Young rooks

[Refraktorius]

In the early summer in Western Jutland, the hunting of young rooks is a great sport.

You stroll around the colony, and when the just flight worthy young jump out of the nest, you pop them with a .22 or (hard shooting) airgun.

The great thing is, that they taste very well.

Skin them, clean them, rub them inside and out with salt and pepper, then fill them with a mixture of chopped onions, bacon and parsley.

Tie them up, brown them at good heat in a large pot (I use a heavy cast iron pot), add cream, put on the lid, and let them simmer for about an hour (they should be just about covered by boiling cream).

Place the rooks on a serving plate, and make sauce from the cream.

Serve with mashed potatoes and green asparagus.




An afternoon of fun in the forest and the gastronomical reward

[NoDakJak]

Sounds good to me! Put out an extra plate! Neil

[dale2242]

Wanta trade for some squirrel?---dale

[Refraktorius]

Wanta trade for some squirrel?---dale

Would really like to try some squirrel, but in Denmark squirrels are too small, too few and too rare to be considered anything but cute and a no-no for hunting.

(And I'm afraid that the nice customs-officers wouldn't like the package )

[StrawHat]

Young unflighted doves are called squab. Got a fancy name for the unflighted rooks?

Never tried rook.

I have eaten crow a few times.....

[Scrounger]

I thought squabs were young pigeons...

[Refraktorius]

.... and I thought pigeons and doves were the same sort of critter


The Danish word for rook is "råge" and the word for young is "unge", a young rook is simply called a "råge-unge". (The "å" is pronounced like the "o" in "row")
This concludes today's Danish lesson.

I have substituted "Eurasian Collared Dove" for rook in this recipe, with a very tasty result.

[StrawHat]

The common pigeon is more correctly called the rock dove so yes a young pigeon is also a squab.

Interesting lesson in Danish, thank you.