guinea fowl? not at all

right, i'm now back from reading festival (which was awesome and many a band was to be seen and many a terrible burger to be frowned upon) and norwich. i was in norwich for an extended trip as my car blew up on the a11/a14. which sucked a lot. consequently, i now have no car, and in fact hope to be selling it for as much cash as i can get my hands on tomorrow, to try and save up for some new transport! typically, the london underground went on strike as soon as i was back in london (and partially moved into my new house - so busy with work and trying to get there and back i haven't had the chance to unpack yet, booo) and i just can't afford to pay the ridiculous fares and want some lovely wheels back.

however, whilst in norwich, lois took me along to the local butchers called harvey's as he locally sources some lovely organic animals. i had intended to find some wild boar there, but upon finding out they had sold out i perused what was left in the shiny glass window of meat. there lay before me where some lovely inexpensive guinea fowl supremes, which i promptly snapped up. these traveled with me back down to london and where the only item to be sitting in the new house's fridge.shrink wrapped and bearing a sticker in french language i wondered about the 'locally sourced' aspect of these birds, but quickly put this to one side as i considered how best to devour them. lois suggested throwing them in a deep frying pan with some chopped parsley, garlic and some freshly squeezed lemon juice (with a little water thrown in to prevent annoying pan-stick). in they went and started to sizzle away.

i disappeared to my room to continue some unpacking of books and films whilst lois knocked up a surprise meal. when the meat was cooked, she knocked up some gnocchi (ahh pun) and piled some extra tomatoes and basil in a tomato and basil sauce which she layered over the top, adding a sprig of basil to complete the look (or something). then she slapped on the cooked guinea fowl, still on the bone, and served it up as shown below, which i might add looks awesome.

i tucked into the meat and was greeted with a mild tasting meat, which i unfortunately have to say was fairly similar to chicken. this poor evaluation was probably due to the delicious sauce which may have overpowered the taste to some extent. there was a lot of meat however, and pretty much no fat - as i cut into it i was greeted with forkful after forkful, a big plus for the guinea! overall, very satisfying and a must try for all meat aficionados!