Duck camp dinners (Jean Paul) showed that there’s some unique ways to cook this as well. That and this are both great series and I don’t even hunt! Meateater has some great content
@odoroussmegma21913 жыл бұрын
Who is Jean Paul is he a friend of yours?
@andreuzee94553 жыл бұрын
Jean Paul Bourgeois a trained chef from Louisiana. He has a KZbin series called duck camp dinners.
@Sjoberg913 жыл бұрын
@@andreuzee9455 Yea, but its still the "MeatEater" channel. Loved the series, real feel good stuff.
@prestonbain66703 жыл бұрын
They have been pumping out great content. I'm waiting for them to get there own streaming channel. Das Boat is my favorite right now though. and i see there is a new episode. gotta go!
@tablespoon19393 жыл бұрын
I must conceded: I am thoroughly excited to see what comes out of this series.
@candicemonsour62943 жыл бұрын
I’ve lived in southwest Louisiana 35 out of my 37 years and I’ve eaten “pouldeaux” coot my whole life. Some mornings we would purposefully limit out with 3-4 men. 45-60 birds a day. You step on their feet and pull up on their wings and the breast pulls out skinned perfectly takes me five seconds to clean a coot. Also the gizzard on a coot is abnormally large for the birds size. Boil the gizzards for three hours and place in food processor to make a paste to start a true Cajun rice dressing.
@danieljones95893 жыл бұрын
Do the same thing for ruffed grouse here in Canada
@aaronrider40512 жыл бұрын
thank you! sounds freaking delicious! Cajun cooking is the best.
@justindurante17402 жыл бұрын
My kind of woman
@robertjackson18134 ай бұрын
You had me at large. Gizzard❤
@masonbutterfield3 жыл бұрын
I'm glad ya'll took a page from Brad Leone/ It's Alive. This series is super refreshing and fun to watch!
@bradklein35193 жыл бұрын
Hahahahaha what? The dude catch and cooks every episode he kills something haha
@masonbutterfield3 жыл бұрын
@@bradklein3519 No. I was speaking more about the light-hearted, comically written cooking videos. Watch some of the It’s Alive videos and then this series. I love both shows and they definitely have their own feel, but there are similarities. Good ones.
@samfulwider38823 жыл бұрын
I'd love to see an episode on crow
@tyduckert55703 жыл бұрын
If you shoot them cook them I think they taste like a mallard
@michaelgolding15683 жыл бұрын
@@tyduckert5570 are y'all talking about the same black crow in AUSTRALIA Shot a few but never thought about trying Tried a few wild shit
@quezbeme3 жыл бұрын
I think someone tried to make that a thing back in the day
@KillJoyXx13 жыл бұрын
my grandpa said they taste pretty good hahaha
@jesseturner91743 жыл бұрын
Yes, I second the crow
@djdubuisson833 жыл бұрын
I've never had a problem with pouldeau, and they have huge gizzards, if you like fried gizzard. But then again, I'm from SE Louisiana, and we'll eat most anything.
@nathanjungers9683 жыл бұрын
I've been waterfowl hunting most of my life in North Dakota and South Dakota. Coot have always been considered "trash ducks" and we just never shot them. Had a guy from Louisiana move up here in the oilfield and we went duck hunting one morning. Dude shoots two right off the bat and I was confused and kind of irritated. I said heck man we dont shoot that trash up here and you're making it harder on us to get some good birds in. Later that day we cooked everything up and he cooked them up in basically a stew. That was delicious and since then I will shoot a few here and there and give them to him to make his stew.
@cajunbeast25873 жыл бұрын
@@nathanjungers968 us Cajuns can make anything taste good
@captainhunter_oubre13643 жыл бұрын
The gizzards are good. The rest is good for alligator bait.
@phoenixmastm2 жыл бұрын
@@cajunbeast2587 Can confirm. Ya'll cook some really tasty stuff! My preferred dishes and flavoring/seasonings are all cajun inspired.
@GridDelinquent3 жыл бұрын
Love the Theodore Roosevelt poster in Steve's office. Brilliant episode
@davidconley54113 жыл бұрын
I've learned if someone says "oh that's not good meat." Or "you don't wanna eat that." Its because they personally don't know how to or want to clean the animal.
@XiangnuKhaan3 жыл бұрын
Part of it as well is that the cultural perception of cuisine ( meat in particular ) in the us is very very picky which doesn't help the case either.
