[Joanna Lytton-Vasey]

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Luckily we live in a part of the country where squirrels are plentiful so we are never at a loss for brains!

I really don't know how to respond to that, so perhaps it's best that I don't.

[Ezekiel Bathfire]

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... you may stun the occasional owl, though there is little meat on them.

As far as owls are concerned, do not eat the wrong ones.

Le:11:13: And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,
[...]
Le:11:16: And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,
Le:11:17: And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,
[...
Le:11:19: And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.

You'll note that the owl is mentioned in two verses. The first one is where God was giving the list, the two in Le:11:17, are there because the scribe writing it all down asked "Oh God, is that all owls or just some? For verily there art, in Thy creation, one score of kind of owls in Judea and Israel."

And so God spake unto him Le:11:17. The little owl is clear enough, Athena noctua. And to be quite frank, they are not much of a mouthful - all feathers, bones and beak, so that was good advice. The great owl would be a more substantial meal - it is the Pharaoh Eagle Owl (Bubo ascalaphus) but they are notoriously difficult to kill and they will take a few fingers off the unwary as quickly as Jesus raises the dead - so that's good advice too.

[Joanna Lytton-Vasey]

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As far as owls are concerned, do not eat the wrong ones.

Well absolutely, Pastor Bathfire! As you so wisely say, there are far too many types of owl for the lesser theologians (women) among us to distinguish. Fortunately, my children's scientific experiments have revealed that none of them is worth the effort of plucking. And - even disregarding this - their stomachs tend to be full of mouse remnants, entirely in contravention of Leviticus 11:29.

I think we can lay to rest the need for owl recipes. Thank you, Pastor.

It is curious, by the way, that Leviticus 11:30 specifically mentions the chameleon. A deceased chameleon would be difficult to find, let alone prepare for the table.

[Basilissa]

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And until someone comes up with a decent recipe for the meat, we'll continue to leave it for the foxes or the staff - whoever gets there first.

Well. I'll be on the lookout for squirrel recipes just in case the whole Brexit thing goes haywire at the end of this month.

[C. S. Darrow, Esq.]

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This could come under the heading of patriotic poultry as there are large numbers of eagles being killed - even though they come under the heading of a protected species. It could be called free range wind turbine rotisserie, but we need some spices here - maybe a brine with a marinade.

My dear Mr. Bryan, I would strongly advise against consumption of birds dispatched in this manner or in any other manner if they've frequented areas where these liberal death machines have been deployed. As you may recall, it was illustrated by our blessed President Donald J. Trump that these hellish contraptions do cause cancer and there's no reason to think creatures who spend time in their midst are not also thus afflicted. As such, better safe than sorry. Best to get poultry of this sort from areas a good distance away from known carcinogenic machinery. May Jesus watch over your culinary adventures and protect you from liberal-made diseases.

[Ezekiel Bathfire]

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It is curious, by the way, that Leviticus 11:30 specifically mentions the chameleon. A deceased chameleon would be difficult to find, let alone prepare for the table.

In Those Days when The Children of God were closer to Him, it was common for chameleons to roost in fig trees and thus be green with purple blotches. The chameleon would then be struck dead by God for whatever reason pleaseth Him and fall to the ground where it would stand out as being green.

The point is that the chameleon has scales and can live in water - it is therefore a fish. It was important to know that chameleons were an exception to the "kosherness" of scaled fish - hence their specific mention.