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Swans

  • 12-11-2012 12:25AM
    #1
    OnTheCounter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 430 ✭✭


    Seeing as we eat chicken, turkey and especially duck why don't we eat swan?

    They look tasty and it would only take one good shot with a large rock and you could set up a barbacue at the local pitch and charge a tenner per burger.

    "We need to think outside the box and do whatever it takes to succeed and if that means getting up before you go to bed thats what you have to do"
    Bill Cullen


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  • #2
    im invisible
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,372 ✭✭✭im invisible


    dey tuk errr ....


  • #3
    EoghanIRL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,080 ✭✭✭EoghanIRL


    The polish eat their heads off


  • #4
    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,183 ✭✭✭✭Lapin


    The Queen won't let us eat them.


  • #5
    MadsL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,299 ✭✭✭✭MadsL


    Mamy jeść łabędzie*






    *We do eat swans


  • #6
    Irish_wolf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 292 ✭✭Irish_wolf


    Cause swans are wild vicious crazy creatures. You'd need to hunt them and they're faster than they look.

    You could try domesticating them but I doubt it would work. I'm sure you could given enough time, but really you dont want to be farming stuff can/will attack you or easily fly away.


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  • #7
    EoghanIRL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,080 ✭✭✭EoghanIRL


    MadsL wrote: »
    Mamy jeść łabędzie*






    [SIZE="1"]*We do eat swans[/SIZE]
    :P it was from the urban dictionary thread


  • #8
    Gummy Panda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,919 ✭✭✭✭Gummy Panda


    But they might be the children of lir


  • #9
    stimpson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,711 ✭✭✭stimpson


    Not much fat on a swan. Very lean meat so not the tastiest.


    Don't ask me how I know.


  • #10
    OnTheCounter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 430 ✭✭OnTheCounter


    Irish_wolf wrote: »
    Cause swans are wild vicious crazy creatures. You'd need to hunt them and they're faster than they look.

    You could try domesticating them but I doubt it would work. I'm sure you could given enough time, but really you dont want to be farming stuff can/will attack you or easily fly away.
    its true they will never be mass farmed but you would think a small number of places in ireland would offer it.

    Strangest thing i have ever seen on an irish menu is crocodile. Would imagine its horrible and extremely tough and I would fancy my chances better when trying to capture a swan.


  • #11
    Jen Pigs Fly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,770 ✭✭✭Jen Pigs Fly


    I don't see what people love about them, all I see is a big, white duck :confused:


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  • #12
    keith16
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,061 ✭✭✭keith16


    Gummy Panda wrote: »
    But they might be the children of lir

    mmm....Fionnuala.


  • #13
    OneArt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,910 ✭✭✭OneArt


    Horrible, evil, monstrous creatures. They shouldn't be eaten, they should be exterminated.

    Where's a Dalek when you need it?


  • #14
    listermint
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 35,676 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    Gummy Panda wrote: »
    But they might be the children of lir

    WINS!


  • #15
    3ndahalfof6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,184 ✭✭✭3ndahalfof6


    plucking time.


  • #16
    MadsL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,299 ✭✭✭✭MadsL


    Legal to hunt (and eat) in four US States.


  • #17
    Whatsisname
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,976 ✭✭✭Whatsisname


    Because Swans are terrifying. *shudders*


  • #18
    3ndahalfof6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,184 ✭✭✭3ndahalfof6


    endangered and endearing, and unlike humans they pick a partner and stick with them till the bitter end, what was the question.


  • #19
    Fr_Dougal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,167 ✭✭✭Fr_Dougal


    3ndahalfof6 wrote: »
    endangered and endearing, and unlike humans they pick a partner and stick with them till the bitter end, what was the question.

    Proven to be false.


  • #20
    3ndahalfof6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,184 ✭✭✭3ndahalfof6


    Fr_Dougal wrote: »
    Proven to be false.

    humans, sure they know it all, have you ever spent time talking to a swan,(to hear their side of it) or is it you believe everything you read.


  • #21
    Larianne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,954 ✭✭✭✭Larianne


    Posh people eat goose at Christmas, right? Would that not be similar to swan? (I'm poor so I can only guess).


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  • #22
    Simi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,079 ✭✭✭Simi


    MadsL wrote: »
    Legal to hunt (and eat) in four US States.
    Why are they illegal to hunt in the other 46 just out of interest? Is it just a remnant of ye old laws or is there a specific reason?

    I bet they taste awful tbh.


  • #23
    oppenheimer1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,733 ✭✭✭oppenheimer1


    Its a cultural thing, possibly a hangover from our ancient tales and the more recent royal prerogative (that killing them was a treasonable offence).

    Its much the same as why we don't eat horse here.


  • #24
    3ndahalfof6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,184 ✭✭✭3ndahalfof6


    Larianne wrote: »
    Posh people eat goose at Christmas, right? Would that not be similar to swan? (I'm poor so I can only guess).

    yep it is the same bird, they change their look at certain times of the year, (a protection thing I think) I am poor to.


  • #25
    OneArt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,910 ✭✭✭OneArt


    Larianne wrote: »
    Posh people eat goose at Christmas, right? Would that not be similar to swan? (I'm poor so I can only guess).

    If you're poor why aren't you underground right now turning the big wheels?


  • #26
    dodderangler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,204 ✭✭✭dodderangler


    Was there not a Thread on this a while ago
    I'd love to try it
    id love a big leg off a swan With KFC gravy
    Kentucky fried swan
    That's what il do


  • #27
    Cork boy 55
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,323 ✭✭✭Cork boy 55


    Attempted swan stealing in Galway city last sabbath (via TheJournal.ie)

    http://jrnl.ie/662047



    The Bewick Swan is in decline since 2004

    What happened in 2004?

    http://www.birdwatchireland.ie/Default.aspx?tabid=150


  • #28
    refusetolose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,559 ✭✭✭refusetolose


    ah leave it out


  • #29
    Cork boy 55
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,323 ✭✭✭Cork boy 55


    poster nodin to "racist" thread please 5,4,3 ....


  • #30
    Hippies!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 555 ✭✭✭Hippies!


    Swan stuffed with bunny rabbits and a side dish of puppy legs would be delish I'd say.


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  • #31
    Peregrine
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 26,424 Mod ✭✭✭✭Peregrine


    I can't eat any meat other than chicken, beef or pork. I feel guilty for eating it but I'm used to eating them now..I can't imagine eating some other animal


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