How to extract fat from game birds

As we try to become more self-sufficient, we need to find alternatives to foods we would otherwise buy in shops. Getting a source of fats is more challenging but we do swap produce for game, some of which contains a bit of fat. To extract it, we need to boil the carcass to make stock and then spoon off the solidified fat. www.self-sufficientinsuburbia.blogspot.com

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[zuditaka]

I'm a vegetarian, but I like to be broad-minded. Have you ever tried roast peacock or roast swan? I think Mrs Beeton would have a few peacock plumes sticking out of the final product, as an ornament. I suppose you could have some long pheasant tail-feathers as a decorative garnish? Was it a Common Pheasant or Golden Pheasant? In Brideshead Revisited they ate plovers' eggs and pickled walnuts. Plovers are protected, here, in Australia. So the eggs are out of bounds! I always enjoy your videos!

[dreckken]

Great video! Can't wait to see the game pie recipe!