I heard about that, too, but my Mom's friend said he always gutted and plucked them, leaving the skin on. But he never mentioned being in any type of survival situation when he used this method. Maybe you could also burn the feathers off?

I wondered about the heat dissapation (sp?) in the soil also. But since he seemed to always be out rock hunting, from what I've seen of WY, it's darned dry, which may also be beneficial.

I've always meant to try this, but haven't done so. But since he had actually done it, I consider it a viable option. I've never been very good at BBQing... <img src="/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />

Sue

"...burn the feathers off..."

Oh man, that might work, but I don' want to even think about what it might smell like. Yuk...

This little project has me intrigued, so I am doing some more googling.

This one pretty much takes pig cooking in the ground out of the reach of your average unprepared wannabe pig cooker, without a lot of equipment.

This one tells how to do it like they do in Hawaii (you bring the rum).

And this one actually talks about cooking birds in clay mud, feathers and all. But it does not give a whole lot of info. Guess some willing birds are required for some experimenting...

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