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Posted: 1/16/2021 4:06:07 PM EDT
I have a thread about getting a Webley revolver .177 pistol so I can drink gin and tonics with a friend with a pith helmet  and shoot starlings.

Is there a reasonably good way to eat starlings?
Link Posted: 1/16/2021 4:06:41 PM EDT
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Raw.
Sky sushi!
Link Posted: 1/16/2021 4:08:56 PM EDT
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All birds are edible.
Link Posted: 1/16/2021 4:09:26 PM EDT
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Yep.  Just ask the Cajuns.  But they'll eat most anything.  

I found this https://www.americanairgunner.com/wildbird/#:~:text=One%20of%20the%20traditional%20ways,Pepper%20is%20also%20recommended.&text=%E2%80%9CFry%20some%20chopped%20turnips%20and%20carrots.

ALWAYS check your federal, state, and local government’s Game & Fish regulations before hunting any quarry and do so regularly as laws, ordinances, and regulations do tend to change from time-to-time. Click here to find the Game and Fish websites for the different U.S. States.

One of the traditional ways of cooking starling is to remove the skin from their breasts and bake them, covered in bacon fat. Pepper is also recommended.

Starling Stew with Olives
“Fry some chopped turnips and carrots. Add a little stock and a glass of red wine. Place some starlings or other small birds in the pan. Add a thin purée of boiled potatoes mashed with beaten eggs, dry mustard, and some stock and a little beer. Cover with stock and cook for about 30 minutes, adding some ripe olives near the end.”
http://www.salon.com/2002/03/08/recipe_birds/

Sparrow Pie
12 sparrow breasts… 1 can of mushrooms w/stem’s and pieces?. 1 can tomato soup?. 2 stalks diced celery?. 4 diced green onions. 1/2 tsp dry sage. Braise the bird breasts in bacon grease till golden all over, let cool and shred meat off bone with a fork. ?Mix everything together and spoon into 2 Unthawed frozen pie crusts in pie plates.? Top with leftover mashed potatoes. (Or mix up instants.)? Bake 35-45 min @325 till potatoes are golden.
http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/395624/cooking-sparrows/10
Link Posted: 1/16/2021 4:11:03 PM EDT
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I think you would burn more calories cleaning and eating the starlings than you would gain from eating them.

Sounds like a good weight loss program.
Link Posted: 1/16/2021 4:22:16 PM EDT
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Depends.  How hungry are you?
Link Posted: 1/16/2021 4:23:05 PM EDT
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They're good with Tuesday coffee made from snow.  We're very thankful that the government provides it. On Tuesdays.
Link Posted: 1/16/2021 4:25:46 PM EDT
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Hate those fuckers.
Link Posted: 1/16/2021 4:26:17 PM EDT
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Yes, but its a tiny little amount of meat.
Link Posted: 1/16/2021 4:29:40 PM EDT
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Every time I've seen a cat investigate a wounded Starling, the cat would sniff at it and walk away looking disgusted.
Link Posted: 1/16/2021 4:31:07 PM EDT
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Everything is edible once
Link Posted: 1/16/2021 4:32:07 PM EDT
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Ask the nearest cat.
Link Posted: 1/16/2021 4:32:54 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 1/16/2021 4:34:12 PM EDT
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they eat them in europe... used to sell them on the street like hot dogs
Link Posted: 1/16/2021 4:34:24 PM EDT
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Vultures aren’t.  
Link Posted: 1/16/2021 4:36:00 PM EDT
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It isn't "Four and twenty STARLINGS baked in a pie" for no reason, pal!
Link Posted: 1/16/2021 4:37:08 PM EDT
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In communist America we may all find out..

Link Posted: 1/16/2021 4:37:50 PM EDT
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Deer like them.
Link Posted: 1/16/2021 4:52:21 PM EDT
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Probably don't really need to clean them.  Just breast them out like a dove.

They are like sky rats here in the summer.  Getting a few dozen would not be hard.
Link Posted: 1/16/2021 4:54:14 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 1/16/2021 4:55:08 PM EDT
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Everything that is living is edible.  Or at least parts of it.

Don't eat the sac thingy in the puffer fish.
Link Posted: 1/16/2021 5:29:10 PM EDT
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Fly away little starling, fly, fly away...
Link Posted: 1/16/2021 5:31:41 PM EDT
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Starlings, crows, rabbits and dildos....how brave are you op?

