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Eating a wild rabbit

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  • Beki
    Beki Posts: 917 Forumite
    OH and BIL are going out into the field first thing in the morning and will (hopefully) be bringing back a couple of bunnies.

    OH and BIL are too squeamish to paunch and skin, so looks like it's down to me! Never having done it before, i'm a bit dubious about 1. whether i'll be able to do it without squirming :o and 2. whether i'll get it right or not!

    Looking forward to getting some food for free though ;)

    Any tips?
  • betterlife
    betterlife Posts: 897 Forumite
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    yes i think i could, if someone has shot a healthy edable rabbit then it shouldnt go to waste, i have`nt had it for years but as a child my parents breed rabbits for us to eat we also had chickens for eggs and meat and ducks for the same. i did`nt realise though at the time that my sunday roast consisted of the rabbit i played with the day before, ahgggg!
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  • Debt_Free_Chick
    Debt_Free_Chick Posts: 13,276 Forumite
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    Beki wrote: »
    OH and BIL are going out into the field first thing in the morning and will (hopefully) be bringing back a couple of bunnies.

    OH and BIL are too squeamish to paunch and skin, so looks like it's down to me! Never having done it before, i'm a bit dubious about 1. whether i'll be able to do it without squirming :o and 2. whether i'll get it right or not!

    Looking forward to getting some food for free though ;)

    Any tips?

    How to paunch and skin rabbit
    Warning ..... I'm a peri-menopausal axe-wielding maniac ;)
  • SailorSam
    SailorSam Posts: 22,754 Forumite
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    I'd like to try one, i don't think i've ever ate it. In fact i can't even remember seeing them for sale anywhere, except in pet shops.
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  • Beki
    Beki Posts: 917 Forumite
    Thanks debt free chick :D xx
  • Paulie'sGirl
    Paulie'sGirl Posts: 923 Forumite
    in principle yes, but not really cos I don't like the taste :s
  • Tojo_Ralph
    Tojo_Ralph Posts: 8,373 Forumite
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    Sharifa wrote: »
    Even when I ate meat, I couldn't abide the taste of rabbit; it had a funny tang to it which turned my stomach.
    Rabbit meat is like any other meat, the handling affects the quality and that can include something as simple as failing to drain the rabbits bladder. ;)

    http://www.shootinguk.co.uk/qa/275944/Why_should_you_drain_a_rabbit039s_bladder.html
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  • julieq
    julieq Posts: 2,603 Forumite
    Rabbits live in that uncomfortable place somewhere between pets and the food chain, but a wild rabbit is wonderful. I like them stewed in cider with diced carrots, lardons of bacon, cabbage, mushrooms and maybe celeriac.
  • sunflower76
    sunflower76 Posts: 560 Forumite
    My mum breeds them for food and we often enjoy a slow cooked side of bunny My step-dad does the dirty work and brings them to the kitched all ready prepared as if they'd come from Tesco!:D

    I'm trying to persuade them to get a couple of chickens too but mum's having none of it as she's the one who has to feed and look after them all.
  • Beki
    Beki Posts: 917 Forumite
    Beki wrote: »
    OH and BIL are going out into the field first thing in the morning and will (hopefully) be bringing back a couple of bunnies.

    OH and BIL are too squeamish to paunch and skin, so looks like it's down to me! Never having done it before, i'm a bit dubious about 1. whether i'll be able to do it without squirming :o and 2. whether i'll get it right or not!

    Looking forward to getting some food for free though ;)

    Any tips?

    Can you believe it??? Any other time we're overrun with the bloomin things, but this morning OH came back in with NONE! Might be the weather, they might have been to noisy... i dunno :confused:

    Awwww..... bunny-less stew for dinner then :rotfl:
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