starlings as food

[rtanner77]

http://www.ehow.com/how_8587512_eat-sta ... rrows.html

Has anyone seen this? This is just one of a handful of sites I've come across that deal with the consumption of starlings. Apparently in France they are eaten relatively regularly. I wish we could find a way to promote the regular hunting of starlings like we do mourning doves and other native birds.

I also found this starling recipe: Fry some chopped turnips and carrots. Add a little stock and a glass of red wine. Place some starlings or other small birds in the pan. Add a thin purée of boiled potatoes mashed with beaten eggs, dry mustard, and some stock and a little beer. Cover with stock and cook for about 30 minutes, adding some ripe olives near the end.

[Siberman]

I'm not squeamish . I'll eat most anything put on my plate but something about eating S & S just doesn't appeal to me .

Besides , if people started hunting them for food then the TPWD would get involved and set limits and seasons .

[Andy H]

I would eat them before I ate a trash eating raccoon or a road kill eating opossum.

[Michael Sanford ~ OK]

Not enough meat to mess with. You could probably eat an entire HOSP breast in one bite. A lot of work for one bite. EUST breast, maybe two bites.

[RC Moser]

"Fry some chopped turnips"? somehow eating starlings makes chopped turnips (without the starlings) sound great.

[~Ray~Gingerich]

If I was starving I wouldn't eat a starling, I would turn cannibal before doing that.

[RedSanders]

Sounds like a takeoff from a popular Louisiana recipe for spoonbill ducks.

Briefly, we stuff the duck with various vegies, rub the outside with a nice white wine and pepper, carefully lace it up, place it on a nice oak board. Cook at 350 degrees for about an hour, occasionally basting with butter. Remove from oven, throw the duck away and eat the board, cause spoonbill ducks taste like the mud they eat!!!

[RedSanders]

Sounds like a takeoff from a popular Louisiana recipe for spoonbill ducks.

Briefly, we stuff the duck with various vegies, rub the outside with a nice white wine and pepper, carefully lace it up, place it on a nice oak board. Cook at 350 degrees for about an hour, occasionally basting with butter. Remove from oven, throw the duck away and eat the board, cause spoonbill ducks taste like the mud they eat!!!

[RedSanders]

Sorry for double posting - really don't know how I did that.

[eyeamtheman]

Rtanner that just sounds gross.

[Siberman]

I would eat them before I ate a trash eating raccoon or a road kill eating opossum.

BBQ 'coon is excellent but I will never eat possum again unless I'm really hungry .

[rtanner77]

HA! The house sparrow part sounds gross to me, but starlings aren't much different in size than mourning doves, and plenty of people around here eat those, including me. Maybe if I trap enough starlings this year, I'll give them a try and let y'all know.

[EGunterTX]

Similar to a recipe I once saw for carp. Only difference is that you bake it on a cedar board. At the end of the baking time, you eat the board.

http://www.ehow.com/how_8587512_eat-sta ... rrows.html

I also found this starling recipe: Fry some chopped turnips and carrots. Add a little stock and a glass of red wine. Place some starlings or other small birds in the pan. Add a thin purée of boiled potatoes mashed with beaten eggs, dry mustard, and some stock and a little beer. Cover with stock and cook for about 30 minutes, adding some ripe olives near the end.

[Gobbler T]

I would eat them before I ate a trash eating raccoon or a road kill eating opossum.

I agree with Siberman! A BBQ coon done right will make your tongue beat your brains out! umm umm good!

However if you see me eating a possum you can bet ole GT is starving to death!