She said: ‘Usually I eat really healthily but now I'm pregnant I get strong cravings for roadkill. It's more gamey than other meat and I love the taste. I also don't have to feel guilty about eating it because I know it's had a completely free range and natural life.
‘Because I'm pregnant I've been extra careful when handling the carcasses and I always wear gloves. I don't want to risk any infections that could hurt the baby.’ Ms Brierley, 42, and her partner Marcus Speer, 44, are thrilled to be having a baby boy, which is due in February.
She added: ‘The first time I picked something up was when I drove past a perfectly good pheasant. I stopped and I thought 'I'm going to eat this'. I took it home and marinated it in olive oil for four days before I made a kind of Kentucky fried pheasant dish. I've also tried hare, deer, pigeon, rabbit, owls and partridges, but pheasant is still the staple because it's so common. I would like to try fox and badger but they're never in good enough condition to eat.’
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I saw this lady on Come Dine With Me several months ago, where she demonstrated that she eats roadkill on a regular basis, and even served it to her guests.
"I especially enjoy preparing traffic casualties — proper free range meat that has only had one bad day in its wonderfully organic life!! My passion for being a road kill chef has shocked and delighted many a friend. Lol." - http://alisonbrierley.wordpress.com/2011/06/08/come-dine-with-me/
She's eaten roadkill for years. Not suddenly 'developed' a taste for it during pregnancy. Gotta love the Daily Fail.
If you run over a pheasant you're not allowed to pick it up, however if you see someone else run it over it's fine to take it home.
Hopefully the meat (dead animals) is/are relatively fresh.
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