Game

Question 1

What is the definition of game?

Answer 1

All wild animals and birds hunted for sport and cooked for the table

Question 2

Why do we hang game meat?

Answer 2

Flavour development
To tenderise the muscle fibres

Question 3

What is the hanging method for furred game?

Answer 3

From the legs, guts out

Question 4

What is the hanging method for feathered game?

Answer 4

From the neck, guts in

Question 5

Ideal hanging conditions for game?

Answer 5

• Good ventilation
• Cool and Dry
• High up away from animals
• Away from flies/pests

Question 6

Classic accompaniments to game

Answer 6

• Bread sauce
• Game chips
• Pan sauce
• Fruit jelly
• Fried breadcrumbs

Question 7

Season for partridge?

Answer 7

Sept 1 - Feb 1

Question 8

Season for pheasant?

Answer 8

Oct 1 - Feb 1

Question 9

Season for grouse?

Answer 9

12th Aug to 10th Dec “Glorious 12th”

Question 10

Season for woodcock?

Answer 10

England Oct 1 to Jan 31
Scotland Sept 1 to Jan 31

Question 11

Season for pigeon?

Answer 11

Farmed all year

Question 12

Season for quail?

Answer 12

Farmed all year

Question 13

What does “larding” mean?

Answer 13

inserting bits of lard into meat, game and poultry

Question 14

What does “barding” mean?

Answer 14

Wrapping meats in a layer of fat before cooking it

Question 15

What is used as a thickener for jugged hare?

Answer 15

Blood

Question 16

What is a salmis?

Answer 16

Undercooked/part-cooked meat that is re-heated in a sauce to complete the cooking