swan

Terje Tange said:

Can anybody please help me?
I have a swan, what shall I do to make it eatable. I have invited 10 for
dinner.

What do you suggest?

Terje Tange

I always thought that swans are protected and may not be eaten in the
USA. Am I wrong? Does someone know?

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Can anybody please help me?
I have a swan, what shall I do to make it eatable. I have invited 10 for
dinner.

What do you suggest?

Cook it the same way you'd do with Northern pike. Izaak Walton's method:

Compleat Angler, Book 1, Chapter 8, the fourth day

.... this direction how to roast him [ie. a pike] when he is caught is
choicely good, for I have tried it, and it is somewhat the better for
not being common; but with my direction you must take this caution,
that your pike must not be a small one, that is, it must be more than
half a yard, and should be bigger.
First, open your pike at the gills, and if need be, cut also a
little slit towards the belly; out of these take his guts and keep
his liver, which you are to shred very small with thyme, sweet
marjoram, and a little winter-savory; to these put some pickled
oysters, and some anchovies, two or three, both these last whole;
for the anchovies will melt, and the oysters should not: to these
you must add also a pound of sweet butter, which you are to mix with
the herbs that are shred, and let them all be well salted: if the
pike be more than a yard long, then you may put into these herbs more
than a pound, or if he be less, then less butter will suffice: these
being thus mixed with a blade or two of mace, must be put into the
pike's belly, and then his belly so sewed up as to keep all the
butter in his belly, if it be possible: if not, then as much of it
as you possibly can; but take not off the scales: then you are to
thrust the spit through his mouth out at his tail; and then take
four, five or six split sticks or very thin laths, and a convenient
quantity of tape or filleting: these laths are to be tied round
about the pike's body from his head to his tail, and the tape tied
somewhat thick to prevent his breaking or falling off from the spit:
let him be roasted very leisurely, and often basted with claret wine
and anchovies and butter mixed together, and also with what moisture
falls from him into the pan: when you have roasted him sufficiently,
you are to hold under him, when you unwind or cut the tape that ties
him, such a dish as you purpose to eat him out of; and let him fall
into it with the sauce that is roasted in his belly; and by this
means the pike will be kept unbroken and complete: then, to the
sauce which was within, and also that sauce in the pan, you are to
add a fit quantity of the best butter, and to squeeze the juice of
three or four oranges: lastly, you may either put into the pike with
the oysters two cloves of garlick, and take it whole out, when the
pike is cut off the spit; or to give the sauce a _haut-gout_ let the
dish into which you let the pike fall be rubbed with it: the using
or not using of this garlick is left to your discretion. - M.B.
This dish of meat is too good for any but anglers, or very honest
men; and I trust you will prove both, and therefore I have trusted
you with this secret.

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Terje Tange said:

Can anybody please help me?
I have a swan, what shall I do to make it eatable. I have invited 10 for
dinner.

What do you suggest?

Terje Tange

I always thought that swans are protected and may not be eaten in the USA.
Am I wrong? Does someone know?

Troll slowly for this species, being careful not to drag your lures across
those of other anglers fishing in the area.......

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Terje Tange said:

Can anybody please help me?
I have a swan, what shall I do to make it eatable. I have invited 10 for
dinner.

What do you suggest?

Terje Tange

I've never cooked swan, but I'd treat it like a wild goose.

Hope this helps? :-)

Cheers!
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

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Terje Tange said:

Can anybody please help me?
I have a swan, what shall I do to make it eatable. I have invited 10
for dinner.

What do you suggest?

Terje Tange

I always thought that swans are protected and may not be eaten in the
USA. Am I wrong? Does someone know?

I don't know about USA but in Britain all swans belong to the Queen

Ophelia said:

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Terje Tange said:

Can anybody please help me?
I have a swan, what shall I do to make it eatable. I have invited 10
for dinner.

What do you suggest?

Terje Tange

I always thought that swans are protected and may not be eaten in the
USA. Am I wrong? Does someone know?

