LOL There's an old variation of that one here in the states. It's called Rock Soup, and it's about a clever hobo who figured out a way to get a free meal.
Bunko.T wrote:
Hey Dook, a funny story about Brolgas.
I met a woman in England back in the late 60s, who had cooked for a survey team in Northern Territory.
She was taught how to cook brolga. You put the bird in a camp oven with a rock. Cook it until the rock is tender, eat the rock & chuck the rest out.
She was a hard case but worked in St Thomases hospital, London, on the heart transplant team at the time. Obviously been around.