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Skriven 2010-02-24 07:37:23 av Dave Drum (1:261/1381.0)
     Kommentar till en text av Manny Rothstein
Ärende: Black Bear Gall Bladders
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-=> MANNY ROTHSTEIN wrote to DAVE DRUM <=-

 -> DD> Why is selling black bear gall bladders "totally
 -> illegal"? Are the bears classed with the spotted owl
 -> and snail darter as an endangered species? Or are
 -> they otherwise protected?

 MR> Here in California, and in every other state as far as I
 MR> know, selling any wild game is totally illegal, though
 MR> donating it for free is legal. You can't even legally
 MR> sell a coon skin unless you have a trappers license.
 MR> It is a basic tenant of modern wildlife management
 MR> that widespread market hunting is a bad thing for
 MR> wildlife in general and not just endangered species.
 MR> For example, consider the passenger pidgin.

OK, fair enough. I had not considered that aspect. However, if one does shoot a
bear (for whatever reason) I can't see a lot wrong with being able to peddle
the guts for "medicinal" purposes. Of course, since the pig is a cousin to the
bear - I am sure that some sharp Chinese herbalist has found a way to fake bear
gall bladders using one from Porky Pig.

I have seen early film of market hunters on the Illinois and Mississippi rivers
using large punts and small cannon firing nets to snatch up quantities of wild
ducks. Yet the wild duck populations thrive to this day. 

The only pigeons I have any experience of are the urban pigeons which hang
around cities, scavenging garbage and spreading bird sh!+ and disease far and
wide. I cannot imagine ever being hungry enough to eat one of those. Or one of
the albatrosses (sea gulls) which have appeared this far inland in the past few
years. Too bad the Alka Seltzer trick is just an urban legend - else, I'd
invest in a quantity of the stuff and set up a sea gull feeding station. And if
a pigeon happened to come by ... too bad, flying rat.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Gefuellte Tauben (Stuffed Pigeons)
 Categories: Game, Bread, Pork, Dairy, Stuffing
      Yield: 4 servings

      4    Pigeons
    100 g  (7 tb) Butter
      1 c  Plain breadcrumbs
      1 tb (level) minced onion
      1 bn Parsley; chopped
     80 g  (3 oz) Raw bacon; diced
      1 lg Egg
           A bit of lukewarm milk
      1 ts (level) marjoram
           A bit of ground nutmeg
           Salt and pepper
      1 pn Sugar
      1 md Yellow turnip; [substitute:
           - carrot] scraped

  Combine the breadcrumbs, egg, milk, bacon, and sauteed
  minced onion into a loose stuffing. Season with
  chopped parsley, marjoram, and the other seasonings,
  as well as the pigeon giblets (diced heart, liver, and
  peeled stomach; the liver should be blanched to retain
  the flavor while keeping the stuffing light in color.)
  
  Stuff the pigeons and sew closed with cooking twine.
  Season the outside with salt and pepper. Roast in
  buttered baking dish along with the scraped yellow
  turnip. Baste frequently, with the pan juices.
  
  Serve with different salads.
  
  Serves 4.
  
  From:  D'SCHWAEBISCH' KUCHE' by Aegidius Kolb and
  Leonhard Lidel, Allgaeuer Zeitungsverlag, Kempten.
  1976. (Translation/Conversion: Karin Brewer)

  Posted by: Karin Brewer, Cooking Echo, 9/92
 
  From: http://www.recipesource.com

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

MMMMM
 
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