[Doug]

I liked the Fat Birds. I think there are a couple of different schools of thought in play here. I was always taught that food was something to be tested at every stage of the process, from preparation to eating.

One real way of testing the freshness of food, especially fish, game or meat is to feel it, smell it and in many cases taste it. The over riding principle is hygiene. If you wash your mitts properly and keep them away for your various orifices your will be ok. But believe me a bit of dirt and the odd bit of bacteria in the process will serve you well. It’s today sterility with food that leaves us so vulnerable at times.