PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING

Hello Forumites! However well-intentioned, for the safety of other users we ask that you refrain from seeking or offering medical advice. This includes recommendations for medicines, procedures or over-the-counter remedies. Posts or threads found to be in breach of this rule will be removed.
We're aware that some users are experiencing technical issues which the team are working to resolve. See the Community Noticeboard for more info. Thank you for your patience.
📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!

Cheapest pheasants

Options
When I first started posting here, it seemed that most winters someone would ask what do with pheasant: usually Old Stylers who had moved to the country and were surprised by the profusion of these tasty birds.

Anyway, the cheapest I have seen this year is at our local farmers' market: £4 for an oven-ready brace.
That's £1 a portion on paper, but actually I usually make them stretch a good bit further and always get soup & stock out of them.

Any advance on £4? They weren't offering them in feather.
«1

Comments

  • armyknife
    armyknife Posts: 596 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    Roadkill.



    Someone had to say it.
  • Islandmaid
    Islandmaid Posts: 6,626 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper I've been Money Tipped!
    We get ours for free - not by roadkill, but by friends who like to shoot :)

    We,ve got a freezer full of pheasant, grouse, woodcock (very limited shooting) and sea bass - we trade for baked goods and fudge LOL

    Locally pheasant are selling for about £5 per brace
    Note to self - STOP SPENDING MONEY !!

    £300/£130
  • Gigervamp
    Gigervamp Posts: 6,583 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I saw some in Cardiff Market on Friday, but didn't look at the price. They weren't oven ready either!

    Also, funnily enough, as we were driving through the lanes today, we went past a house where they had about 8 draped over the fence!
  • SailorSam
    SailorSam Posts: 22,754 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I don't think i've ever had phesant.
    Liverpool is one of the wonders of Britain,
    What it may grow to in time, I know not what.

    Daniel Defoe: 1725.
  • System
    System Posts: 178,346 Community Admin
    10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Islandmaid wrote: »
    We get ours for free - not by roadkill, but by friends who like to shoot :)

    We,ve got a freezer full of pheasant, grouse, woodcock (very limited shooting) and sea bass - we trade for baked goods and fudge LOL

    Locally pheasant are selling for about £5 per brace
    Wouldn't a fishing line be better for sea bass rather than trying to shoot them?
    This is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com
  • Mr_Singleton
    Mr_Singleton Posts: 1,891 Forumite
    Had a couple from Marylebone High street (London) about a fortnight ago and paid £10 which considering the location I don't think was too bad. They were oven ready.
  • Islandmaid
    Islandmaid Posts: 6,626 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper I've been Money Tipped!
    !!!!!! wrote: »
    Wouldn't a fishing line be better for sea bass rather than trying to shoot them?

    :rotfl::rotfl: we,ll give it a go :p
    Note to self - STOP SPENDING MONEY !!

    £300/£130
  • suki1964
    suki1964 Posts: 14,313 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Make friends with the local gun club. Never paid for a pheasant yet and they take pity on me being a former townie, and at least skin them ( plucking takes too long )
  • System
    System Posts: 178,346 Community Admin
    10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Never had a pheasant though hubby did bring one back embedded in the front of his car once when he was working on a school in the countryside. It cost him a fair bit to fix the car.

    What's a brace?
    This is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com
  • Islandmaid
    Islandmaid Posts: 6,626 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper I've been Money Tipped!
    Judi wrote: »
    Never had a pheasant though hubby did bring one back embedded in the front of his car once when he was working on a school in the countryside. It cost him a fair bit to fix the car.

    What's a brace?

    Judi - it's yokel for a pair :D
    Note to self - STOP SPENDING MONEY !!

    £300/£130
This discussion has been closed.
Meet your Ambassadors

🚀 Getting Started

Hi new member!

Our Getting Started Guide will help you get the most out of the Forum

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 350.9K Banking & Borrowing
  • 253.1K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 453.5K Spending & Discounts
  • 243.9K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 598.8K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 176.9K Life & Family
  • 257.2K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 16.1K Discuss & Feedback
  • 37.6K Read-Only Boards

Is this how you want to be seen?

We see you are using a default avatar. It takes only a few seconds to pick a picture.