The hens by happypat

The hens

A lovely get together last night at a local restaurant for Dots hen do.
A very interesting meal as it’s a South African based venue called The Mad Hunter if anyone fancies looking.
You can eat zebra, crocodile, camel, buffalo or kangaroo!
Generally we kept to more usual dishes, I had crispy chicken but two plumped for the exotic steak…..turned out it was Zebra! I had a little taste & it was a sort of cross between pork & chicken.
We were more adventurous with the starters & a little tasters of delicious platters.

We had fun & it was an experience…it’s very popular with every table full.

Dot is second from the back on the right & Nikki, Charlie’s mum second from the front on the right in the blue.

We have Connie here. She is staying over for the first time!
That sounds fascinating and like a great time with friends. Part of me instinctively rebels at the idea of eating anything horse related, but before I spoke enough Chinese, I ate a lot of the roast beef by our college, that further understanding showed me was donkey.
May 21st, 2022  
@pandorasecho Well I agree with you…not really a comfortable thought to eat such animals… not even considering the air miles point…are such animals bred for consumption even? A whole lot I don’t know about there! Is it any different from eating beef, just that we aren’t used to it!
May 21st, 2022  
Sounds a super evening Pat ! Nice to have tasters to experience the unknown cuisine !
May 21st, 2022  
Well that does sound a bit different.. think I would prefer not to know before I ate it..
Wish Dot well .. ❤️
May 21st, 2022  
A very happy gathering
May 21st, 2022  
@julzmaioro She & Paul started seeing each other in the January before Charlie got ill, he has been so supportive these last few years. I’m so pleased for her.
May 21st, 2022  
What a lovely shot of you all, and such a good viewpoint. I'm not sure I could eat zebra though!
May 21st, 2022  
Nice shot. Enjoy your sleepover with Connie
May 21st, 2022  
@busylady I have just googled zebra meat & there is a whole site where you can buy exotic meats…healthy & lean etc they say! 😳
May 21st, 2022  
I like that you call it a hens party.
May 21st, 2022  
Sounds like a wonderful place to eat
May 21st, 2022  
Looks like a great time
May 21st, 2022  
What an interesting place. I have tried kangaroo and not too keen on it and also had crocodile, that is quite nice. Snake is quite nice too but that wasn't on your menu. I had a look at the menu for this restaurant and I think I would have had the gammon. I loved gammon when we lived in the UK but it is a cut we don't have here in Australia. Haven't had gammon for over 32 years.
May 21st, 2022  
Pretty group of ladies!
May 22nd, 2022  
Glad it was fun. No naughty hen goings-on then 😄
May 22nd, 2022  
@boxplayer Ha ha no…think we are a bit too long in the tooth for that….well some of us! It was all very civilised!!
May 22nd, 2022  
What a bunch of miscreants! Looks lots of fun and I spy that chicken!
May 22nd, 2022  
What fun! Looks like a lovely group of hens. 😊
May 22nd, 2022  
Ray and Neil would surely like the menu! Such a happy photo.
May 22nd, 2022  
How many eggs did they lay?
May 22nd, 2022  
@casablanca Oh yes forgot to mention the chicken….it was well behaved & none of us laid any eggs @ladymagpie 🤣🤣🤣🤣
May 22nd, 2022  
@quietpurplehaze Adventurous eaters then Hazel! Good for them.
May 22nd, 2022  
@louannwarren @kwind @samae @bkbinthecity @joansmor @denful @carolmw @beryl Thank you all, it was a very interesting evening & we all enjoyed the varied dishes….the starters were little tastes of completely different dishes! Quite right Beryl, a good way of trying small tasters!
May 22nd, 2022  
@onewing Wow that’s interesting Babs…first time I heard you could eat all those things, well in this day & age I mean but I shouldn’t be surprised…we eat much more adventurously now.
May 22nd, 2022  
Colourful table mats! I don't like the thought of a zebra being processed for meat - beef and mutton, OK.
May 22nd, 2022  
@pandorasecho Did you know - Donkey meat is commonly eaten in China and is technically called poopy ?? I didn't know that till I looked!
May 22nd, 2022  
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