marsh man

Not sure if that is correct LB, maybe some of the time but not all of the time , would you say an ole hen bird is better than a young coxk bird , I pick a brace out with short spurs , both wings and legs in good order with no damage shown , hard frosty ground can make a difference with bruising, along with hanging them up for to long in mild conditions , they used to say a week in October , two weeks in November then as long as you like in December onwards , when this was first told the Winters must had been a lot colder then than it is now , unless it is freezing I find about a week is plenty long enough . MM

Now come on Alan, What with Christmas only around the corner and plenty of time off work you certainly live an exciting life , your next big bag of Pigeons could be the next report we read and will put all us ole armchair shooters on a high MERRY CHRISTMAS

I got the cabbage from Meale's at Stalham on Sunday , wasn't even alright , I won't be buying another one , them little Green pointed ones from M + S are nice and only cost about 85p each , I am also glad I didn't buy the Chicken breast for my Christmas dinner , part of the fault was my lack of taste bud but it just tasted very plain , as I got two free coffees and a few bargains then I couldn't complain , anything meat wise that I don't eat then my dog coat will end up looking like varnish . MM

Warming yes , but the White cabbage was tasteless and the chicken didn't have a great deal of taste neither although the sauce helped a bit. I also bought of all things , A Guinea Fowl , not sure if I have ever tried one , we will no doubt soon find out , and believe it or not it didn't even cost a Guinea . MM

Tonight It was back to using up what was lying about , I had some Parsnips , Organic carrots , White cabbage that was tasteless , Fresh cauli , Fresh sprouts , A reduced packet of two Chicken breast's and a jar of Sweat And Sour that was a month out of date , still it made a tea up , tomorrow night I am out for drinks and eats from where I worked so Thursday I might do the Pheasant breasts , I seem to be handling a lot of breasts lately

Are you trying to build your mussels up ?, I could be Olive Oil and you could be Pop Eye , I don't think I could leave it overnight , the temptation would be to much for me and by the morning it would be nibbled around the edges . MM

Apart from the veg most of my food is either pre cooked or it's a case of following the instructions , I do allocate a certain amount of time in both preparing and cooking but I just cannot spend half the afternoon getting a meal for one ready , as it was a mild afternoon I did take my gun with me tonight , had a yarn with one of the ex members ( Answer 2 ) before it got dark , the ole boy is getting slow now after having heart problems and two minor strokes , left him as he was then going home and I went and sat near a nice splash of water , shot a lovely drake Mallard with my first shot and then brought back down to earth with missing the next one , even though my dog could see alright my staying down there in the dark is now behind me , might have the latest duck over Christmas but I have already got a brace of Pheasants and will get another brace on Friday so it look as if duck and long tails will be on the menu over the rest of the season , Anytime you want a duck or pheasant just let me know and I will send it up to the kings county by air mail . MM

I would imagine that your sausage and mustard roll was equally as good as my roll and might had even been better , overall I eat fairly well and am just about holding my weight from month by month which I am happy with , I bought some Chicken breast from Waitrose Sunday dirt cheap so I am having a couple tonight done in a jar of Sweet and Sour I had lying about with some steamed veg , the Apple crumble was not as nice as some of M + S fruit pies but then again it's nice to have a change .

THANKS for your advice , I have just had a nice fresh warm cheese roll with the leftover slices of Beef , I smeared the top with Coleman's Horse Radish Sauce and it wasn't that bad , not as strong as the home made stuff we used to buy , a nice little snack and the rolls themselves were very nice ,

I don't really know where to start on that meal , not really to my taste but a fair bit of work have gone into producing that and I am sure it was enjoyed by whoever like that sort of thing , sorry not for me . MM 😢

I felt exactly the same way , I saw the news tonight and knew more or less what was coming with the details but when they showed you when he got called home because the little girl was unwell he then hit her with a iron bar and that was what killed her , to think of the pain she suffered make you feel chilled to the bone and wondered how many more are going through this evil without the outside world knowing about , some very sick and evil people out there somewhere . MM

Mustard I can handle but Horseradish I doubt if my ole heart is man enough nowadays 😋 , I used to buy a jar that was homemade off the market place , this would make you sweat as soon as you undone the lid , my god that was strong , now later in life you tend to forget about some of the different foods you had in your younger days , some you miss that you can no longer get , and others you are glad they are now just a memory . MM

It must be nearly as traditional as the Christmas day dinner itself to finish of the leftovers , on the shooting day itself , I would take a couple of sausage rolls ( home made ) a chunk of Christmas cake , a couple of Tangerines and a handful of Quality street . oh and when I drank alcohol I would take a hip flask of dark Rum . Yes I do , it was like a sweet Branston pickle .

Yes we always had that sort of ( lunch ) for Boxing Day evening meal , I was always out for the day and that sort of meal was easy to prepare and you cleared up the Christmas day leftovers , depending on what you liked , we had Branson Brown pickle , Pickle onions and years ago it was Piccalille , you don't see that used much nowadays , or do you ? MM

I know exactly what you mean , I am also impressed with how you make full use of these dull Winter days , beating one day , on the look out the next and then having ago the following day , a day off and then the whole process start again , my week is similar although the gun now mainly stay at home , on the shoot last Saturday , a Christmas drink and get together on Thursday night and then on Friday is the last shoot before Christmas , this retirement lark is not as bad as some people make out