2007-09-05 09:51:50 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Not in the UK.Wild swans are a protected species.Only the royal family can harm them but even they don't.
No-one farms swans here as there has never been a market for their meat.I know swan is eaten in some eastern European and Asian countries so you may have to try importing.
2007-09-05 11:42:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
In the UK, no........the Queen does own all the swans....but in California, you can buy a swan on sale now for 999.99. I would think that would be an expensive meal. But there are recipes on line for swan meat so somebody is eating it somewhere in the world.
2007-09-05 09:59:13 · answer #2 · answered by rob lou 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd like to know what prompted you to ask this question - is it commonplace to eat swan anywhere? I've never thought about it before but before you're asking you must have a taste for it, right? Hmm.
I'm very picky about the food I will eat purley because I imagine the most off-putting things when Im eating it... I cant eat fish because Ive had pet fish all my life, same reason for dogs & rabbits. I dont like the thought of eating lamb for obvious cute reasons but I can eat beef because I've somehow seperated the thought of beef = cows... weird I know but Im stickig with it because I really wouldt like to be a veggie, Im too lazy for that.
I'm all about the free range, treated well thing as well... Im a hypocrite and I know it but I would never dream of telling someone else what they can and cant eat.
2007-09-05 10:10:37 · answer #3 · answered by Fiona F 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not in the UK, all the swans belong to the Queen. They are however, eaten in other countries and there have been instances of foreigners eating our swans. :-o
2007-09-05 10:05:25 · answer #4 · answered by Maggs 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No. As far as I know it is still protected as the Queen's bird. It was decreed that a swan can only be eaten by Royalty and also it cannot be killed - it is under the protection of the royal seal.
2007-09-05 09:56:25 · answer #5 · answered by lottie 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Only off of the Queen of England. She is officially the only one allowed to eat swan. ( tell that to the gypsies down our way ! )
2007-09-05 09:55:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No not in the uk . Swans are protected species in the uk and belong the the Queen, however i believe she is able to eat them.
2007-09-05 10:08:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Only with the queen's permission. She owns EVERY swan in the whole of the UK.
2007-09-06 06:35:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
some poultry dealers offer swans dressed for market. some middle east people buy them for weddings. its very expensive.
2007-09-05 10:05:07 · answer #9 · answered by snow 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No i wouldn't imagine so. Why would you want to eat this??? You can still buy Swan Vestas however........
2007-09-05 09:59:28 · answer #10 · answered by . 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