@robertfrancis85933 жыл бұрын
I agree, I also think there is alot to be said for preparation. Cooking technique is so important when considering if something taste good or bad.
@stevetipton71513 жыл бұрын
This Meateater series is great! It's the personalities of the staff that really come through... It's Bon Appetit's old test kitchen, but with wild game. Great job
@derekstanley83093 жыл бұрын
I would love to see an episode where they try to make merganser taste good.
@MakinBacoNaked3 жыл бұрын
Same thing my good buddy asked when I told him about it.
@potatogun42383 жыл бұрын
Merganzers taste like they smell, like a bucket of shellfish left to bake in the sun for a week
@tyduckert55703 жыл бұрын
Merganser taste great I have only had it once but it taste like a duck to me
@leescheffler76773 жыл бұрын
@@tyduckert5570 ate coots and mergansers and jack rabbits all over the country, all are good, just dont eat the merganser fat.
@Panster5333 жыл бұрын
Mergs are delicious! Just another duck!!!
@lukewestlake3493 жыл бұрын
Spencer and the producers are killing it with this series. Great watch!
@trippcave85763 жыл бұрын
A series that really encapsulates the MeatEater brand. I Love it so far!
@TheHandsomeMatt3 жыл бұрын
Having just recently discovered boudin, I’m going to give the Cajuns the benefit of the doubt on overlooked cuisine.
@bradleychampagne92663 жыл бұрын
I grew up in south Louisiana south of I10 and always took the gizzards, heart, and breast and made into a stew/gravy over rice. I have never been disappointed!
@maxmccain89503 жыл бұрын
When I was a kid we called them mudhens. We had them for dinner all the time. Not bad at all.
@jjreno78433 жыл бұрын
As kids camping in the Everglades we ate countless numbers of " Mudhens" and loved them. >>>>>------------>
@drunner723 жыл бұрын
True!
@jacobperleoni85493 жыл бұрын
“What’s on the menu tonight spencer” was delivered beautifully… I’m not sure Christian bale himself could have done better
@skunkycatog3 жыл бұрын
Cal wanted to fight homie for leaving those birds… respect that.
@ranger191003 жыл бұрын
You guys better do a “how to cook cormorant” in this series. This bird just came legal to hunt last year in Ontario 2020. You are allowed to shoot 15 per day with no possession limit and are legally allowed to dispose the bird properly. A lot of wasted meat.
@epsteined38993 жыл бұрын
"Steve tried to shoot a coot too he just couldn't get the job done." Lmaoo dont do it to em Cal
@alexthompson94033 жыл бұрын
This series is excellent!
@jonathancarman88843 жыл бұрын
I am loving this series, and I'm hoping for an episode on longnose gar sometime soon.
@blzn043 жыл бұрын
They cooked some on the Das boat series. I think it was se1 ep 2 or ep3. The guadalupe bass ep.
@lukea28063 жыл бұрын
Gar is good and I think that’s generally accepted, they’re just a pain in the ass to clean
@c.j.rogers24223 жыл бұрын
Poor man's lobster!
@StromquistOutdoors3 жыл бұрын
I just made walleye, gar, and bighead carp and did a blind test with 5 well versed fish guys. Everyone picked the bighead carp #1 and some even had gar above the walleye. Lol
@broomstickcowgirl3 жыл бұрын
Man, I LOVE these episodes of Pardon My Plate. Please keep them coming.
@WestPennFeistHunter3 жыл бұрын
The baculum in the whiskey tumbler was a real nice touch.
@Ross-ro1cs3 жыл бұрын
US Fish & Wildlife service is going to have a huge jump in coot harvest number reports in 2022 due to this video 😂
@therockbiter81403 жыл бұрын
Growing up in the very middle of Louisiana, I know that there is nothing that walks, flies or swims that is completely inedible if you only just cook it right. Anything is good in a roux, gumbo or sauce picant, no matter how gamey or tough it is, it can be cooked past all that low and slow.
@MidwayGuy3 жыл бұрын
Love the premise of this show. Excited to see where it goes. If you need any suggestions, I nominate Rock Bass. We were always told they were wormy and no good for eating.
@phoenixmastm2 жыл бұрын
Can confirm they taste similar to Bluegill. Not really that much different, but it's been long enough that Im willin to chalk it up to faulty memory.
