Poo tin... Put@in...

webboo

I always thought the best thing for a pork pie was to dig a hole put the pie in it, fill the hole back in. Then put across by it and say a prayer.

Pross

rjsterry said:

Our local pub does wild boar scotch eggs, served warm with the yolk still runny. Divine.

Didn’t even realise boar laid eggs.

MattFalle

secretsqirrel said:

Anyway it still Russia’s fault for starting the war.

bet they don't eat pork pies

briantrumpet

@pinno will be starting a pork pie thread before you know it...

rjsterry

Dorset_Boy said:

rjsterry said:

Our local pub does wild boar scotch eggs, served warm with the yolk still runny. Divine.

Do they get their wild boar from the Surrey Hills?!

Dunno. I think our local butcher buys it in from a farm in Hampshire. Not sure if the pub buys from the butcher or direct. The butcher - Scott's - is a bit of a local institution. People queue round the green for hours to pick up their Christmas roasts.

secretsqirrel

MattFalle said:

secretsqirrel said:

Anyway it still Russia’s fault for starting the war.

bet they don't eat pork pies

I rest my case.

First.Aspect

rjsterry said:

Dorset_Boy said:

rjsterry said:

Our local pub does wild boar scotch eggs, served warm with the yolk still runny. Divine.

Do they get their wild boar from the Surrey Hills?!

Dunno. I think our local butcher buys it in from a farm in Hampshire. Not sure if the pub buys from the butcher or direct. The butcher - Scott's - is a bit of a local institution. People queue round the green for hours to pick up their Christmas roasts.

So are these farmed wild boar?

rjsterry

First.Aspect said:

rjsterry said:

Dorset_Boy said:

rjsterry said:

Our local pub does wild boar scotch eggs, served warm with the yolk still runny. Divine.

Do they get their wild boar from the Surrey Hills?!

Dunno. I think our local butcher buys it in from a farm in Hampshire. Not sure if the pub buys from the butcher or direct. The butcher - Scott's - is a bit of a local institution. People queue round the green for hours to pick up their Christmas roasts.

So are these farmed wild boar?

Yes. Wild boar is a species. They don't need to literally be wild, although with those tusks I'd treat with a degree of respect.

First.Aspect

A benefit of Brexit is that we don't have to call them wild style boar.

Stevo_666

First.Aspect said:

A benefit of Brexit is that we don't have to call them wild style boar.

There are still a few Brexit bores on the other thread

rjsterry

First.Aspect said:

A benefit of Brexit is that we don't have to call them wild style boar.

No, they're just wild boar. Like the Asterix books.

First.Aspect

rjsterry said:

First.Aspect said:

A benefit of Brexit is that we don't have to call them wild style boar.

No, they're just wild boar. Like the Asterix books.

Didn't read asterix.

Is there an animal called a boar?

pinno

briantrumpet said:

@pinno will be starting a pork pie thread before you know it...

Don't get all strung* up Mr Trumpet, B - you are the one seeking order and compartmentalisation.
I would much rather divergence and creative counterpoint than military brass band.

*I wish you played a stringed instrument, not some old Kazoo with valves.

MidlandsGrimpeur2

People queue round the green for hours to pick up their Christmas roasts.

One of the butcher's local to me has similar queues on Xmas eve when people are allowed to pick up their pre Xmas orders. If you are a risk taker, by around 4pm, everyone has picked up their turkey and any left are sold off cheap! Last year my mate picked up four organic Norfolk bronze turkeys for £50 in total. They should have been £70 each!

MattFalle

First.Aspect said:

rjsterry said:

First.Aspect said:

A benefit of Brexit is that we don't have to call them wild style boar.

No, they're just wild boar. Like the Asterix books.

Didn't read asterix.

Is there an animal called a boar?

very good point well presented.

or, to that effect, is there a tame boar?

rjsterry

MattFalle said:

First.Aspect said:

rjsterry said:

First.Aspect said:

A benefit of Brexit is that we don't have to call them wild style boar.

No, they're just wild boar. Like the Asterix books.

Didn't read asterix.

Is there an animal called a boar?

very good point well presented.

or, to that effect, is there a tame boar?

A boar is an adult male domesticated pig (Sus scrofa domesticus). Wild boar are a separate species (Sus scrofa). Most Wild boar are also wild but some are farmed (but not tame).

Farming of Wild boar requires a special license under the Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976.

MattFalle

rjsterry said:

MattFalle said:

First.Aspect said:

rjsterry said:

First.Aspect said:

A benefit of Brexit is that we don't have to call them wild style boar.

