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Saturday, December 28, 2019
Tongue In Cheek
R.E previous post titled "Troutbirder's Favorite Recipes." I think I need to go back and reread the chapter in the manual "How To Write Blog Posts" titled "Tongue In Cheek Satire." Obviously, judging by the majority of kind and generous posts I'd received so far.... I missed the mark. Lets start with the facts. I do have that cookbook. The titles of the recipes are real. I did hunt deer, pheasants, ruffed grouse, ducks and geese. I do not hunt/fish nor eat carp, coots(mudhens), muskrats, crayfish, opposum, skunk, racoon, woodchuck, beaver, snipe, or anything akin. For certain, in the golden age of my youth, I had killed and brought home some squirrels. Skinned and proudly presented to my city raised bride, (who had already demonstrated a certain degree of skepticism toward any meat not approved by the Department of Agriculture and wrapped in plastic), Mrs. T asked "what are they?" After explaning to her the conclusion was "they look like rats and I refuse to cook them." Thus ended my career of bring home for table use anything exotic found in my South Dakota cookbook......
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Whew! I am so glad to hear it was satire. I took one look at the recipe titles and as a good vegetarian, I moved on to the next blog...
ReplyDeleteYou are just too funny.
ReplyDeleteHuh, and here I thought I'd found a kindred spirit....lol.
ReplyDeleteI also have someplace the "Road Kill Cookbook", if you're interested.
Mike
Wives do have a way of putting their foot down, don't they?
ReplyDeleteAwe Mrs T reeled you in when you barely got started:)
ReplyDeleteMy mother taught me several ways to cook squirrel and other wild game. I married a man who had never shot a gun, much less hunted. Fortunately, we had a neighbor who worked with Ducks Unlimited and often hunted with contributors. His wife refused to cook any of the bounty so we reaped the benefit of some mighty fine eating. I have several game cookbooks although I agree with you there are some things I won't ever try to eat.
ReplyDeleteI have eaten a lot of those little squirrels.My mom would make them for us at breakfast if we got back early.
ReplyDeleteHeh...that's too funny! Being part Asian, I'm not too averse to some of that sportsman's harvest cuisine (tongue in cheek, of course). A votre sante!
ReplyDeleteI knew it! :-) There are definitely things I won't eat, either! lol.
ReplyDeleteOh well! The book is a great conversation starter when you meet someone new. You can fool them into thinking you're a Daniel Boone type. I agree with your wife on the rat thing. Squirrels are rodents. My husband said he ate quite a few while growing up. They were bagged by his dad and cooked by his mom. The only game I've ever agreed to eat is venison. It is pretty tasty.
ReplyDeleteMany times on my blog, I post Southern humor and nobody gets it!!!
ReplyDeleteHope you are over that terrible cold and feeling much better.
Oh my stars ~ I can't believe you brought home skinned squirrels for you wife to cook! You are very lucky that she stayed married to you!!! ;o)
ReplyDeleteHope you are having a lovely April!
xo Catherine
Hmmmm....no squirrels for me, even though my son DELIGHTS in bringing them home. Squirrel = Rodent
ReplyDeleteOne of my mother's cookbooks contains a section of recipes for wilds meats and fowl. One is for Boiled Moose Nose. Oh dear, I want to believe this is a joke...
ReplyDeleteThe book I mentioned below had one for jellied moose nose.
DeleteHi Ray: I was gone since before Christmas and missed my usual blogger posts .. yours included, so I just got caught up. I know well how hard it is for the first Christmas after the loss of your mate and it was wise of you to seek a way to face it with others. Music and kind words help a lot. And it didn't surprise me to see that you have your quirky sense of humor back. I look forward to reading much more from you in 2020. Hugs ...
ReplyDeleteSomeplace I have a book printed in the early 50's by the Canadian govt, intended for newcomer cooks, brides, etc in the far north. Cooking seals, Moose, making muk tuk (whale blubber) and the like. Fascinating reading.
ReplyDelete:)
ReplyDeleteSome people just don't have a sense of humor!
ReplyDeleteI have eaten squirrel, many years ago. Tastes like chicken, of course! Once I accompanied my first husband on a hunting expedition in the snowy woods. I cried when he shot a squirrel! That was the end of that.
ReplyDeleteMy dad tried to bring in squirrel and my mom would cook it too long making it impossible to eat. She did that often with meat. I think there was a duck he shot once but it too was a failed meal.
ReplyDeleteI guess if I were starving . . .
ReplyDeleteThe only dead squirrels I am familiar with have been smashed flat in the road so I have never had the opportunity to cook them.
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing what people will agree to eat out of necessity.
ReplyDeleteTake care and Happy New Year! May 2020 be better for all.