tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post5284705850958381936..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: Weekly RobinsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-61240907076355717532010-08-16T14:49:55.173-05:002010-08-16T14:49:55.173-05:00see http://www.adrianmorrisantiques.com/blog/2009/...see http://www.adrianmorrisantiques.com/blog/2009/01/bird-textile/ for a kerchief illustrating how to catch birds. I have a reproduction of the kerchief that I got many years ago at WilliamsburgJudyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14144761753782375895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-83861831271973121592010-08-16T13:02:25.019-05:002010-08-16T13:02:25.019-05:00Perhaps they were a precursor to the now popular &...Perhaps they were a precursor to the now popular "buffalo wings" ? I used to eat local doves,quite small drumsticks,but the breast meat is very adequate if you have 2 or so per helping.Taste like chicken...........Pvt.Willynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-22818210897909688262010-08-15T21:04:13.041-05:002010-08-15T21:04:13.041-05:00Indeed, probably not much meat on a robin skeleton...Indeed, probably not much meat on a robin skeleton, but that’s why you bought a dozen at a time!J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-79966745052233755372010-08-15T15:16:40.602-05:002010-08-15T15:16:40.602-05:00What is left of a robin after you gut it and clean...What is left of a robin after you gut it and clean the feathers? I imagine you must have to trap them in nets or snares — there would be nothing left if you shot them!Caitlin GD Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05317897772288904474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-14278604687056011662010-08-15T14:23:17.534-05:002010-08-15T14:23:17.534-05:00Sounds tasty!I have read accounts of people referr...Sounds tasty!I have read accounts of people referring to small native game birds as "lark".There are also many "lark spits" found in early New England kitchens of the period.<br />Many folks have suggested that "lark" was indeed the common robin.I don't see why not.<br /> Pvt.WillyPvt.Willynoreply@blogger.com