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[mongo_jones]

i don't recall specific mentions of grouse (then again i'm not a dickens scholar) but there's certainly vast amounts of roast fowl on tables staggering with classic english food, whether in "the pickwick papers" or "a christmas carol" or even "great expectations" (pip living it up in london). a fair bit in "our mutual friend" too, if i recall correctly.

[balex]

If you are eating it the first time, and only once, I'd steer for the whole roast grouse. The other dishes listed there may be wonderful, but they strike me as things you do with grouse for people who are bored with eating it the normal way. Like - spicy tempura oysters with a celeriac remoulade might be great, but try them on the half shell first.

Absolutely. If they are old grouse then soup or a game pie can be a good way of eating them.

I had a very good grouse raviolo at the Ledbury last year. But it was one raviolo and I really felt like a big bowl of about ten of them would have been perfect.

[Carolyn Tillie]

I think Daisy is right. My Dickensian culinary reference books don't mention grouse specifically. Ranhoffer has several recipes so while I'm sure it pre-dates Edward specifically, it was the Edwardian era which expanded upon the gastronomic extravaganzas of fish/foul/game/roast meals.

[macrosan]

I'd come along - be very nice to catch up. However, that might put others off!

Well it might have the opposite effect .... I'll come subject to date.

[David Ravel]

We had our first Grouse on the menu for a special on 12th - we will now have game on most evenings, but if you want something specific, a call ahead should see you right, as we can make sure we have it in. Generally we start the season with the traditional preparation, and then give it a more modern twist as we move into September/ October.

[David Ravel]

I'd come along - be very nice to catch up. However, that might put others off!

Well it might have the opposite effect .... I'll come subject to date.

I'd be up for that, date dependant too!

[Andy Lynes]

So that's 6 people. What about dates. Carolyn?

[Carolyn Tillie]

So that's 6 people. What about dates. Carolyn?

The first post in this thread:

I am arriving on Monday, September 28 and am staying through Tuesday, October 6.

[Andy Lynes]

I can't do 5th or 6th October and I would advise against Tuesday 29 September as that's quiz night at the pub so for me that leaves 28, 30 September and 1 2 October

[macrosan]

I can't do 5th or 6th October and I would advise against Tuesday 29 September as that's quiz night at the pub so for me that leaves 28, 30 September and 1 2 October

I can't do 28 Sept or 2 Oct, but fine for the other two.

[Carolyn Tillie]

My flight arrives at 9:00 p.m. on the 28th so that night is out and I leave at 3:00 in the afternoon on the 6th, so that night is out for me.

Andy is out on the 29th & 5th and Macro is out on the 2nd so we are down to the following dates:

Wednesday, September 30
Thursday, October 1
Saturday, October 3
Sunday, October 4


Let's keep whittling them away...

[Andy Lynes]

I can't do weekends!

[Carolyn Tillie]

I can't do weekends!

No problem -- I was thinking of heading to Edinburgh or Paris for the weekend anyway.

Down to:

Wednesday, September 30
Thursday, October 1

[macrosan]

Wednesday, September 30
Thursday, October 1

Just to repeat, they're both fine for me.

[David Ravel]

Wednesday, September 30
Thursday, October 1

Just to repeat, they're both fine for me.

And me!