Common murre… a food source in northern communities
Local foods sometimes make a tasting experience like you can get nowhere else. When I travel, I always try to find foods from the region. And at home I like to buy foods grown nearby. I find these foods are fresher and tastier than most supermarket stuff. Way more fun!
Watch an awesome video of a couple of guys in Newfoundland doing some home cooking. They got themselves a pair of murres and some local savory, and they’ve cooked up a real feast. Bake it like a man!
The video shows how to roast the murres just right. The chef calls the birds “turrs” but says, “Some people call ‘em murries!” The accent is a little hard to follow. And I’m not sure the birds look that appetizing… but hey, no accounting for taste.
These are the same kind of birds that lay the blue eggs with the red yolks we talked about in my last post.
The Newfoundland fellow describes the method of cooking and shows us all the steps. He says, “The bird was soaked in a brine for 3 hours and then put in a roaster with chopped onion, carrot and potatoes. Made a gravy with the liquid/juice from the bird / vegetables and with a roux base. Dressing stuff in the bird and made from scratch with the special ingredient being the Mount Scio savory. MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM, was some friggin’ good, bye!”
The guy says they taste nothing like chicken… quite unique. And for him, delicious. If I ever get a chance, I’d try ‘em!
Many thanks to the Audubon Society for the photo and You Tube for the video.
Mar 29, 2013 @ 21:03:13
Cool… I love Newfoundland, and have a recipe for turrs in a cookbook from there… this is excellent information! Thanks!
Mar 29, 2013 @ 21:16:34
Hey, you’re the first person I’ve heard from who has actually tasted turr!
Mar 30, 2013 @ 20:36:47
Well, to confess, I’ve never actually made the recipe! But next time I’m in Newfoundland I’d like to find a way to try turr.
Mar 31, 2013 @ 11:51:33
Me too. Maybe this summer if we’re lucky!
Feb 20, 2012 @ 10:54:48
Ohhhh yes do they ever!
Especially when I look at my budget and see that, as a couple, we spent enough on groceries this month to equal a car payment on an Escalade – yikes! I like my food exotic, interesting, fresh, organic, and ethnic — and that stuff does not come cheap, particularly here on “The Rock”.
Yes, Newfoundland is strangely magnificent. Although I have not tried turres, I work at sea and the guys I work with can barely contain their saliva glands whenever we see them on the water!
Jan 04, 2012 @ 23:43:11
Love it! I moved here in the summer and find it totally hilarious that Newfoundlanders seem to want to eat everything that moves.
Jan 05, 2012 @ 13:34:06
Newfoundlanders are awesome for living closer to the land than a lot of us who live in cities. We’re so used to finding our meat in the frozen food section wrapped in plastic that we forget where it came from in the first place! Let us know if you get a chance to try roasted murre, or even better, Murre eggs. Vinny would love to know what color your fried Murre eggs were
Feb 17, 2012 @ 10:23:45
Just checked back and see that you are more into finance (and fitness) than food. But reading your posts reminded me that i have a yearning to return to NFLD – now fed by “Republic of Doyle”! On further thought, I suppose those three Fs do belong together. Future blog topic?