Blimey! Squirrel for dinner.

[joeintexas]

Hubby made squirrel stew regularly while he was a poor student, working his way through college. Said after marinating it a couple of days, it tasted like chicken.

Seems like marinating most anything for a couple of days makes it taste like chicken. Well, except chicken of course.

 

[ditrina]

"The rise in popularity is believed to stem from diners' growing interest in sustainable, cruelty-free food, which sees them turn to "wild meat" from animals which would have been culled anyway."
There you have it. From England no less. Hunting produces Cruelty free sustainable food.
(Here is where I drop the mike and walk away)
Query: Do the English suck the brains out???

Only if they start small at an early age...

 

[Muss Muggins]

I personally prefer squirrel myself over rabbit...but to each his own...everyone's taste is different...never tried raccoon or woodchuck...

Raccoon is greasy unless parboiled in milk for a while. Never had woodchuck or ground hog . . .

 

[Ole Joe Clark]

Used to hunt both rabbit and squirrel, they are good, and don't taste like chicken to me. There is a lot of meat on a cottontail.

Have a blessed day,

Leon

 

[BC38]

Not long after we landed in Florida, dad introduced us to pan fried squirrel w/milk gravy and mashed potatoes. Fried rabbit, too.

Good eats. (sorry Alton)

There you go! Floured and fried like chicken and milk gravy made just like you would with fried chicken. YUM!

Rabbit is pretty good the same way.

So is quail.

Raccoon and possum - not so much...

 

[Old TexMex]

Raccoon is greasy unless parboiled in milk for a while. Never had woodchuck or ground hog . . .

Armadillo tastes like pork. White dog better than brown dog.

 

[Onomea]

Cruelty free and reducing their carbon footprint? A-ha! So that's what all those squirrel huntin' good ol' boys are up to!

I have never had squirrel, but would not hesitate to partake given the opportunity.

(There was a town in Japan, years ago, that hit on the idea of reducing their crow population by offering grilled — yakitori — crow. Unsurprisingly, the idea bombed.)

 

[MOONDAWG]

I think half of those 1.5 billion squirrels hang out in my back yard. They party all the time and occasionally can get feisty...

 

[old tanker]

...White dog is better than brown dog...

Around these parts, "white dog" is what comes out of the still. Bourbon comes from aging that stuff in new, charred, white oak barrels for a number of years. Recently some of the local distilleries have taken to bottling clear corn whiskey.

 

[Ole Joe Clark]

I finally saw a good ground squirrel yesterday, someone ran over it in front of our driveway. Don't think I hit it, but we had just turned into the yard.

Have a blessed day,

Leon

 

[Babysitr]

My son comes a runnin' when mom is frying squirrels.. he was raised with a .22 in September........his wife, however was raised in the middle of town..

 

[Rustyt1953]

They come pre-stuffed, too:

 

[photocosmo]

The best tasting squirrels are wild and nut-fed (acorn, pecan, butternut or walnut; especially black walnut). The ones in the alley always taste sour and plastic-like! I used to go squirrel hunting with my dad up north and I always loved my Nana's squirrel stew even though she coined the phrase "Eat hearty or you'll have it tomorrow!" in direct reference to that same dish. One thing I do know is that squirrel meat can cause some hellacious, greasy farts when consumed with Grain Belt beer.
Thanks Squirrel John!

'coz

 

[shouldazagged]

Like chicken, squirrel and rabbit are both better if soaked in salt water for at least a couple of hours before cooking.

Some people like to chicken-fry squirrel or rabbit and then bake it in cream of mushroom soup. It's tasty, but just chicken-fried with cream gravy, mashed potatoes and peas suits me better.

The fried-then-baked technique is excellent with turtle, which is wonderful meat. In fact, it's two or three kinds of meat on one critter, all tasty. If you've only eaten it in turtle soup you've missed something.

But unless you're an expert, you'd better have one to unpack and butcher the turtle. It's a hell of a chore.

 

[BC38]

Like chicken, squirrel and rabbit are both better if soaked in salt water for at least a couple of hours before cooking.

Some people like to chicken-fry squirrel or rabbit and then bake it in cream of mushroom soup. It's tasty, but just chicken-fried with cream gravy, mashed potatoes and peas suits me better.

The fried-then-baked technique is excellent with turtle, which is wonderful meat. In fact, it's two or three kinds of meat on one critter, all tasty. If you've only eaten it in soup you've missed something.

But unless you're an expert, you'd better have one to unpack and butcher the turtle. It's a hell of a chore.

Never tried the saltwater trick or the mushroom soup.
Chicken fried squirrel and rabbit suits me fine too.
Chicken fried snapping turtle is indeed a treat.
BUT it is one you really have to work for. Their hide is the toughest I've ever tried to cut, and it is THOROUGHLY attached to their body. They are extremely difficult to skin. Nothing like a mammal.

 

[JayFramer]

In the UK, seems the grey squirrel is ending up on dinner tables.

Grey squirrel is on the menu, as diners turn to the wild meat to help boost the reds

Over here cross the pond, in the Midwest and south people eat squirrels in the country and some even consider the brains a delicacy!

 

[kthom]

Cottontail rabbit is maybe my favorite game meat. I always soaked them overnight in the fridge in salt water after harvesting and getting them ready for the pot. Usually had enough for a fresh fried mess with gravy and some to put into the freezer for consumption at a later date. Never been around squirrels to harvest for the pot, but my father-in-law who grew up in SE Missouri always spoke very highly of squirrel and gravy for breakfast.

 

[Targets Guy]

I haven't knowingly eaten squirrel in over 60 years. My grandfather loved them. Of course he also loved chicken necks and gizzards.

 

[Wee Hooker]

I don't hunt anymore, but when I did, Grey Squirrel was a favorite game.
IMHO, it was what hunting should be. Simple. It required no dogs, no special equipment, no $2000 guns and no need for vast hunting tracts . Just man against critter with the minimum of tools. A rifle (usually.22 or Air) , a home made call and a little brain power was all that was necessary. Best of all, squirrels were usually abundant enough that there was usually meat for the pot if I did my part.

Lots of good memories there!

 

[CajunBass]

Hubby made squirrel stew regularly while he was a poor student, working his way through college. Said after marinating it a couple of days, it tasted like chicken.

More like a cross between seal and spotted owl.