River Cottage Squirrel recipe

[Johnny Appleseed]

Last night Hugh prepared several grey squirrels for the pot. They had been trapped in the wild. It's repeated on Saturday if anyone is interested.

Please do not watch this episode if you like Grey Squirrels. This episode shows how to prepare them from trap to table.

[areia]

as much as i love squirrals im not easily put off, so i will watch it on saturday, the rabbit rescue i volunteer for are on the kill it cook it eat it show in january next year, pretty much can guess i will be the only one in the group watching it as im sure they will killing farm buns live

[hallnaomiuk]

yes saw this, didnt know what to think... bit shocked at someone eating squirrals - not much meat on them to worth eating?

[Snadger]

We have a lot of grey squirrels in the trees around the allotments.

If whilst watching them, one should happen to loose it's footing and fall 60 feet to its death, I may pick it up and eat it! (After first cooking it to HFW's recipe of course!)

[hallnaomiuk]

i couldnt do it...

[Snadger]

i couldnt do it...

I dunno.........squirrel on a stick sure beats rat on a stick!

[di]

It's next on the list for DD's let's try something new!!!
Watching Autumn watch the other night,first come the squirrels....no "awww mummy aren't they cute",but...."when can we eat squirrel"!!!...Deer were next!!!
Trips to the zoo are most fun!!!Last time there she wanted to know if you could eat zebras!!

[lynda66]

well at least you know how to cook it now di

tell her if she can catch a zebra she can eat it ....... it's just like a horse with stripes, and you can eat horse ..... has she tried ostrich yet?? thats very yummy

[HayleyB]

I dunno.........squirrel on a stick sure beats rat on a stick!

Maybe if Johnny actually catches his rat he can give you a considered opinion on that

[womble]

What put me off a tiny bit was when they left the feet on the skinned carcass.

Andi&Di your DD sounds brilliantly adventurous about food, my DD watched when I killed and dressed a chicken then we all ate it. Also I am able sometimes to get a complete deer and she has watched twice while it was butchered, she knows where her meat comes from.

[Snadger]

What put me off a tiny bit was when they left the feet on the skinned carcass.

Andi&Di your DD sounds brilliantly adventurous about food, my DD watched when I killed and dressed a chicken then we all ate it. Also I am able sometimes to get a complete deer and she has watched twice while it was butchered, she knows where her meat comes from.

Thought she might run away with the smell of butchered deer!

[Johnny Appleseed]

I can live in hope of catching the rat

Maybe if Johnny actually catches his rat he can give you a considered opinion on that

Someone has already said squirrels are just Tree-rats but so far I've resisted the tempation (?) to try either

Hugh may have just tipped the balance on that one though.......

[di]

What put me off a tiny bit was when they left the feet on the skinned carcass.

Andi&Di your DD sounds brilliantly adventurous about food, my DD watched when I killed and dressed a chicken then we all ate it. Also I am able sometimes to get a complete deer and she has watched twice while it was butchered, she knows where her meat comes from.

She's not so adventurous!!!.....she won't eat chicken!!(they're too cute!)

[burnie]

I was once in a shooting syndicate whose only rule was if you shoot it you've got to eat it.Well to cut a long story short one of the lads shot 2 grey squirrels at the request of a farmer,I was dissapointed , I thought they'd taste of nuts.

[womble]

I was dissapointed , I thought they'd taste of nuts.

Thanks for making me laugh.