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I was planning on making grilled chicken breast on ceasar salad for supper tonight. Early this morning I heard a loud bang and found a grouse had broken its neck flying into my window. It seems a shame to waste it, but I have no idea how to clean it. Can anyone give me detailed instructions?

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Originally posted by dweezil
I was planning on making grilled chicken breast on ceasar salad for supper tonight. Early this morning I heard a loud bang and found a grouse had broken its neck flying into my window. It seems a shame to waste it, but I have no idea how to clean it. Can anyone give me detailed instructions?
if it was a pig or a cow that flew into your window, then i could give you some expert advice on how to chop it up. i guess this won't do... sorry. 🙁.

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You need to check the game laws first. In my state using a game animal out of season like you want too is considered poaching. Poaching in my state will get you a fine and points toward a hunting and or fishing ban.

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Originally posted by dweezil
I was planning on making grilled chicken breast on ceasar salad for supper tonight. Early this morning I heard a loud bang and found a grouse had broken its neck flying into my window. It seems a shame to waste it, but I have no idea how to clean it. Can anyone give me detailed instructions?
One grouse isn't going to make much of a meal. You don't really clean them per se. Since the breast is really the only part big enough to eat, you literally just grab the breast and pull it away from the rest of the bird--I haven't actually done this, but I saw it done many years ago. Seemed rather pointless to me since it's so small--so I was never much interested in hunting grouse.

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Originally posted by Kaboooomba
if it was a pig or a cow that flew into your window, then i could give you some expert advice on how to chop it up.
If you see a pig or a cow flying into your window, you'd better seek psychiatric help.

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Originally posted by dweezil
I was planning on making grilled chicken breast on ceasar salad for supper tonight. Early this morning I heard a loud bang and found a grouse had broken its neck flying into my window. It seems a shame to waste it, but I have no idea how to clean it. Can anyone give me detailed instructions?
www.howtocookagrouse.com

Try here...
http://www.cuisinenet.com/digest/quote/toklas_grouse.shtml

or here...
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/martin/wildrecipes/infdov.php

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Originally posted by Nordlys
If you see a pig or a cow flying into your window, you'd better seek psychiatric help.
this is possible in a twister. i saw that one at the movies and the cow was even mooing during flight.

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Originally posted by leisurelysloth
One grouse isn't going to make much of a meal. You don't really clean them per se. Since the breast is really the only part big enough to eat, you literally just grab the breast and pull it away from the rest of the bird--I haven't actually done this, but I saw it done many years ago. Seemed rather pointless to me since it's so small--so I was never much interested in hunting grouse.
I think theres a certain technique to getting the breast out. The ceasar salad is the mail meal, the breast just tops it off.

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Originally posted by gambit3
You need to check the game laws first. In my state using a game animal out of season like you want too is considered poaching. Poaching in my state will get you a fine and points toward a hunting and or fishing ban.
Same here, but it seems a shame to waste it. I am waiting for a friend who is a conservation officer to return home. If something like this is reported and can be verified, it is usually ok. The laws here were changed a few years ago, so that deer could be taken if they were killed by a vehicle. It may be similar with game birds.

Thanks, though. 🙂

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Originally posted by dweezil
I think theres a certain technique to getting the breast out. The ceasar salad is the mail meal, the breast just tops it off.
http://www.ehow.com/tips_2462.html

I wouldn't recommend tip #3, I think this must have been someone's idea of a joke.

I'm thinking something more along the lines of # 1. However, I think you just grab the breast meat/rib-cage up close to the neck and pull it out.

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Originally posted by dweezil
I was planning on making grilled chicken breast on ceasar salad for supper tonight. Early this morning I heard a loud bang and found a grouse had broken its neck flying into my window. It seems a shame to waste it, but I have no idea how to clean it. Can anyone give me detailed instructions?
If it's a Famous Grouse, you need to liquidise it then drink it.
You can buy the crap already liquidised.