@earlshaner44413 жыл бұрын
Hi from Syracuse NY everyone and thank you for sharing your thoughts and adventures and you are not hungry enough yet
@janmorse69483 жыл бұрын
Ah yes, my very first "duck" was also a Coot. It was near 53 seasons ago and I was thrilled to haul it home! I have, even as a full grown adult, wearing a lanyard thick with bands, taken a limit of Coot home for no other reason than to eat them. Most of us Michigan waterfowlers won't admit to doing that. I did. And now the world knows.
@tyduckert55703 жыл бұрын
Have you ever shot a banded coot though
@janmorse69483 жыл бұрын
@@tyduckert5570 I have not.
@pullmanator893 жыл бұрын
How on earth does Meat Eater have under 900k subscribers?!? That is baffling to me. It should have millions!
@jz13663 жыл бұрын
Used to shoot as many coots as we cared to clean at my grandpas lake house. we would usually take the drums, wings, and breast meat off and just fry them in butter with garlic and onions. Dip in a little bbq sauce too. theyre good
@OLDGRIZZ2 жыл бұрын
Extremely original. Whoever came up with this series of eatin weird critters deserves a raise !
@kutschenreut3 жыл бұрын
Eat a merganser please. I'm curious about that one. Excellent video and series btw!
@Mike-ul1xn3 жыл бұрын
they're fishy
@rodneyalaking82413 жыл бұрын
I shot one back in the 90s. I used the diced breast meat to garnish a poultry liver pate and it tasted great…not quite the same as roasting one, though.
@TheRealChetManley3 жыл бұрын
This is awesome show. And Ryan is great. I watch everything that he's in.
@al63743 жыл бұрын
Great video! Thanks for the insight.
@lesforet44953 жыл бұрын
Born and raised in southeast Louisiana I have eaten many a coot, never even heard of them as being a trash bird till I moved to Tennessee.
@gboyd2423 жыл бұрын
When we have a slow day duck hunting, we do what we call a coot corral. It's basically a drive but even the flankers will get a good amount of shooting if done correctly. Then we either grind them up with ducks and pork and make sausage or turn the breasts into jerky. The smoke really eliminates pretty much all of the off-flavors. We don't ever pick them anymore because a lot of them have nasty fat. We normally take hearts and gizzards out them too.
@jacobs.92303 жыл бұрын
COULD YOU do a special showing how to get into duck/quail/pheasant/waterfoul hunting what all is entailed in finding a group to go with if you do not know anyone that does. or going solo, what areas to look at for the hunt and so forth??
@timo56983 жыл бұрын
Hank Shaw has done an entire podcast series on small game hunting where he goes into a lot of details and talks to successful hunters. You can get it for free on spotify
@Kyle-ue5uj3 жыл бұрын
I live outside of Houston, we eat them all the time, in gumbo, nothing wrong with them
@thefriendlybeast26133 жыл бұрын
Whoever taught him come to me. . .he meant that lmao. If you kill it. Eat it.
@dallonperry36393 жыл бұрын
This has just got me thinking about all the critters that run around I've never thought of as food.
@clayhazelberg63233 жыл бұрын
My grandpa’s family was market hunters in Wisconsin. They used to go out in the morning and get all the ducks to sell. Then go back out and get Coots to feed there families. When I was a young buck my Gramps and I would go shoot a limit of coot, my great aunt would then clean and cook them for us and share with the family. We ate the gizzards and all. More or less stewed them. Funny part was my grandpa would get super mad if I wouldn’t get more than one coot with every shot.
@ianckoerner3 жыл бұрын
Cool new series! I can’t wait to see the stuff Brad Leone alluded to doing with Ryan I bet those two together will be hilarious.
@jeremywelch40863 жыл бұрын
In SE Texas I’ve always seared the coot breast to medium (or made jalapeño poppers) and turned the rest of the bird (including offal) into dirty rice. The heart is tasty and tender. Lots of tendons in the drumstick.
@nyalsewell3 жыл бұрын
This series is hilarious.
@DavisNc3 жыл бұрын
My first waterfowl was a coot when I was 12. I remember my dad looking it up and the answer to “can you eat a coot” was “can you polish a turd”
@Weatherby4063 жыл бұрын
Probably bad news for coots if we all find out they taste like chicken.
@torrencemonroe12333 жыл бұрын
Bingo! 😅
@candicemonsour62943 жыл бұрын
They don’t taste like chicken. They taste like waterfowl. The breast meat taste closest to a piece of beef roast but a little livery. Nothing off tasting just nothing to be compared with chicken.
@montuckyman49823 жыл бұрын
I hope they don't taste like chicken. Chicken is a poor excuse for food. Bland and only white meat these days.
