Forwarded from the Northwest Native Plant List.
Seemed appropriate for this list as well ;)
Guy
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Brian M. Godfrey <godfrey at pdx.oneworld.com>
> >To: pnw-natives <pnw-natives at telelists.com>
> >Date: Saturday, March 27, 1999 3:42 PM
> >Subject: Re: Non-native delicacies
> >
> >
> > Pie Fit for a King
> >Ingredients:
> > Crust:
> > 2 cups flour
> > 1 teaspoon salt
> > 2 cubes butter
> > 1 egg
> > 1/4 cup milk
> > Filling:
> > 4 and 20 starlings, plucked and dressed
> > Parsley
> > Sage
> > Rosemary
> > Thyme
> > Fennel seed
> > One turnip
> > One carrot
> > One stick of celery
> > 1/2 cup chicken broth
> > 1 teaspoon corn starch
> >Make the crust:
> > Mix together dry ingredients
> > Cut in butter
> > Beat egg
> > Add egg and milk and mix them in but don't
> overdo it.
> >Divide the crust into two parts and roll them out
> between sheets of waxed
> >paper.
> >Press one crust into greased pie pan.
> >Arrange four and twenty starlings in pie pan with
> all they little feet in
> >the air.
> >Chop turnip, carrot, and celery and distribute
> evenly in the pie.
> >Mix cornstarch and chicken broth and pour over pie
> contents.
> >Sprinkle with parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.
> Oh, and fennel.
> >Put the top on and clamp it down well. Cut some
> slits in the top. Keep
> >them less than 1 1/2 inches.
> >Cook in 325 degree oven until birds begin to sing
> or crust becomes brown,
> >whichever comes first.
> >Serve hot.
> >
> >--Brian M. Godfrey
> > godfrey at pdx.oneworld.com
>
>
> Brian doesn't say if you can substitute cowbirds for
> starlings...
> A message from the pnw-natives list.


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