This weekend I attended a poultry show and the usual question was asked if these turkeys are rare how can eating them be justified. Well, turkeys were originally domesticated and reared for the table, and over the years various varieties with unique virtues have been develop within the domestic stock. However, in recent years commercial turkeys have essentially replaced the original…
We have just finished preparing a 15-month-old Norfolk Black stag for our dinner tomorrow. He had a good life free-ranging around the paddocks and hopefully took the opportunity to enjoy the varied diet. He has a proportionate amount of fat in all the right places, a good meat-to-bone ratio, and certainly looks good in the roasting tin. It is always a…
I was asked a couple of days ago if turkey eggs were good to eat, and it was great to chat with someone about the delights of cooking with one of nature’s most perfectly packaged foods. Brenda regularly uses them in her baking and this suits me and my sweet tooth just fine. Of course, they make the most delicious scrambled eggs…