-=> Quoting Michael Loo to Jim Weller <=-

 JW> they were quite special in their day but sadly now they are
 JW> just any young immature chickens

 ML> One of the triumphs of marketing

More of a triumph of lobbying!
 
 ML> The notion of subspecies is beyond me. It's like races or
 ML> perhaps clans. They interbreed with viable and fertile results,
 ML> they're the same species.

Subspecies are two or more populations of a single species living in
different areas and varying in physical appearance. They can
certainly interbreed but in general don't, due to geographic
isolation and/or sexual selection by the perceived attractiveness of
similarly appearing potential mates. Race/breed/variety/cultivar/
strain is an even lower measure of differentiation.

 ML> Well, possibly. I'm fairly sure that the notion of
 ML> subspecies was beyond everyone else back then, too.

It's a term that has been used in scientific literature for a long
time. I googled a dictionary site: it's first written appearance was
in 1681.

 JW> Deer

 ML> I have known hunting people who swear that the vermin nosh on
 ML> the crops until season opens and then hang around in the parks
 ML> until it's over.  

That seems to be true. Case in point: when bison were protected in
the NWT they congregated on highway right of ways that had been
cleared of trees to graze. They were not afraid of vehicles even if
people stopped to take pictures. But when the population was high
enough to allow a limited hunt (by local Indigenous Aboriginal and
Metis only, one animal each) several were shot from vehicles right
in the ditch, The survivors headed into the bush and weren't seen
again for years.

Dave talks about walking up to and clubbing non-migratory
geese but I can assure you that if that became common practise the
birds would either flee or attack. Wild migratory geese are
difficult to hunt, very wary, with keen eyesight. The slightest
movement, cough or wisp of cigarette smoke in a blind can spook an
incoming flock from making a landing and they'll fly on to the next
lake at great height.  

 ML> Pheasant, foie gras, and truffle sausage 
 ML> 2 lb MacFarlane Pheasants boneless, skinless thigh meat
 ML> 1/2 lb pork fat back, partially frozen
 ML> 2 lb baked potato, roasted, peeled, riced and chilled
 ML> 2 oz foie gras, seared, chilled, diced

That sounds delicious but is that not a lot of potato in the
mixture? When I make sausages I generally use 2%-3% by weight cereal
binder up to 10% max ground rusks for bangers.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Orange-Glazed Game Hens
 Categories: Cornish hen, Fruit, Marinades
      Yield: 4 Servings
 
    3/4 c  Fresh orange juice
    1/2 c  Orange honey
    1/4 c  Soy sauce
      2 tb Hoisin sauce
      2 tb Minced orange peel
      3 lg Garlic cloves; pressed
      1 tb Minced fresh ginger
      2 ts Oriental sesame oil
      2 x  1.5 lb Cornish game hens;
           -halved
      3    Oranges; peeled, white pith
           -removed
           Sesame seeds
      6 oz Snow peas
 
  Mix first 8 ingredients in large bowl. Add hens skin side down. Cover
  and refrigerate 24 hours, turning once.
  
  Using small sharp knife, cut between membranes of oranges to release
  segments. Set orange segments aside.
  
  Preheat oven to 400 F. Transfer hens to shallow baking pan. Place
  marinade in heavy small saucepan and boil until reduced to 3/4 cup,
  about 12 minutes. Brush both sides of hens with reduced marinade.
  Arrange skin side up in pan. Roast 5 minutes. Baste hens. Cook 10
  minutes longer. Reduce oven temperature to 350 F. Baste hens and cook
  10 minutes. Sprinkle hens with sesame seeds and roast until cooked
  through, about 10 minutes longer. Let stand 10 minutes.
  
  Cook snow peas in pot of boiling salted water until crisp-tender,
  1 to 2 minutes. Drain. Place 1 hen half in center of each plate.
  Alternate snow peas and orange segments around hens and serve.
  
  Bon Appetit March 1992
 
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Cheers

Jim


... "American cheese is not cheese" is like saying meatloaf is not meat

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