Comments on: Squirrel stew

By: Mr. Henry

Mr. Henry — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 01:36:35 +0000

And January 21 was Squirrel Appreciation Day. No fooling. You can look it up.

By: raincoaster

raincoaster — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 02:22:38 +0000

Little-known fact: fruit that has been only slightly molested by birds/squirrels etc is sweeter, as the fruit releases sugars to stop the “bleeding”. I know a chef who has his eye on buying one orchard’s entire crop of slightly pecked fruits, to make some wonderful cooked preserves. I dont’ think he’ll talk about that part, though.

By: jelodi97

jelodi97 — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:39:25 +0000

I remember watching a rustic outdoorsy cooking/camping show, in which the host was demonstrating how to kill, skin, gut, and cook squirrels, and sang the praises of this low-fat, healthy meat source. He had a big pot of butter, flour, heavy cream, and sour cream in measurments of 1-2 cups each. Yes Camp Cook, very healthy indeed.

Still, I have a hard time feeling sorry for fricasseed squirrels. A couple years ago, my pear tree was laden with hundreds and hundreds of pears. Just before they were ready to pick, some S.O.B. squirrel or squirrels, took bites out of every single one. There wasn’t one pear that was free of a gnaw mark. Little S.O.B.s.

By: Imelda Blahnik

Imelda Blahnik — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 04:30:00 +0000

Just don’t eat the brains. Apparently squirrel brains (fried, I assume) are popular in some parts of the US. However, you can get “mad squirrel disease” from consuming them. Interesting article in the New Yorker about 9 years ago on this very subject.

By: Leanne

Leanne — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:37:14 +0000

In the wild west northern territory town of Darwin in Australia. Where men are men – and are also lunch for the salt water crocodiles, there exists the Roadkill Cafe, with the delightful slogan: “You kill it, We grill it”.
yes they serve croc, camel, emu, kangaroo, possum etc
Hmmm ….. the Australian Coat of Arms – probably the only Coat of Arms where the animals on it are served for lunch

By: Leanne

Leanne — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:36:51 +0000

ummmm……. I have that cookbook.

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By: Jennie

Jennie — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 05:05:34 +0000

Oh! Last note. Facinating book (made me a little ill) is from Northerner Ted Nugent. “Kill It and Grill It”. Yummm….I just threw up in my mouth a little.

By: Jennie

Jennie — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 04:57:50 +0000

My dear Mr. Henry, While I appreciate that you are quoting the esteemable Gator Nation (I am sure it is a fine paper), please note that most Southerns have never hunted squirrel and have never eaten said cute/amusing rodent. Please also note that most of us consider Florida to be the southernmost borough of New York City (at least from Tampa south). We also all do not eat oppossum, road kill, or chittlings. This is not to say that some folks do eat the above, however, it is not common. Just wanted to clarify this because it is so stereotypical to assume that Southerners eat this garbage, make moonshine, keep bluetick hounds, and “chaw tobaccy”. Oh, I’m not accusing you of this belief but some of your readers make make that assumption. Muah!!!