Cooking cockatoo I ve heard a similar gourmet method for chub Gut the fish spread it out flat and nail it to a board Stand the board up in front of a fire for 30 minutes Then remove the nails throw away the fish and eat the board Cheers For what it s worth I could probably source that I seem to remember I read it in a Discover Interesting Things For Boys book called It s Fun Finding Out co written by Chapman Pincher in 1950 I possibly still have a copy in the attic Now if you could source the cockatoo recipe we d be on for a Recipes for inedible food article for sure Vandalistic cockatoos in Tabasco Sauce Thanks for your saucy comments on my question on Sci Ref Desk There was no definitive answer to this question so it might be up for grabs Btw I looked up cork hat and was saddened to see that there was no piccie This is so typical of WP Aussie articles which are very much inferior to that devoted to most other first world countries Also a whole mob of metrosexual wankers on the talk page derided the concept as a shameful stereotype Why For anyone who has endured the plage proportions of a fly infestation in outback Oz these devices were the epitome of practical and ingenious outback culture They work I have tried them