Jeff,



Your comments about "crow recipes" remind of a story I read long ago (can't
remember where) about a rural resident somewhere in the eastern U.S. who
had shot a crow with a metal leg-band, and subsequently cooked and ate the
bird. In those days, supposedly, the metal bands, as well as a number on
them, had the cryptic message "WRITE BIOL SURV WASH" (for Biological
Survey, Washington). At any rate, so the story goes, when a local
ornithologist happened to talk to this fellow, the subject of the banded
crow came up, and the rural resident stated: "Well, sir, I washed it,
bioled it, and surved it, but it still tasted like a dad-burned crow!".



Wayne C. Weber

Delta, BC

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That's because the first hit was 'Crow Busters' a site devoted to the doing
in of Crows. It's a Crow hunters site that seems to have really achieved
subculture levels. I'm always amazed by the creativity of my fellow humans.
'Crow Blasters' might be an alternative name. I can't wait to get my hands
on a magazine called 'Varmint Masters' ! These folks do seem to be on a real
mission to damp down them black hordes. Seems a way bit overboard. A little
short on respect. Whatever.

At least they promote eating the birds, and do have Crow recipes. All I can
say to them Collard Doves is "look out!" before somebody invents "Dove
Busters".




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Jeff Gibson
Anchor Pub
Everett Wa