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Poster: mikeh416Rigby
Subject: Re: Just for fun.... Guinea fowl

Everyone says it tastes just like chicken. Frog-tastes just like chicken. Snake-tastes just like chicken. Guinea Fowl-tastes just like chicken. Why don't they just eat the darn chicken?

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Actually two of the nicest meals I have had have been guineafowl.

One was at a pub / restaurant in Stratford-upon-Avon in England (ie Shakespeare's "home"). The pub was called the "Slug and Lettuce", unusual imagery for a restaurant . I ordered a roast or grilled guinea fowl and I remember it was absolutely delicious. After that a dozen or so of us went to a couple plays at the RSC. Good wines at the "Slug" as well.

The second time I remember was good, but have no other recollection.

Another fowl story. When hunting with PH Pierre in 2002, he bragged "You can ask for any sort of food you want and we can supply it, cooked anyway!" Well I thought I am not going to be a smart arse and ask for something impossible in Zimbabwe, so I asked for a nicely roasted (or however cooked) guineafowl. and he said "We can't do them, they are too tough and take too long to cook" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am not going to let him live that one down. Can't do Guineafowl in Zimbabwe!

What a fowl answer I got.




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John aka NitroX

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DoubleD wrote:

Let's see if I got this right...
Guinea Fowl, yep got it.
Lever gun...Martini is a lever gun, check!
South Africa, 2002, uh huh that also.

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Yep!, I can tell that DoubleD is a man of discerning taste and sophistication! 2002 was a very good year for hunting Guinea fowl.

-Bob F.

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NitroX qrote:
... so I asked for a nicely roasted (or however cooked) guineafowl. and he said "We can't do them, they are too tough and take too long to cook" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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NitroX,

Actually, I was told by my PH and his camp cook that wild Guineas can be kind of tough. But, they didn't have a problem with preparing them if I wanted to hunt and eat some. The cook made a potjie (similar to a stew) that was slow cooked all day over hot coals in a cast iron pot. By that evening, the Guinea meat was tender and delicious. I really enjoyed it.

-Bob F.

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luv2safari wrote:
Only the foolhardy arm themselves for Giunea Fowl with a rifle. Those of us who have "been there...done that" know the only sure medicine is a couple barrels of buckshot...#4 buck being best.

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Well, I am thinking about moving up to a heavier cartridge. Maybe a .25-20 or a .32-20 Win. I've just read too many stories about wounded Guineas being hard to stop in a charge. I felt a little under gunned with only that .22 Win Mag in my hands!

-Bob F.

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