@sg03103 жыл бұрын
I feel like part of this issue, at least in some states is coots will live in salt or brackish water sometimes which tends to make any waterfowl taste gnarly. In Florida I've shot mottled ducks in fresh salt and everything in between, the freshwater are some of the best ducks out there, the ones in salt you gotta make jalapeno poppers with
@kylehertzog3 жыл бұрын
Bro's and sista's I am 3 mins into the second episode... Steven this one is a Gem. Way to go Spence.
@catchandeat3 жыл бұрын
I gave coots a real try early in my waterfowl career. 2 were good, 2 tasted like an Alaskan fish dumpster... I fed those to my dogs.
@benmirka36483 жыл бұрын
Pardon my plate is my new favorite show!!!
@dixielandsbigal3 жыл бұрын
Spencer, I love you breaking the 4th wall. It's very authentic. Next time you are home in SD come over for a fine whiskey and a cigar.
@libbysneden3 жыл бұрын
really liking this series .. thank you!
@omccreations5293 жыл бұрын
👏 these pardon my plate series are awesome.
@jakeberglund29543 жыл бұрын
I like your hat Spencer, I am sitting here wearing the same one. Couldn't find that elk soon enough to get the Benchmade altitude but was quick enough to get the hat!
@thegreyhound10732 жыл бұрын
This is my grandmother's favorite meat to cook gumbo with. It's really something my family and most Cajuns enjoy.
@chancecurtiss98853 жыл бұрын
really diggin this new series. keep it up guys.
@jasonstefanuk35793 жыл бұрын
Great video. Love this series.
@cjr44973 жыл бұрын
Pouldeau Gumbo, pouldeau rice n gravy, pouldeau wraps on da grill. All good. C'est bon!? Waay Sha!!! People pass up ducks to get their limits of pouldeau down here. Some people also refer to them as flying gizzards because their gizzards are huge and everyone loves duck gizzards in their sauce or gumbo.
@GrumpyGenXGramps3 жыл бұрын
In Florida, we’ve known about how tasty Coots are for a LONG time! We also have another bird we call Swamp Chickens that is friggin AWESOME! Not sure what their real name is but they’re usually grey, but I have seen white, they’re about the size of a Coot but they have a long (6”?) thin beak that curves down. It usually wades, walks around the shore or will sit up in the trees. I’m not even sure if they’re even legal to hunt but back then, when we would hunt it’s to feed the family! They are one of my favorites!
@bytor1234567893 жыл бұрын
It's funny, the remarks about their vocalizations don't really land in the negative realm. In fact, it's the opposite! When I hear a coot, it takes my mind straight to the frigid air of a duck blind and brings a big smile to my face... The main chorus of the symphonic duck season.
@ScamLikely93273 жыл бұрын
I love how pleasantly surprised everyone is.
@peterweikel71233 жыл бұрын
I have taken a ribbing over harvesting and eating coot. I fell in love with them before I ever knew they weren't edible
@joshuavaisa83373 жыл бұрын
So many times we have left the duck blind here in New Mexico with no ducks and there was a meal in front of us the whole time. Never killed the coot cause it's reputation was bad. Sorry coot, you on the menu this season!
@charlockprime3 жыл бұрын
If you're doubting the coot's ability to taste delicious, go watch the Duck Camp series.
@adamshea11673 жыл бұрын
Lovin this new series awesome job!
@strongside45653 жыл бұрын
Jeane-Paul regards them as a reason he goes to duck camp, so they've gotta be good. He could make a flip flop taste good, but that's beside the point.
@featherhunters83903 жыл бұрын
Big fan of this series!
@russellsmith50563 жыл бұрын
The sitcom laugh track in the background is great 👍
@RangerLifts3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely love this new series
@TechnoBabbles3 жыл бұрын
I’m really enjoying this series!!!
@papabones-G483 жыл бұрын
You have to start calling coots mud-chickens now, thanks for the ride, now we know! 'KEEP ON KEEPIN ON'!
@bobmarley36603 жыл бұрын
I had a old timer(and I am 60) tell me that smoked coot was a delicacy
@nickdubya12153 жыл бұрын
love the classy, jazzy intros from the library
@dcort90103 жыл бұрын
Producer: get rid of the head Me: that shit was funny thank god they left it in.
@josiahwise61603 жыл бұрын
I want Cal’s coot recipe in the next MeatEater Cookbook
@Bluenosegrows3 жыл бұрын
gooey-duck is edible and people love it. that says it all
@collinhauskins10203 жыл бұрын
I’m loving this series
@macsmith20923 жыл бұрын
Love these cooking episodes!
