[JRandomFreeper]

If you don't like trout, someone has abused your palate in the past with either poor cooking skills or poor food handling.

I can make shredded squirrel on biscuits with gravy that you would ask for seconds for. And we're not talking about biscuits from a can. Or gravy from a packet.

As for trout, that's a delicacy here for me. I'm too far south.

Rabbit is just normal food, as far as I'm concerned. Not great, because it's too lean, too dry, and needs to much work to taste like anything but cardboard. Quail are much better.

I am an American. I can and do eat the foods that our forefathers ate. And am just as grateful for the meal.

/johnny

[goodnesswins]

Nah....I just grew up with a palate that didn’t like the fishiness....and I still don’t care for clams, oysters, etc...it has to be cooked JUSt right...my husband cooked trout once for me and it was rather good....but he’s a catch and release fisherman now...LOL...for now. Squirrels just seem so scrawny to me....maybe you have bigger ones where you are....quail doesn’t sound bad, but I’ve never had it. Don’t care much for venison either (had a LOT for a couple years in my teens)....guess I’m too well fed...until I’m REALLY hungry...I’d eat whatever I had or could get. Thanks...you gave me ideas, though.

[Ellendra]

Could you post a few squirrel recipes, please? The ones I tried to cook came out stringy and yucky-tasting.

[JustaDumbBlonde]

The Lewis & Clark expedition ate what they found along the way, and that included a lot of beaver. I had to try it and found that I liked it as well. Got a great recipe from a cooking show on PBS.

We have a big nutria problem here in Louisiana, and those are tasty as well. Same critter as beaver, different.