Went puffin hunting today; I bet that there are not many that do that.
We grasp them in flight with a 6 meter pole that got net at the end.

What do puffin's taste like? I would think they might tast a bit off like our fish eating ducks in the us.

I remember a cooking sketch where Kieth "A Quick Slurp" Floyd cooked puffin out on some rocky outcrop. It's the only time I've ever seen a TV chef cook someting in front of the camera and say it was horrible!!

Rgds,
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My favorite way of cooking the Puffin is to marinade it in Teriyaki sauce for one or two hours and then fry it on the grill, only for a few minutes, if you over cook it will turn into a rubber ball.
He is also very popular smoked.

Solvi.
I had the pleasure to get get to know the Icelandic kitchen when working in Sandgerdi the summer of 73.

Lots of specialities, and I can clearly remember the puffin rubber ball.
The hostess said it was supposed to be like that, and washed down with generous amounts of svartadaudir we found it quite delicious after a while

Along our coastline, the sea puffin is a red list specimen, mostly due to lack of food.
I love to watch them homing in with the colour full beak full of small fish.

Arild.
Your description of the Puffin rubber balls is something I know from the past.
The old way, vas to fry them on a pan and then boil them for hours, up to two and a half.
Kiry, on next AR meeting in Baldock, next year, I try to bring some for you to try your cooking skills

Do you ever shoot them?

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Originally posted by solvi:
.....We grasp them in flight with a 6 meter pole that got net at the end...

Do you stay in some sort of ditch to hide yourself?

They are shoot from sept until May, but I don’t, I only hunt them in July and then in the Island I have had for 11 years.
We hide in the cliffs by the sea and grap them as they fly by.