Mmmm, mmmm. You don't know what you're missing, barbecued with a few boiled potatoes and some mustard with a fried egg on top. A quality bit of foraging.
There's too many of the bloody things anyway, we need a bit of predation to keep the numbers down, and if it annoys her majesty all the better! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson <mjackson74@...> wrote: > > England: Queenâs Swan Is Barbecued and Eaten > By STEVEN ERLANGER > Published: August 21, 2013 > The charred carcass of one of Queen Elizabethâs own swans was found on a > riverbank near Windsor Castle after having been barbecued and eaten, > according to the police and a charity called Swan Lifeline. > > > The swan was one of about 200 that live on Baths Island and belong to the > queen. > Until 1998, under a law dating to the 12th century, killing or injuring a > swan was classified as treason, and the crown retains ownership of all > unmarked mute swans in areas along the River Thames. Wild swans are also > protected under a 1981 act, and to injure or kill a swan â" let alone > eat one â" is against the law. > > > Wendy Hermon of Swan Lifeline said that > âthe whole breast had been removed, and it looked like it had been eaten > for lunch.â There was âjust a swan skeleton left,â she said. âItâs > absolutely disgusting, I canât imagine the kind of people that would do > this.â She said the carcass, with its feathers still attached, was taken by > her group to be cremated. >
