steve_b_wales Posted August 4, 2013 Report Share Posted August 4, 2013 Has anyone ever eaten Crow's breasts? I know that young Rooks can be eaten, but what about Crow? I have removed the breasts from many Crows for my friend who runs an Owl sanctuary, and they smelled really bad. I've been watching a DVD from America, where some Crow shooters, who were shooting any and all Crows they could, removed the breasts, marinated them, and then cooked them on a barbeque. When the meat was cooked, it looked identical to pigeon breast meat, and they all agreed that it tasted delicious. I don't eat with my eyes, so to speak, but I'm not sure if I would try Crow. I'm going to email my American friend and ask him if he has ever tried it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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houlsby Posted August 4, 2013 Report Share Posted August 4, 2013 They eat road kill and hang out on rubbish tips. I wouldn't even consider it lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny12w Posted August 4, 2013 Report Share Posted August 4, 2013 i was always under the impression that you werent meant to eat animals that are meat eaters. could be completely wrong here but you dont eat a fox?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackpowder Posted August 4, 2013 Report Share Posted August 4, 2013 Steve! The chairman of our allotment assoc was trying to tell me that crow breasts are the in thing in London eating houses, being more expensive than that great delight seared pigeon breast. Never felt ythe need to eat crow myself as always had something better. Up here it was once a social occasion in MAy shooting branchers and a crow pie supper to follow. Blackpowder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deputy dog Posted August 4, 2013 Report Share Posted August 4, 2013 Tasted young Rooks many years back, an old farm hand called Nevill used to shoot branches in May and cook the breast off them. If I recall I didn't take to the taste and found them quite sour but that may have been his cooking lol. But I think like most shooters, they should just be shot and desposed off in an appropriate manor. Better just sticking to what I know which is game birds and pigeons which I know I like eating. DD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larson Posted August 4, 2013 Report Share Posted August 4, 2013 (edited) i have taken crow to my local butcher at his request. he has customers for them. Edited August 4, 2013 by larson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy Galore! Posted August 4, 2013 Report Share Posted August 4, 2013 i was always under the impression that you werent meant to eat animals that are meat eaters. could be completely wrong here but you dont eat a fox?? that's what the muslims reckon too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveyg Posted August 4, 2013 Report Share Posted August 4, 2013 eating a crow would be like eating a rat..no thank you... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxy bingo Posted August 4, 2013 Report Share Posted August 4, 2013 good job you don,t live in china they cut their toe nails and find a dish to put them in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted August 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2013 They eat road kill and hang out on rubbish tips. I wouldn't even consider it lol True, but it's the stomach contents that contain all the bacteria etc. Rat's are eaten in many parts of the world, and they were eaten during WW2 by prisoners of war. Once they were gutted and cleaned, the meat was cooked and eaten. Not saying that I would like to try one of our sewage rats, but again, what passes through their digestive system should not affect the meat (muscle) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wulliewinky Posted August 4, 2013 Report Share Posted August 4, 2013 Gorden Ramsey was cooking them on utube, we all eat fish & they eat ****. Bottom feeders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny12w Posted August 4, 2013 Report Share Posted August 4, 2013 that's what the muslims reckon too no they dont eat pork i believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted August 4, 2013 Report Share Posted August 4, 2013 no way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitebridges Posted August 4, 2013 Report Share Posted August 4, 2013 (edited) SbW try one or two yourself and make your own mind up. I've eaten them and don't like them. I've also eaten squirrel several times and cooked different ways and I didn't like them either. Celebrity chefs and restaurants like a story and something different despite how it can taste sometimes. Edited August 5, 2013 by Whitebridges Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted August 4, 2013 Report Share Posted August 4, 2013 (edited) I always thought that when people talked of eating crow they really meant rook but couldn't tell the difference. Or wanted to make it a bit more dramatic. Poor people in America would have eaten crow and squirrel because they used to eat anything and everything they could shoot, many people relied on the gun for their only source of protein. I've always believed that's why the Americans traditionally have this big thing about guns and shooting generally. Its embedded in their culture not for fighting the Indians or self defence, its food on the table. Edited August 4, 2013 by Vince Green Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimlet Posted August 4, 2013 Report Share Posted August 4, 2013 (edited) I'm with the Muslims. So is much of the rest of the animal kingdom. Unless desperate, flesh eaters tend to eat herbivores. It is generally only carrion feeders that eat the flesh of other meat eaters. Crows are carrion feeders. I wouldn't touch one with a barge pole, any more than I'd have roast vulture for Sunday lunch. Edited August 4, 2013 by Gimlet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal Mother Posted August 4, 2013 Report Share Posted August 4, 2013 (edited) All of this "don't eat the meat of animals that are meat eaters" is a load of rubbish. I assume, unless you are all vegetarians, that you eat chicken? How about fish? Crab? Lobster? All of these animals eat "meat". Bear meat, dog meat, cat meat and similar are regularly eaten all over the world. Oh, and the Muslim thing, that's wrong. It is meat of the pig that they don't it as it's considered unclean (as it will eat anything and everything without restraint. It is the restraint thing mainly. However, Muslims are permitted to eat pig if they must eat to live). Edited August 4, 2013 by Animal Mother Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted August 4, 2013 Report Share Posted August 4, 2013 The French eat foxes I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted August 4, 2013 Report Share Posted August 4, 2013 as animal mother said pigs will eat anything. animal, vegetable, or mineral. and i have seen chickens eating mice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted August 4, 2013 Report Share Posted August 4, 2013 as animal mother said pigs will eat anything. animal, vegetable, or mineral. and i have seen chickens eating mice. Pigs will eat you if you fall over and bang your head. Feeding bodies to the pigs was one of the best ways of disposing of a body allegedly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul T Posted August 4, 2013 Report Share Posted August 4, 2013 I agree with the 'not if it eats meat group' as a general principle. That said, my chickens have their fill of leftover cat food, baby mice (pinkies) etc so I guess I fall fowl <bad pun smiley> of that principle. I did prep a crow for the cats and it was a beggar to pluck - really hard feathered and well set in. It didn't look or smell like any meat I would eat unless very very desperate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the pigeon man Posted August 4, 2013 Report Share Posted August 4, 2013 If any one has the taste for crow I shoot 200 plus a week if any ones interested Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malik Posted August 4, 2013 Report Share Posted August 4, 2013 (edited) that's what the muslims reckon too Indeed. Its true. I don't fully understand the logic behind it though. I did read about it a long time a go. Edited August 4, 2013 by Malik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sx3 clay breaker Posted August 4, 2013 Report Share Posted August 4, 2013 They eat rooks on one of chris green DVDs but not for me thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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