I don't know about USA but in Britain all swans belong to the Queen

And when Liz dies that kid with the big ears gets to be Queen.

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Ophelia said:

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Terje Tange wrote:
> Can anybody please help me?
> I have a swan, what shall I do to make it eatable. I have invited
> 10
> for dinner.
>
> What do you suggest?
>
>
> Terje Tange
I always thought that swans are protected and may not be eaten in
the
USA. Am I wrong? Does someone know?

I don't know about USA but in Britain all swans belong to the Queen

And when Liz dies that kid with the big ears gets to be Queen.

yers🙂)))

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Margaret Suran said:

Terje Tange said:

Can anybody please help me?
I have a swan, what shall I do to make it eatable. I have invited 10 for
dinner.

What do you suggest?

Terje Tange

I always thought that swans are protected and may not be eaten in the
USA. Am I wrong? Does someone know?

Swans are often raised domestically and those are not protected.
There is also a hunting season on some species.

Peacock is commonly eaten also.

Cheers!
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

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Dave Smith said:

Ophelia said:

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Terje Tange wrote:
> Can anybody please help me?
> I have a swan, what shall I do to make it eatable. I have invited 10
> for dinner.
>
> What do you suggest?
>
>
> Terje Tange
I always thought that swans are protected and may not be eaten in the
USA. Am I wrong? Does someone know?

I don't know about USA but in Britain all swans belong to the Queen

And when Liz dies that kid with the big ears gets to be Queen.

What is up with you guys?
I didn't think this was a troll.
Wild swans are hunted just like wild geese are,
and it's not all that uncommon to eat them.

I've also known folks to raise them domestically and cull the excess
males.
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

The following swans are protected by the U.S. , via the Wild Bird
Protected Act:
Swan, Trumpeter, Cygnus buccinator*
Tundra, Cygnus columbianus*
Whooper, Cygnus cygnus
---------------
But this poster, Terje Tange, is a TROLL, --probably the same one who
yesterday posted that nasty potato dish, with lime, anchovies, saffron,
chocolate, etc.

Nancree

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nancree said:

The following swans are protected by the U.S. , via the Wild Bird
Protected Act:
Swan, Trumpeter, Cygnus buccinator*
Tundra, Cygnus columbianus*
Whooper, Cygnus cygnus
---------------
But this poster, Terje Tange, is a TROLL, --probably the same one who
yesterday posted that nasty potato dish, with lime, anchovies, saffron,
chocolate, etc.

Nancree

Okay. :-)
So I fell for it...... sorry!
It's just that I knew a woman in California that raised all kinds of
different birds, including swans and peacocks, and DID kill off excess
males for the freezer. My mom used to help her so we'd get a couple of
peacocks for out own freezer now and then in "payment".

And yeah, that potato dish sounded like it'd taste like vomit. :-P
So did the egg dish the previous day!

Cheers!
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

Ophelia said:

I don't know about USA but in Britain all swans belong to the Queen

So, what's her recipe?

nb

On Tue 25 Oct 2005 01:20:02p, Ophelia wrote in rec.food.cooking:

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Terje Tange said:

Can anybody please help me?
I have a swan, what shall I do to make it eatable. I have invited 10
for dinner.

What do you suggest?

Terje Tange

I always thought that swans are protected and may not be eaten in the
USA. Am I wrong? Does someone know?

I don't know about USA but in Britain all swans belong to the Queen

Does she eat them?

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
____________________________________________

Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
Sam Goldwyn, 1882-1974

On Tue 25 Oct 2005 01:55:06p, nancree wrote in rec.food.cooking:

Quoted message said:

The following swans are protected by the U.S. , via the Wild Bird
Protected Act:
Swan, Trumpeter, Cygnus buccinator*
Tundra, Cygnus columbianus*
Whooper, Cygnus cygnus
---------------
But this poster, Terje Tange, is a TROLL, --probably the same one who
yesterday posted that nasty potato dish, with lime, anchovies, saffron,
chocolate, etc.

Nancree

Damn! And here I could have served that potato dish with the roasted swan.

