RIP to at good buddy

[Richard Flanders]

After a true Viking warriors sendoff that included sacrificing his carcass to a raven and two foxes I finally made a meal of my grouse buddy for my birthday dinner today. This is my favorite bird recipe. It's basically gently poached in butter, sherry and heavy cream along with spices, mushrooms and chopped leeks and served of course on my finest Russian china that is hand-painted with 22ct gold. The pattern was invented for Catherine the Great in 1785. Fitting, I think. Everything that looks like butter and cream here is... well, butter and cream. It was all very tasty, of course. Lacking white wine I had to make do with some Fosters lager. There are still three grouse coming into the feeder so perhaps the next king is in the group.