No, they're just wild boar. Like the Asterix books.

Didn't read asterix.

Is there an animal called a boar?

very good point well presented.

or, to that effect, is there a tame boar?

A boar is an adult male domesticated pig (Sus scrofa domesticus). Wild boar are a separate species (Sus scrofa). Most Wild boar are also wild but some are farmed (but not tame).

Farming of Wild boar requires a special license under the Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976.

grazie!

Munsford0

rjsterry said:

First.Aspect said:

rjsterry said:

Dorset_Boy said:

rjsterry said:

Our local pub does wild boar scotch eggs, served warm with the yolk still runny. Divine.

Do they get their wild boar from the Surrey Hills?!

Dunno. I think our local butcher buys it in from a farm in Hampshire. Not sure if the pub buys from the butcher or direct. The butcher - Scott's - is a bit of a local institution. People queue round the green for hours to pick up their Christmas roasts.

So are these farmed wild boar?

Yes. Wild boar is a species. They don't need to literally be wild, although with those tusks I'd treat with a degree of respect.

Wild? I bet they are fcuking furious when they find out they are destined to become scotch eggs

mrb123

Encountered a wild boar when descending through the woods on Monte Morrone, Abruzzo. A pretty sizable beast but it took off quickly as soon as it spotted us.

I believe they were reintroduced to the region after previously been hunted to extinction there.

briantrumpet

mrb123 said:

Encountered a wild boar when descending through the woods on Monte Morrone, Abruzzo. A pretty sizable beast but it took off quickly as soon as it spotted us.

I believe they were reintroduced to the region after previously been hunted to extinction there.

Very much on the loose in my part of France, not least as they are favourite targets for the many hunters, when they're not shooting each others or members of the public.

I met a small group of them one time, in the dark, when walking up the valley, but thankfully on seeing my torch they headed off elsewhere.

MattFalle

mrb123 said:

Encountered a wild boar when descending through the woods on Monte Morrone, Abruzzo. A pretty sizable beast but it took off quickly as soon as it spotted us.

I believe they were reintroduced to the region after previously been hunted to extinction there.

yeah, loads in the national park where we are. tendto keep themselves to themselves unlike in Rome where they wander through the streets a la passagiatta....

surrey_commuter

MidlandsGrimpeur2 said:

People queue round the green for hours to pick up their Christmas roasts.

One of the butcher's local to me has similar queues on Xmas eve when people are allowed to pick up their pre Xmas orders. If you are a risk taker, by around 4pm, everyone has picked up their turkey and any left are sold off cheap! Last year my mate picked up four organic Norfolk bronze turkeys for £50 in total. They should have been £70 each!

Did he have to buy all four or chose to do so?

thegreatdivide

MattFalle said:

secretsqirrel said:

Anyway it still Russia’s fault for starting the war.

bet they don't eat pork pies

They do. Sad ones. Pirozhki, aka ‘Meat Hand Pies’. They don’t contain hand meat (maybe they do) but they’re a f@cked up pie/pastie hybrid that contains pork or beef.

rjsterry

MattFalle said:

mrb123 said:

Encountered a wild boar when descending through the woods on Monte Morrone, Abruzzo. A pretty sizable beast but it took off quickly as soon as it spotted us.

I believe they were reintroduced to the region after previously been hunted to extinction there.

yeah, loads in the national park where we are. tendto keep themselves to themselves unlike in Rome where they wander through the streets a la passagiatta....

Adult males get up to 150kg. Big teeth. Don't mess .

MattFalle

Well, wasn't particularly intending to tbh, but thankyou: noted.

MidlandsGrimpeur2

Did he have to buy all four or chose to do so?

He chose to. One for himself and he gave the other three to relatives. No idea if they already had turkeys or not. I assumed he had discussed this with them beforehand and they all took the risk of not getting a turkey!

I turned up at the coffee shop at the end of my traditional Xmas eve ride to find him sitting there with four huge boxed turkeys!

DeVlaeminck

So in effect by waiting until the last minute he was able to get a turkey for £50. Think I'll stick with Sainsbury's.

MidlandsGrimpeur2

So in effect by waiting until the last minute he was able to get a turkey for £50. Think I'll stick with Sainsbury's.

Bah! where's your Xmas spirit DeV?

ddraver

I saw a family of them running across the road below Lake Annecy at sparrow fart last winter. A Dad, mum and 2 piggly wigglies at the back. It looked like a disney film...

carbonclem

Lots of wild boar in this area - Forest of Dean has them.