@danielthompson74533 жыл бұрын
First waterfowl I ever shot was a coot by mistake. I remember reading horrible things about them online and was real put off. I ate it and it was great. The only reason I don't shoot them now is they're always sitting at 15 yards staring at me. I feel like they're not in the game.
@parks78223 жыл бұрын
This series is so awesome! Do Large Mouth Bass next!!!!!
@joanneganon71573 жыл бұрын
The Cajuns call them Water Chickens, so your not far Off! JO JO IN VT 💕😄
@michaelpawlitz31093 жыл бұрын
Would love to see an episode like this about coyotes!
@Upstatebackwoods3 жыл бұрын
I’m sure that’s coming down the pipeline
@taddmullarkey61143 жыл бұрын
Steve and REMI Warren did it years ago
@michaelpawlitz31093 жыл бұрын
@@taddmullarkey6114 I’ve watched that video before. Not the same format/style as this series
@Treeplanter733 жыл бұрын
Coyote chili. Very good 👍
@bearhuntingmagazine3 жыл бұрын
Great work again. Good stuff.
@regularguy81103 жыл бұрын
Mud ducks are under appreciated.
@Peadeymclovin3 жыл бұрын
This is a great series. I could imagine videos like these being helpful in a survival scenario
@davidlee45763 жыл бұрын
There IS A 5th wall! It’s not the character talking to the audience, it’s the producer walking into the show and talking to the audience!! 😎🤣
@skeetermalcolm16553 жыл бұрын
Loving the meat eater mix up guys
@cjr44973 жыл бұрын
Dude, yall didn't even singe the pouldeau! LMAO!
@lynnkramer12113 жыл бұрын
Most waterfowl chefs would have singed the hair feathers off that bird. Or maybe they might have use paraffin to defeather the bird before cooking it. I know of rock chuck shooters who use coots to sight their rifle scopes in on coots from on the canyon rims along the Snake River in Idaho. I would never do that myself but I have witness others using coots for target practice. The canyon rims in that area a 1 to 3 miles apart. To shoot a rock chuck from that distance is an extreme accuracy sport. No off of the shelf bolt action rifle would cut the mustard. They were all custom smithed rifles and they were very cutting edge.
@justinbressler77733 жыл бұрын
Very well done series ..... crow, ground hog, snow geese, eels, let’s get them all
@briargoatkilla3 жыл бұрын
Snackin' on some coot. Smell us NOW lady.
@corymetcalf94583 жыл бұрын
Sad there is was no mention of the Toledo Mud Hens. Great stuff though!
@melissamele13053 жыл бұрын
Please make more of these shows, they are great!
@chadretterer44102 жыл бұрын
I shot a coot. Breastfed it, soaked over night in Salt water. Rolled in flour and creole seasoning, fried it medium ,like steak and it tasted exactly like venison tenderloin. Loved it and am gonna definitely start targeting them.
@jalensingletary71563 жыл бұрын
Here in Florida there are Moorhens aka swamp chickens and they basically look like a coot with a red beak and different feet. They are also a underappreciated bird. A friend and I went hunting for them lasting year and some other hunters saw what we had and the first thing they said was "Y'all eat them bastards?" lol. We just laughed it was pretty funny. They are literally everywhere on the lake, they are super noisy, and only seem to swim away once your 15ft away from them. They are worth the pre duck season hunt in my opinion and of course you can do some scouting for ducks at the same time. Really appreciate the MeatEater crew with the videos and podcast content as someone who is the only one in the family that hunts I stay motivated to keep learning about hunting and being adventurous with the game I hunt and eat!
@stcroixoutdoors3 жыл бұрын
I took four coots one evening in October. I made a Philly Cheese Steak sandwich using the 8 lobes of breast meat. Not much yield, but worth it. Could sort of compare effort to yield to the squirrel-hunting world...but not quite. Good experience all around!
@rayrivera693 жыл бұрын
I watched 2 episodes and now I'm subscribing!!!!!!!
@sirp22773 жыл бұрын
I just skin coots like a rabbits. Soak in buttermilk for 4 hours in a fridge and grill. Taste great.
@jordanweston4923 жыл бұрын
I love the classy stir stick!
@adriandelossantos74503 жыл бұрын
Crew, i know a public spot that holds about 2,000 to 3,000 coots during season. Beautiful scenery, get it touch!