Marsh Hen Recipe

General Cooking your catch
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Anyone have any input on making them edible?

2

I hear they make great dog food.

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3

They need to soak for at least twelve hours in salted water (not a heavy brine). It will pull the pluff mud taste out of them and then just fry them as you would a dove. We would also bake them, then bust the meat and cook into rice and such for a very good perlo (pilau, perlou, perlow… however you spell it). Milk is a substitute for the salt water but I don’t think it gets all the marsh taste out of them.

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The best I’ve ever had it was in a Jambalaya, but it was salt-watered overnight prior.

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5

My Mom always soaked them in saltwater overnight, then in buttermilk, and battered and fried them. They still ain’t real good. I haven’t ate one since I left home and that’s been a long while.

Capt. Larry Teuton
Swamp Worshiper

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Thanks, guys. I will try all of the above. I had them once pan seared (after marinating)the day they were shot, and they weren’t bad. I’ve also had them in gumbo after freezing, and they were disgusting!

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let us know how this turns out.

i’m done trying to cook em til furhter notice.

i take it you got em on these supermoon tides

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Yeah, Caleb brought home a couple of limits in the past 2 days. I hope I can make something decent out of them.

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Originally posted by PeaPod

let us know how this turns out.

i’m done trying to cook em til furhter notice.

i take it you got em on these supermoon tides

“I am not involved in this thread, only helping Fred understand who he is dealing with.”

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I always liked the gizzards best. Clean them good, beat them a little bit and fry them like chicken gizzards.

Capt. Larry Teuton
Swamp Worshiper

10

i remember someone made marsh hen gumbo at one of the oyster roasts and from what i remember it got devoured, but not sure how fresh/frozen they were beforehand.

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You can make almost anything fit to eat if you first pressure cook it for 30 minutes, then batter and fry it, then cook it down in a gravy for a few hours :smiley:

Capt. Larry Teuton
Swamp Worshiper