Hunter Angler Gardener Cook

It’s that time again, time for the food world to gather and chew the fat over meat. I was happily surprised at the response to the inaugural Meat & Greet: Offal, and this month I am making it easier with the theme, “Things that used to fly.” You can thank Holly for that one; she used it as the theme to a party we had some years ago.

So, your task, if you choose to accept it, is to send me a recipe whose main ingredient is something that once flew. Now normally this means birds, and I will accept entries from anyone who does something with ostrich, emu, kiwi bird, penguin or any other flightless bird. But I will also accept flying fish, grasshoppers, flying beetles or anything else that once flitted about you feel like entering. No hummingbirds. I like hummingbirds.

You may be getting the sense that a chicken recipe ain’t gonna cut it. Well…not necessarily, but it better be a damn good chicken recipe. I will be judging off the following:

• The type of flying thing. You get points for going off the beaten track.
• The piece of the flying thing you use. If you do chicken, a mediocre dish with gizzards will be rated about as high as a good chicken breast recipe.
• How good the dish is. Let’s face it, taste is the most important factor here. If you truly have a fan-freakin’-tastic chicken breast recipe, go for it.
• I will also consider the use of multiple flying things (No, you can’t just go buy a turducken.) as well as overall creativity.

So, go forth and give me your best shot. You have until June 30 to enter. Here’s what I need:

• A permalink to the post
• The url of your blog
• A small (no length longer than 100 pixels) image of the dish
• Your name and your blog’s name
• Where you are from

Send this all to me at: scrbblr AT hotmail DOT com

Looking forward to seeing what you come up with!