Personally tree rats have more meat

Eta to add ,crow is as red as bear meat....BUT..tastes better
Link Posted: 1/16/2021 5:38:12 PM EDT
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you want COVID 20?  Eating a starling might give you COVID 20.
Link Posted: 1/16/2021 5:54:05 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 1/17/2021 8:30:51 PM EDT
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I'm reasonably brave.  I've eaten a LOT of weird stuff traveling.

Starlings are invasive, and they're plentiful. It is illegal to shoot or harass squirrels where I live.
Link Posted: 1/17/2021 8:33:53 PM EDT
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No unless you like guts and bones.
Link Posted: 1/17/2021 8:37:02 PM EDT
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 They are indeed...but some have more meat on them than others.
Link Posted: 1/17/2021 8:39:17 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 1/17/2021 8:42:03 PM EDT
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The only way to eat them is with a steaming mug of snow coffee on the side.

Mmmmmmmm......



Link Posted: 1/17/2021 8:48:47 PM EDT
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European starlings are classed as an invasive species in every state I've checked. Kill as many as you can. If you find out they taste good post back.

I'd imagine the breast meat would be roughly small  dove sized, cook in a similar way.
Link Posted: 1/17/2021 8:49:24 PM EDT
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I'm a head of the curve on this.  I have at least 10k pellets on hand. That's a lot of starling snacks.
Link Posted: 1/17/2021 8:53:03 PM EDT
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I'm reasonably brave.  I've eaten a LOT of weird stuff traveling.

Starlings are invasive, and they're plentiful. It is illegal to shoot or harass squirrels where I live.
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Starlings, crows, rabbits and dildos....how brave are you op?

Personally tree rats have more meat

Eta to add ,crow is as red as bear meat....BUT..tastes better
I'm reasonably brave.  I've eaten a LOT of weird stuff traveling.

Starlings are invasive, and they're plentiful. It is illegal to shoot or harass squirrels where I live.


Where in Ohio can you shoot starlings but not squirrel?
Link Posted: 1/17/2021 8:57:55 PM EDT
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Starlings, crows, rabbits and dildos....how brave are you op?

Personally tree rats have more meat

Eta to add ,crow is as red as bear meat....BUT..tastes better
I'm reasonably brave.  I've eaten a LOT of weird stuff traveling.

Starlings are invasive, and they're plentiful. It is illegal to shoot or harass squirrels where I live.


Where in Ohio can you shoot starlings but not squirrel?
Town ordinance going back a hundred years from when they imported a ton of squirrels as a novelty.

It doesn't really stop people, a friend of mine that's absolutely not a gun guy bought a GAMO air rifle from the hardware store specifically to whack them in his garden. He literally walked in, and asked them how to get rid of squirrels.
Link Posted: 1/17/2021 8:58:42 PM EDT
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Are they made of meat?
Then yes.
Link Posted: 1/17/2021 9:00:18 PM EDT
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Mussle
Link Posted: 1/17/2021 9:01:11 PM EDT
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All birds, mammals, and freshwater fish are edible.  Vultures are edible. Not saying they're good, just edible.
Link Posted: 1/17/2021 9:11:49 PM EDT
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Everything is edible if you are brave enough
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I'm pretty brave.  I will definitely try it.
Link Posted: 1/17/2021 9:44:59 PM EDT
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ya just need enough ketchup or a good BBQ recipe....
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I sampled coyote once.

It is not edible as nobody could chew it enough to choke it down.
Link Posted: 1/17/2021 9:46:49 PM EDT
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Nuke it in the microwave for 90 minutes on high and slather it with fancysauce once it cools enough that you can look directly at it.
Link Posted: 1/17/2021 9:49:25 PM EDT
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Nuke it in the microwave for 90 minutes on high and slather it with fancysauce once it cools enough that you can look directly at it.
I'm thinking air fryer starling breasts.
Link Posted: 1/17/2021 9:49:59 PM EDT
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My Grandfather was born in 1909.  He said they ate robins and muskrats and was happy to get them.  He was born and raised in southern Appalachia.
Link Posted: 1/17/2021 9:53:55 PM EDT
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vid is too long....
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Eta to add ,crow is as red as bear meat....BUT..tastes better
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I've eaten my share of crow. Always tasted bitter.
Link Posted: 1/17/2021 10:02:10 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 1/17/2021 10:08:10 PM EDT
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Everything is edible at least once.
Link Posted: 1/17/2021 10:14:40 PM EDT
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Starling is a fine meal
Link Posted: 1/17/2021 10:15:30 PM EDT
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Tastes like chicken.
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Cats seem to think so.
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