Squirrel butchering & recipes

Soubrette

windowshopper100 wrote: »

I was at a meal with a bowel of squirrel and gravy (which i grew up on and like immensely).

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Hope this doesn't put you off too much.

I'm really hoping that a bowel of squirrel is just a typo :rotfl:

It made my day though, thank you

Sou

windowshopper100

Stephen_Leak wrote: »

I've had a quick "Google" and found this. Evidently, you can use it in any recipe for rabbit, as it tastes like rabbit but a bit richer.

... makes a change from it tasting like chicken.

Stephen_Leak

windowshopper100 wrote: »

... makes a change from it tasting like chicken.

Or tasting like chicken used to taste, when it tasted like chicken.

purpleivy

Are you gonna be really MS and make a little jacket with the 24 pelts?

poodlehorse

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

oldMcDonald

Here you go, how to do it with piccies to help.

http://www.downsizer.net/Projects/Processing_Food/Squirrel_Nutkin%27s_Great_Feast__or_Preparing_a_Squirrel_for_the_Pot/

Any questions, ask on the forum over there, what these guys don't know about being self sufficient aint worth knowing

If they are smelling that offensive, are you quite sure that the squirrels are as fresh as you were told they were?

windowshopper100

Love the commentary, Old Macdonald.

I'd be inclined to take the feet off a bit earlier than that, but only to prevent any possible contamintion from the crud under his toenails once the skin is off.

I know he's going to be thoroughly cooked, I'm just cautious.

Having said that, I'd probably eat the refrozen chicken on an earlier OS thread!

dixie_dean_2

Thanks guys. My brother runs a pub and so taking them to the butcher he gets all his meat off, thank god. I really didn't fancy having to do 23 of the little blighters. Going to be lots of squirrel parties! Do you think i should try and print any of this off or would you think that a rural butcher (even if never done squirrel before) would know what he's doing?

chuckles1066

Stephen_Leak wrote: »

I've had a quick "Google" and found this. I particularly liked the phrase, "The grey squirrel is little more than a rat with a spin doctor".

The phrase around these here parts is "a rat with a cute, fluffy tail is still a rat".

And that's more or less what squirrels are.

windowshopper100

I'm sure he'll be fine with it - if he's done rabbits, these wont be a problem to him. Even if he hasn't done rabbits (unusual if he's rural) then general principles will apply anyway.

It won't hurt to print the stuff off and just take it with you and if he looks totally out of his depth, offer them.