Road Traffic Accident Happy Meal (How To Prepare).

This Pheasant had a wee accident whilst crossing the road. This video illustrates the process of preparing the bird for roasting. Frankly the normal way of plucking seems to be just too time consuming...but in the light of recent dietary change I realise I am wasting a certain amount of nutrition by not eating the skin.

I also now save the organs, that is the liver, heart, kidneys and boil the head and feet along with the carcass.


Apologies for video quality etc..

It's All About Bones Innit?

So I went into Lindsays..."Have you got any matrrow bones?"
Off goes the rosy cheeked butcher man into the huge fridge at back of the shop. (Have you noticed
how pale and ill customers in Holland  Barrett look)
"It must be a very big dog!"
" Yes I reply"
"I had a posh woman in here wanting a whole bag of bones and didnae offer ony money for them and she was standing there wi' a carrier bag from Simon Howie! juist put something in the charity box sir"

Then the bones simply go in the oven for about 20 mins to start with at 200 C,

At this stage the marrow, apparently the dog's bollox as far as nutrition is concerned, can be scraped out with a chopstick. I fried some onion in it added lemon juice and parsley and hey presto! a wee entree...

After another 15mins in the oven the now marrow-less bones go into the pressure cooker with a suitable amount of water and the usual carrots. celery. onion, and bay leaves. 40 mins later ...

There is a pan of gelatinous gloop. I mean why spend money on that Glucosamine shit when it's all there in the joints of a large cow?   All that's left to do is strain it and leave to cool..

Then for a breakfast that is pretty low G.I. Just spoon some of the jelly into a bowl, throw in some bits of meat, veg, and warm it up..This has some "Wild" mushrooms out of Tesco which looks curiously like something else tee hee

Actually we're not done yet...with the means of a hammer the now soften bones can be smashed a la paleolithic people..(apparently).

After another 1/2 hour in the Pressure Cooker the result is yet more stock. This kind of tastes more..well.. bony I guess...who knows what's actually in it but presumably whatever you need to make bones out of?