They're also really delicious if you take the breasts, fry them very quickly to brown them and then simply pop them into a pot of spaghetti sauce (jar sauce is fine). Cover the pot, put the heat on a low simmer setting and just let the breasts slowly cook in the sauce for a couple of hours. When finished enjoy the breasts and sauce with your favorite pasta........ absolutely delicious Jeff
almost 5 hours earlier i had shot a starling (my first!) i had thought of eating it but some stuff put me off, but then i decided that i would try it. i only took the breasts out of precaution, using a thin knife to cut the breast from the bone. i took one, and put in italiano, the other with nothing but salt, pepper, garlic powder, and a little red wine. i broiled it for 8 minutes, managing to dry it out badly. i took a bite and....tasted....beef! with a bloodier taste and a marrow like aftertaste. well, its been five hours and im fine. i will keep you posted on my condition in the next 3 days
I eat starling all the time and have been enjoying them for many years now. I breast out all the starlings I shoot as you did but the key is not to over cook them. The breasts cook very quickly so you have to watch what you're doing, but if you cook them correctly, so the meat is still a bit rare and juicy inside, you will find the meat and the taste extremely good. My favorite way to prepare them is to quickly fry them in some oil with a little butter added for browning effect. Try them again and be careful not to over cook and I think you'll have a different opinion of them. Jeff