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Reply #10 - Dec 6^th, 2006 at 12:55pm

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Reply #11 - Dec 6^th, 2006 at 8:12pm

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Ok, Furhpy, someone, what are those 'bush chooks' really? & would you eat the meat?

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Reply #12 - Dec 6^th, 2006 at 8:26pm

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Hahahahahaha. They are emus and yes they are farmed for both their meat and the skins.

Below is a photo of some on a farm on the Warrego Highway between Brisbane and Toowoomba.

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Reply #13 - Dec 6^th, 2006 at 9:20pm

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Derek, would you eat wild emu?

Emus are farmed here in Newfoundland, but I have never seen them.

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Reply #14 - Dec 7^th, 2006 at 5:25am

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Little_Kopit wrote on Dec 6^th, 2006 at 9:20pm:

Derek, would you eat wild emu?

Emus are farmed here in Newfoundland, but I have never seen them.

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No I wouldnt but others may have different views. I have only ever eaten it in a pie.

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Reply #15 - Dec 7^th, 2006 at 1:26pm

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On the banks of the Barcoo where people are few and men of religion are scanty......

Thats all I can remember.

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Reply #16 - Dec 7^th, 2006 at 1:51pm

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Hey PD being from the barcoo is a religion in itself "Well" thats what they tell me anyway and the photos of the old machinery should have bought back a few memories I know it was my thoughts of you and Mikel that prompted me to take the photos at Illfracombe. and LK that water tank is a fair dincum Furphy so now you know what I was explaining when you asked what a Furphyslinger was and "Bush Chook" the call them that because they taste FOWL" Grin

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Dear God what a font of information at times Grin

Cheers Furphy (Must be the silly season coming on guys)

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Reply #17 - Dec 7^th, 2006 at 4:17pm

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Bush chooks,yeah. And mad as a cut snake too.
When your onto the unfenced country the beggars spot you, line up the angles for windage, put the head out in front and head straight for your vehicle. They can be 300 yards away, your doing 60 klicks, and they will meet you at the road, ready to attack the bull bar, every time!! Sad

But having said that, They are quite ok to eat. The trick is to skin them, making sure that thick coating of fat just under the skin is taken off too. Cut up, dredged in seasoned flour, well browned then as a casserole. In the camp oven of course.

The pick of the larger birds to eat is the plains turkey, oops, did I say that? Shocked

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Reply #18 - Dec 7^th, 2006 at 4:31pm

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Heres some more "bush chooks". Juveniles this time and quite curious
cheers mikel

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Reply #19 - Dec 7^th, 2006 at 4:45pm

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Yeah, I've been down memory lane looking at the machinery at Illfracombe, its pretty good, thanks Kel.

As far as eating plains turkey and other bush delicacies (?), I'm a tidy person and I believe in cleaning up road kills; even if I do have to drive well off the road to nail them, nothing is safe when we're on or off the road. The name says it all.

Whats the ladder for ? Not the sort of thing I carry with me.

pd

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