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This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C62744.00ED203C Content-Type: text/plain Yuk yuk yuk this was in the metro too. Hedgehog stroganoff anyone? -----Original Message----- From: Scott Plimpton [mailto:scott@xxxxxxxx.xxx] Sent: 01 February 2006 15:25 To: london.food@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx Subject: [london.food] Bat or badger? It's the roadkill recipe book Bat or badger? It's the roadkill recipe book Steven Morris Guardian Weekly For most, a squashed hedgehog or flattened badger lying on the side of the road is a tragic sight - for Arthur Boyt it is an opportunity for a free, tasty and nutritious meal. Mr Boyt has spent the past 50 years scraping carcasses from the side of the road and chucking them, together with a few herbs and spices, into his cooking pot. The retired civil servant has sampled weasel, rat and cat. His most unusual meal was a greater horseshoe bat, which he reckons is not dissimilar in taste to grey squirrel, if the comparison helps. Fox tends to repeat on him. He has tucked into labrador, nibbled at otter and could not resist trying porcupine when he came across a spiky corpse while on holiday in Canada. Article continues This week Mr Boyt (favourite snack: badger sandwich) announced that he is writing a roadkill recipe book. He has also been approached by Gordon Ramsay's people and may cook with the celebrity chef later this year. Mr Boyt, 66, from north Cornwall, insisted that the creatures were not a health threat if properly butchered and cooked. He said: "It's good meat for free, and I know nobody has been messing with it and feeding it with hormones. By writing a book I hope to show people it's perfectly normal and healthy to eat." Mr Boyt first tasted roadkill as a 13-year-old when he found a pheasant on the road, took it home and asked his mother to cook it. His argument is that people don't turn up their nose at an apple which falls out of a tree - so why should they recoil at the idea of meat that they chance upon? He said: "If the animal has been dead a while and has gone green the taste is a bit bland, but if you cook them thoroughly, you can still eat it. I've been doing it all my life and never been ill once." Mr Boyt has no regrets about eating the labrador, which he emphasises was without a collar when he found it. "There was nothing on it to show who its owner was even though it was in good condition, so I took it home and ate it. It was just like a nice piece of lamb." +++++++++++++++++++++++ scott plimpton london, uk t +44 7791 624 394 e scott@xxxxxxxx.xxx w www.plimpton.org +++++++++++++++++++++ ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify TfL IM Service Desk on 08452 340 017. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. Surface Transport Transport for London ********************************************************************** ------_=_NextPart_001_01C62744.00ED203C Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; charset=3Dus-ascii"> <META NAME=3D"Generator" CONTENT=3D"MS Exchange Server version 5.5.2658.24"> <TITLE>RE: [london.food] Bat or badger? It's the roadkill recipe book</TITL= E> </HEAD> <BODY> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Yuk yuk yuk this was in the metro too. Hedgehog str= oganoff anyone?</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>-----Original Message-----</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>From: Scott Plimpton [<A HREF=3D"mailto:scott@xxxxxxxx.x= rg">mailto:scott@xxxxxxxx.xxx</A>] </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Sent: 01 February 2006 15:25</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>To: london.food@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Subject: [london.food] Bat or badger? It's the roadkill = recipe book</FONT> </P> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Bat or badger? It's the roadkill recipe book</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Steven Morris</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Guardian Weekly</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>For most, a squashed hedgehog or flattened badger lying o= n the side of the road is a tragic sight - for Arthur Boyt it is an opportu= nity for a free, tasty and nutritious meal. Mr Boyt has spent the past 50 y= ears scraping carcasses from the side of the road and chucking them, togeth= er with a few herbs and spices, into his cooking pot.</FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>The retired civil servant has sampled weasel, rat and cat= . His most unusual meal was a greater horseshoe bat, which he reckons is no= t dissimilar in taste to grey squirrel, if the comparison helps. Fox tends = to repeat on him. He has tucked into labrador, nibbled at otter and could n= ot resist trying porcupine when he came across a spiky corpse while on holi= day in Canada.</FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Article continues</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>This week Mr Boyt (favourite snack: badger sandwich) ann= ounced that he is writing a roadkill recipe book. He has also been approach= ed by Gordon Ramsay's people and may cook with the celebrity chef later thi= s year.</FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Mr Boyt, 66, from north Cornwall, insisted that the creat= ures were not a health threat if properly butchered and cooked. He said: &q= uot;It's good meat for free, and I know nobody has been messing with it and= feeding it with hormones. By writing a book I hope to show people it's per= fectly normal and healthy to eat."</FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Mr Boyt first tasted roadkill as a 13-year-old when he fo= und a pheasant on the road, took it home and asked his mother to cook it. H= is argument is that people don't turn up their nose at an apple which falls= out of a tree - so why should they recoil at the idea of meat that they ch= ance upon?</FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>He said: "If the animal has been dead a while and ha= s gone green the taste is a bit bland, but if you cook them thoroughly, you= can still eat it. I've been doing it all my life and never been ill once.&= quot;</FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Mr Boyt has no regrets about eating the labrador, which h= e emphasises was without a collar when he found it. "There was nothing= on it to show who its owner was even though it was in good condition, so I= took it home and ate it. It was just like a nice piece of lamb."</FON= T></P> <BR> <P>  = ; =20 <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>+++++++++++++++++++++++</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>scott plimpton</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>london, uk</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>t +44 7791 624 394</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>e scott@xxxxxxxx.xxx</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>w www.plimpton.org</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>+++++++++++++++++++++</FONT> </P> <CODE><FONT SIZE=3D3><BR> <BR> **********************************************************************<BR> This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and<BR> intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they<BR> are addressed. 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