1 crow, plucked and cleaned.

Place crow in a ziploc bag with 3 tbsp spice mix (below) and 1 cup cider vinegar overnight. (crow is tough)

Obtain a small can. Starbucks makes a double-shot canned coffee that I can’t recommend drinking, but the can is the right size for a healthy-sized crow.

Fill can half full with the beer of your choice.
Add remaining spice mix.
Insert can into crow and balance in a baking dish.
Bake at 350 for 20 minutes per pound or until juices run clear.
Alternately, cook on the grill .. be careful not to scorch the feet!

Spice mix:

Add the following ingredients to a clean measuring cup:

2 tbsp paprika
1 1/2 tbsp brown sugar
1 tbsp fresh ground black pepper
1 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp onion powder
1/2 tsp allspice
1/2 tsp salt (or to taste)
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper (or to taste)

If cooking in an oven, consider 1/4 tsp liquid smoke

Whisk ingredients to mix.

Serve with a side of green peas.
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To answer your point above, I find it’s useful to remember that most of these self-identified “conservatives” aren’t ideologically so, they’re more taking the “cafeteria option”, a dollop of social-conservative, a spoonful of fiscal-conservative, and a nice slice of populist pie…

This, by the way, is why I haven’t been nearly as hard on Gingrich (or Perry) over the Bain criticism – it’s not the ideologues they need to convince to come off the sidelines, it’s the pragmatic Tea Partiers who are needed.

Mew