Geez...I hope you got to eat the owl and the parrot. Wouldn't like to see that go to waste.
Roscoe
Spotted Owl with Lemon and Basil
Ingredients...
2 free range spotted owl cut in peices, bone in
2 juicy cloves garlic
large handful basil leaves
olive
oil
a lemon
a wine glass of white wine
Instructions...
1. Season the Spotted Owl and put the pieces in a roasting pan. Pour over enough fruity olive
oil to moisten them and make a shallow pool in the pan. Squash the garlic in its skin and tuck it in with the Spotted Owl.
2. Squeeze the lemon juice over the Owl and put in the empty lemon shells.
3. Roast in a preheated 200 C Gas 6 oven for 30 minutes.
4. Tear up the basil leaves and toss with the Spotted Owl. Return to the oven for 10 minutes.
5. Remove from the oven, pour over the wine and put the roasting pan over a hot flame for a minute to let the wine bubble up.
6. Serve with a green salad and a nice red wine.