Hi all
over 3000 views not bad for a tough old Galah when we mention him anyway just going through some old box brownie photos (the things you do on holidays) and came across some that my old dad must have taken of us boys in the rapids near  a south western town where we lived on a property at the time and we were riding through them on a home made raft made out of 60lt or 13gal metal drums lashed to some cyprus pine poles, from memory the trip wasent planned and we were as busy as a one legged man in a bum kicking contest just staying on the thing but we got through ok cant remember how but I think that was the terror factor kicking in used to fish that old river day after day and most times she would never let you down for a feed and the water used to be so clear you could count the eel tailed catfish in their nests on the bottom and you could drink the water as sweet as rainwater from the tank, thats without the worry of copping a frog in your mouth when you drank from the tap. Wild duck soup no duck season back then yabbie and shrimp lunches on the bank and this was on school days (oops disregard that) never wagged school in me life but have been geographically embarressed at times and not able to find the school blimey I copped that potstick a lot. Can remember laying on the bank under the old willow trees and leaning over with the pick and digging anywhere to get a handful of earthworms for bait and mum was really proud of us for years thinking we were taking the soap to wash ourselves with until she found out that shrimp just could'nt resist soap as bait in our shrimp tins (soap got harder to get after that) Knocking over an odd rabbit for tea with the old single shot 22 rabbit gun always got us in the good books and liberal application of solvol sand soap when supplies were getting low reminded us that she was just that bit smarter than us most times.

Good lord I've rambled again and just to remind us see old mate below  "Galah"
Furphy

Hey Mikel
Where ya been missed ya  yeah looks to be a pretty popular post and its been all about cooking one of the toughest (Well maybe not) birds hasent it ???? in the country hey watcha think about me old mate I'm gonna put him on all the posts to remind us where it all began need a few yarns from you and poddy for insperation and you coulda give me a call when you were heading for the shed purely in the interest of assisting you to check the aroma of course never mind I'm sure that in the fullness of time that will occur even if its 1 or 2 am in the morning and no dont get out of bed just for me. there I go again the perpetual gentleman
Cheers Furphy

After reading mikels post I immediately went looking thru my recipe books for Koala Casserole and came across some others that might interest you, Tassie Tiger Tacos yum, yes Platypus Pie gets a mention too, Feral Cat and Fetta cheese, European Carp with eggplant , Cane Toads on toast and hey, here's a whole chapter on roadkill, lemme see, it says, "First select your animal, the fresher the better.

Makes me wonder about some of those early explorers who died of hunger when living off the land is so easy and so much fun.

pd

Welcome back Furph.  Haven't seen you here for a while.

Cheers


Derek

Furphyslinger wrote on Sep 8^th, 2007 at 8:56am:


This would be Dependant on the cook and the stones used .
Various wild birds require different types of stone
eg
Duck = Sandstone
Magpie = Granite

There are some hard rocks out there and even harder birds Furph
The Soot