Originally Posted by
fish
the clay covering thing was originally a romany joke against the gorgers,
first of all when you get yer hedgehog you tap him on the nose to kill him with the back of ya knife.. then you hold him by by back legs and stand on his front feet and pull him tight working with a sharp knife shave the bristles downwards to his nose,, when youve got off al the bristles you can with the knife you then hold him over a flame turning him gently around and over to singe off any remaining bristle and hair,, whilst dooin this the hedgehogs back will swell up to almost double its size and the whole thing will turn black and look like a bowler hat,,,, now starting at the front of the nose gently tap into the bone a with a dagger and use something blunt and heavy to tap with.the hedgehog has a bone that runs from its nose to its tail tap the knife all the way through the to the tail end,once youve done this , your ready to gut it,you gut through the back taking great care not to burst the gall bladder which looks like little blue ball , if the gall bladder was busted due to the flaming throw it away cos it will make you bad, now wash it out and cook in a tray like any other meat. p.s hedgehog fat will never set and dogs wont touch the leftovers.