kanny 21,649 Posted October 7, 2015 Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 Glis Glis (EDIBLE DORMOUSE). I had never heard of these till today when there was a spot on the Jeremy vine show about how destructive they are and how there spreading...must have had my head up my arse last few years ..apparently they have been around a while. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
forest of dean redneck 12,022 Posted October 7, 2015 Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 Yeah Romans bought them over,kept them in jars fattened up on fruit/nuts etc Grey with dark eye patches . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kanny 21,649 Posted October 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 (edited) Yeah Romans bought them over,kept them in jars fattened up on fruit/nuts etc Grey with dark eye patches . It says they escaped from the zoologist Lord Rothschild's estate at Tring, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/countryside/7556981/Anyone-for-stuffed-glis-glis-or-parakeet-pie.html Edited October 7, 2015 by kanny Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blackbriar 8,569 Posted October 7, 2015 Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 https://drscdn.500px.org/photo/67648525/m%3D1170/a1907f0f6e9928a2ba7af7ae92b250de Look on the bright side, chaps - something else to shoot at ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kanny 21,649 Posted October 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 https://drscdn.500px.org/photo/67648525/m%3D1170/a1907f0f6e9928a2ba7af7ae92b250de Look on the bright side, chaps - something else to shoot at ! im sure it said on the radio there actually protected you have to a licence to trap them but once caught they can't be re released obviously because there non indigenous....so why the protection in the first place? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CushtyJook 1,097 Posted October 7, 2015 Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 Strangest thing al day was working in the midlands today and my mate asked me on the way home if I had heard of the doornouse your on about and I didn't have a clue about them the. I come home and read this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kanny 21,649 Posted October 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 Strangest thing al day was working in the midlands today and my mate asked me on the way home if I had heard of the doornouse your on about and I didn't have a clue about them the. I come home and read this Do you think he might of heard it on the radio same as me ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CushtyJook 1,097 Posted October 7, 2015 Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 Strangest thing al day was working in the midlands today and my mate asked me on the way home if I had heard of the doornouse your on about and I didn't have a clue about them the. I come home and read thisDo you think he might of heard it on the radio same as me ? We've been working hard all day but at one point he was sat in a digger so yes Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kanny 21,649 Posted October 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 Edible Dormice Recipe: 4 dormice Flour Oil 2 potatoes Bouquet garni Salt Pepper Lemon peel Vinegar (Wine or Balsamic) Skin and gut the dormice and lay them flat. Gently flour them all over. Fry the dormice in a little oil until browned. Scald the potatoes unpeeled in water then peel and quarter them. Add potatoes to the dormouse pan and toss in the juices and oil. Transfer to a saucepan and de glaze the pan with water and a little wine if liked. You should have about ¾ pint of liquid. Pour the liquid over the mice and potatoes. Add some zested lemon peel and simmer slowly until the potatoes break up and the soup is thick. Just before serving sprinkle on some wine vinegar Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Truther 1,579 Posted October 7, 2015 Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 The Romans fried them in honey? Iv'e fried squirrels in honey and its pretty good, you don't want an old tough one though Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blackbriar 8,569 Posted October 7, 2015 Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 https://drscdn.500px.org/photo/67648525/m%3D1170/a1907f0f6e9928a2ba7af7ae92b250de Look on the bright side, chaps - something else to shoot at ! im sure it said on the radio there actually protected you have to a licence to trap them but once caught they can't be re released obviously because there non indigenous....so why the protection in the first place? All wildlife is protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act, I believe ? But I've got 4 terriers and a lurcher - and I don't think any of them can read !! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
squab 2,875 Posted October 7, 2015 Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 we got them in the hut down our carp lake see them regular in the roof eves Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kanny 21,649 Posted October 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 https://drscdn.500px.org/photo/67648525/m%3D1170/a1907f0f6e9928a2ba7af7ae92b250de Look on the bright side, chaps - something else to shoot at ! im sure it said on the radio there actually protected you have to a licence to trap them but once caught they can't be re released obviously because there non indigenous....so why the protection in the first place? All wildlife is protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act, I believe ? But I've got 4 terriers and a lurcher - and I don't think any of them can read !! They would have to catch it first. : You would think that they would be on the general licence Quote Link to post Share on other sites
J Darcy 5,871 Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 I beleive that the licence is merely a downloadable one. It is so that people do not trap and harm our native dormouse while they are going about trapping glis glis. I wish I had some glis glis around here. Would love to see some. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
socks 32,253 Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 My cat has caught a few ... Couldn't tell if they were pretty little things or not as she only leaves the heads ........ 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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