be robin Nobody by playing punguin. If I've ducked the rules against flyjacking (sometimes I frigate), just let out a shrike and I'll rhea write it.
 02/10/2009 09:27:24 PM · #16
Originally posted by scalvert:
Originally posted by keegbow:
Originally posted by scalvert:
You can eat 'em, but you might egret it...

oh Shannon that was terrible.........I egret reading it :)

Sorry, just chicken to see if you were laying attention. In stork contrast to other recent threads, this turkey's post quacked me up when I took a gander, and I didn't think I'd be robin Nobody by playing punguin. If I've ducked the rules against flyjacking (sometimes I frigate), just let out a shrike and I'll rhea write it.


You are not well. :P
 02/10/2009 09:32:44 PM · #17
Oh joy, oh raptor! My bad yolks got a response from Idnic. That's the Holy Quail for punguins (the celebrated booby prize). I shell stop now before this gets unpheasant. :-O
 02/10/2009 09:33:30 PM · #18
Originally posted by ralph:
not after watching them eat


Right. They taste like fish and pond scum. In general, wading birds taste crappy, I am told. A lot like that dried shrimp in Oriental markets smells, is how they taste. So I am told. Don't ask me who told me, please.

R.
 02/10/2009 09:34:45 PM · #19
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
So I am told. Don't ask me who told me, please.

A little birdie?
 02/10/2009 09:37:20 PM · #20
Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Right. They taste like fish and pond scum. In general, wading birds taste crappy, I am told. A lot like that dried shrimp in Oriental markets smells, is how they taste. So I am told. Don't ask me who told me, please.

R.

and the one (pair?) above liked to eat in a golf course run off pond / can't imagine the food chain in a chemical soup like that ... // need a simpsons 3 eyed fish (blinky?) icon ..
 02/10/2009 09:37:59 PM · #21
Originally posted by scalvert:
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
So I am told. Don't ask me who told me, please.

A little birdie?


I got a RAPTOR that's about to *stoop* on you from its ever-narrowing gyre if you don't SHADDUP!

R.
 02/10/2009 09:39:10 PM · #22
Originally posted by ralph:
Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Right. They taste like fish and pond scum. In general, wading birds taste crappy, I am told. A lot like that dried shrimp in Oriental markets smells, is how they taste. So I am told. Don't ask me who told me, please.

R.

and the one (pair?) above liked to eat in a golf course run off pond / can't imagine the food chain in a chemical soup like that ... // need a simpsons 3 eyed fish (blinky?) icon ..



02/10/2009 09:42:18 PM · #23
Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Is that an eyestrich or just a mutated goldfinch?

02/10/2009 09:43:20 PM · #24
Originally posted by scalvert:
Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Is that an eyestrich or just a mutated goldfinch?



OK, what are you taking and did you bring enough for everyone?
 02/10/2009 09:48:04 PM · #25
Originally posted by scalvert:
Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Is that an eyestrich or just a mutated goldfinch?



I think you should flock off now Shannon :)
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