Do You Battle a Invasive Plant ? NY Ban Sale of Certain Plants

[Smart Red]

Oh, so you mean traitors are also allowed to hunt them

Royalty, loyalty, we Americans are not too good at putting the two together. I was waiting to hear someone say it tastes like chicken.

 

[Pulsegleaner]

Royalty, loyalty, we Americans are not too good at putting the two together.

True, we're much better at mixing stupidity with cupidity .

 

[TheSeedObsesser]

Didn't see that before, I'll let it go though.

How did that happen? "R" and "l" are so far apart on the keyboard.

 

[digitS']

Woyayty and yoyayty have the vewy same meaning.

Anyway, that's what I've been toyd.

 

[catjac1975]

@catjac1975 probably don't want to know...

That's probably sort of true. Back in the Middle ages roast swan was considered a real delicacy, reserved for royalty and selected nobility. Even today all swans in Great Britain are owned by the Queen, except those owned by the two corporations licensed to own them. That's why each year all of the swans have to be caught, inventoried and the new ones marked by a small notch on the bill (notch on left, one corporation) notch on right (the other) no notch, Royal. It's called "swan upping"

And I seem to recall that one of the dishes listed by the Imperial chefs as being prepared for the Imperial family was swan with wild cherry sauce (according to legend the dish was also supposed to be a favorite among loong (Chinese dragons) and therefore a good choice when bringing them tribute meals. )

What does swan taste like? Tastes like chicken?

 

[Pulsegleaner]

With their diet, I'd imagine more like duck. And not necessarily one of the tastier species of duck.

 

[TheSeedObsesser]

...or a goose. I'd raise them but individual birds are expensive and the goose-hissing drives me crazy enough as it is.

Strangely enough we just had four Trumpeter Swans fly over this morning.

EDIT: I would imagine that the meat would be on the tough side to, with a lot of connective tissues.

 

[Nyboy]

Canadian geese are very invasive in NY. Airports are having big problems because of them. The state is culling them, bodies going to landfill. Supermarkets here charge over $60 for goose, sad waste.

 

[Smart Red]

Around here, where Canada geese stop their migration because of constant open water around out power plant, geese are considered a nuisance. When MIL lived along the river her yard was so messy you couldn't walk through it.

To lower their numbers the City coats the eggs with oil each spring. Only a few times have their numbers been so large they allowed sharp shooters to kill them secretly at night. This news was reported after the fact.

 

[Ridgerunner]

That's a problem around here too, especially at parks where kids play and golf courses that pack a lot of political weight. Coating the eggs is a common method to try to keep the numbers down some. Even with the political power of the golf courses and some really angry parents physically removing them is so controversial it's not used as far as the general public knows. I'm general public so I really don't know. If any are physically removed it's not enough to make a lot of difference. They need to do better.

We affect the environment. Some animals are very good at adopting to the changes we make and the numbers get to the point they need to be managed. I understand trumpeter swans and some other animals needing to be protected, but Canada geese are not about to go extinct.