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
____________________________________________

Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
Sam Goldwyn, 1882-1974

On Tue 25 Oct 2005 02:04:18p, OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote in rec.food.cooking:

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In article <[email hidden]>,

nancree said:

The following swans are protected by the U.S. , via the Wild Bird
Protected Act:
Swan, Trumpeter, Cygnus buccinator*
Tundra, Cygnus columbianus*
Whooper, Cygnus cygnus
---------------
But this poster, Terje Tange, is a TROLL, --probably the same one who
yesterday posted that nasty potato dish, with lime, anchovies, saffron,
chocolate, etc.

Nancree

Okay. :-)
So I fell for it...... sorry!
It's just that I knew a woman in California that raised all kinds of
different birds, including swans and peacocks, and DID kill off excess
males for the freezer. My mom used to help her so we'd get a couple of
peacocks for out own freezer now and then in "payment".

And yeah, that potato dish sounded like it'd taste like vomit. :-P
So did the egg dish the previous day!

Cheers!

Did you present it at table with the tail feathers, as in days of yore? :-)

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
____________________________________________

Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
Sam Goldwyn, 1882-1974

OmManiPadmeOmelet said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I don't know about USA but in Britain all swans belong to the Queen

And when Liz dies that kid with the big ears gets to be Queen.

What is up with you guys?
I didn't think this was a troll.
Wild swans are hunted just like wild geese are,
and it's not all that uncommon to eat them.

I've also known folks to raise them domestically and cull the excess
males.

That my be, but when someone pops in out of nowhere and asks how to cook something
like swan he is most likely a troll.

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Wayne Boatwright said:

On Tue 25 Oct 2005 02:04:18p, OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote in rec.food.cooking:

Quoted message said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

nancree said:

The following swans are protected by the U.S. , via the Wild Bird
Protected Act:
Swan, Trumpeter, Cygnus buccinator*
Tundra, Cygnus columbianus*
Whooper, Cygnus cygnus
---------------
But this poster, Terje Tange, is a TROLL, --probably the same one who
yesterday posted that nasty potato dish, with lime, anchovies, saffron,
chocolate, etc.

Nancree

Okay. :-)
So I fell for it...... sorry!
It's just that I knew a woman in California that raised all kinds of
different birds, including swans and peacocks, and DID kill off excess
males for the freezer. My mom used to help her so we'd get a couple of
peacocks for out own freezer now and then in "payment".

And yeah, that potato dish sounded like it'd taste like vomit. :-P
So did the egg dish the previous day!

Cheers!

Did you present it at table with the tail feathers, as in days of yore? :-)

<lol> No. ;-)

Peacock is a lot like pheasant...... ;-d

When you are raising these birds, it's just like any other poultry flock.
Too many males are hell on the hens. Culling is necessary if you can't
sell them off.

Cheers!
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

"Margaret Suran" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Terje Tange said:

Can anybody please help me?
I have a swan, what shall I do to make it eatable. I have invited 10 for
dinner.

What do you suggest?

Terje Tange

I always thought that swans are protected and may not be eaten in the USA.
Am I wrong? Does someone know?

I just searched swan + hunting season and got a page about swan seasons in
Virginia.

Ms P

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Dave Smith said:

OmManiPadmeOmelet said:

Quoted message said:

> I don't know about USA but in Britain all swans belong to the Queen

And when Liz dies that kid with the big ears gets to be Queen.

What is up with you guys?
I didn't think this was a troll.
Wild swans are hunted just like wild geese are,
and it's not all that uncommon to eat them.

I've also known folks to raise them domestically and cull the excess
males.

That my be, but when someone pops in out of nowhere and asks how to cook
something
like swan he is most likely a troll.

I see that now. :-) Was just giving them the benefit of the doubt...

But I do stand by my original answer. Habitat and diet are similar to
goose, so I'd cook it the same way if I were to do so......

I've had peacock, but never swan. Stella kept her excess male swans for
her own dinner table.

Cheers!
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson