Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2003 15:43:17 EDT Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Katharine Patterson Subject: Re: Betcha didn't know this MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Several years ago, when English sparrows were killing my nesting bluebirds, Charlie Davis sent me a copy of the 1921 Farmer's Bulletin 493 from the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, entitled, "The English Sparrow As A Pest". In it are ways of dealing with catching, shooting, poisoning, trapping and, yes, cooking English sparrows. After describing the "dressing" of the tiny bird, it goes on to say, "Sparrows may be cooked by any of the methods employed for reedbirds or quail. When boned, broiled, buttered, and served on toast they are particularly good and compare favorably with the best kinds of small game. English sparrows are good to eat, and their use as food is recommended because of their nutritive value and as a means of reducing their numbers." I can't say that I have tried it. It seems a bit labor intensive, but...it's food for thought. Katharine Patterson Butler, MD ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================