Another one for the scrap book. I decided with the cookbook in my hand, try to cook the ptarmigan. I wasnt quite sure how to treat it, cook like duck or like bird. The book said to deep fry till nice and brown, though the book was published in 1974 and I am pretty sure at that time in Nunavut (which probably was named something else back then) was cooked over fire not a stove.So the bird looked like this. Wiki describes it as the size of a small chicken, well they are definitely not the size of a small chicken up here. More like the size of  a “regular” chicken if there is such. The kids in Arviat are pros at catching them, they have a wicked technique!

And this is it on my cutting board, I am not sure what happened to the rest of the bird since Frank dressed it. The meat is sooo dark,  considerably darker than duck.

I deep fry it, made some brown gravy for it, took  a bite and knew it wasnt for me. It taste like chicken liver and I am not a fan of chicken liver. I am not a big fan of duck either though my mother cook duck every chinese new year. Frank liked it, thought i cooked it well. The kids werent sure either, probably picking up my vibe. Overall, it does look like duck, even on the inside, I might try to cook it differently next time since Frank will be getting a few more of this birds.