are shovelers eatable?

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are shovelers eatable?

Postby nastydogg » Mon Nov 27, 2006 8:09 pm

Guy told me today that they taste just like mallards,anyone know?
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Postby rebelduckaholic » Mon Nov 27, 2006 8:13 pm

Taste fine to me
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Postby waterbug » Mon Nov 27, 2006 8:33 pm

Yes and No... Depends on what they have been eating.
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Postby champcaller » Mon Nov 27, 2006 8:43 pm

we throw them in gumbo and tastes great
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Postby GulfCoast » Mon Nov 27, 2006 9:28 pm

Although I avoid shooting them to save being harrased unmercifully, I have been to duck camps in Louisiana where they make "spoonbill stew" and you cannot tell the difference in a mallard and the spoonies the way they do it. A lot has to do with how you clean them.
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Postby h2o_dog » Mon Nov 27, 2006 9:33 pm

I ate some once in cameron parish LA. The ONLY reason I tried them was because I hadn't seen a sewage lagoon south of I-10, and they were killed in the salt marsh, so I thought these might be safe

The lady braised them in a double roaster on top of the stove for 2 hours in onions, peppers, and MadDog 20/20 (I kid you not), and they were as good as any duck I've ever eaten....

but I ain't tried another one since.
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Postby TNMallardMasher » Mon Nov 27, 2006 10:07 pm

waterbug wrote:Yes and No... Depends on what they have been eating.


Ditto that.

I have killed shovelheads full of rice, and they tastes as good as rice-fed mallard.

I have opened the breast of many spoonies and the strong smell coming out let me know that I did not have enough garlic on hand to continue fixing them... :shock:
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Re: are shovelers eatable?

Postby mottlet » Mon Nov 27, 2006 11:50 pm

nastydogg wrote:Guy told me today that they taste just like mallards,anyone know?


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Postby Wingman » Tue Nov 28, 2006 12:02 am

You'd eat a chicken in a heartbeat, knowing that all its life it's been walking around in chicken poop, eating pellets out of a trough, stepping over other dead chickens in the pen and sharing lice with 10,000 other chickens in the coop....yet wonder if a shoveler is okay to eat?

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Postby jwayne » Tue Nov 28, 2006 7:29 am

In the pot you go!!!

With salt, Everthing is good!!!
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Postby Triple Gobble » Tue Nov 28, 2006 7:32 am

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Postby Bankermane » Tue Nov 28, 2006 7:49 am

I clean them and give them to friends. Ask them.
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Postby teul2 » Tue Nov 28, 2006 8:39 am

I can cook them up right along with the mallards, woodies, and teal and you won't be able to tell one from the other other than size.
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Postby bigwater » Tue Nov 28, 2006 8:51 am

how long can u leave them out before they start to turn?
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Postby Cephous » Tue Nov 28, 2006 9:07 am

Wingman wrote:You'd eat a chicken in a heartbeat, knowing that all its life it's been walking around in chicken poop, eating pellets out of a trough, stepping over other dead chickens in the pen and sharing lice with 10,000 other chickens in the coop....yet wonder if a shoveler is okay to eat?

Grill it.


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