Squirrels here are brown and the size of chipmunks. Not enough to make a sandwich.
Great pic.
I don’t know about squirrels, but last year our neighbor had a woodchuck that would have fed a family of 6. The big guy would just sit upright on the lawn, watching the world go by.
Armadillo anyone? We have more than we need here. I guess you can boil them like lobster and dip them in butter?
My yard is over run with squirrels, but I hadn’t thought of eating them. hhhhuummmmmmmm
I do think the the number of squirrels we have are in direct response to the four giant pecan trees on our lot....
Gee squirrel could be the main course and pecan pie for dessert.
Kevin Viner's recipe for two pasties
140g squirrel meat cut into 1cm cubes;
100g sliced potato; 100g sliced swede; 50g diced onion; 30g smoked bacon;
15g chopped hazelnuts; 75g butter;
5g chopped parsley; a good pinch of salt and pepper
Method
· Egg wash edges of pastry circles.
· Place the potato, swede, hazelnuts, parsley and seasoning on to each circle followed by the bacon, squirrel meat and, finally, the onion.
· Place butter in each pasty, then fold over the pastry and crimp the edges.
· Put the pasties on to a greaseproof baking tray, egg wash both pasties well, place in a pre-heated oven at 180C or gas mark 5.
· Bake for 45-50 minutes. The juices should start to boil and the pasties should be able to move on the tray with ease.
I don't know about you guys but I ain't eatin' anything with 100 grams of sliced swede in it.
There isn’t enough meat on them to be worth the trouble, even if you put ‘em on a stick and nibble the meat off. Just throw ‘em in a Brunswick stew.
When my son was small and in the Disney stage, we went over to a friend’s house, where she served a traditional Brunswick stew. Eventually he figured out what was in the stew and from that point on we all referred to the animals running around in the back yard stealing bird seed as “Brunswicks.”
Now people will be hunting squirrels and the squirrells will migrate to a sanctuary city with fewer guns in the hands of honest folk. New York City will be even more overrun with them then they are already!!
I'm telling you, with the population of squirrels in City Hall park, it'd be like shooting fish in a barrel -- except for being jumped by all the fuzz (of the uniformed variety). They are afraid of nothing. They laze in the sunshine and you can't chase them away, short of getting close enough to one to kick it.... and you don't want to get that close. They can be nasty little critters and if you manage to get yourself bit, you'll be in for a nice series of rabies shots, just in case.
Squirrels got more of my garden than I did last year, to the point that I’m not having one this year. I hadn’t thought of eating them. I’m not a squirrel hunter but isn’t there a health reason, like parasites, why you can’t eat them in the summer?
Sorry, I’ll eat almost anything but I ain’t eatin’ no tree rat! Gack!!!
Now then, how much did they say them limeys is willin’ to pay fer ‘em?
Goooood with a cold beer , fried okra and caramelized parsnips !!
Here's the guy who ate them.
Now none to be found.
Beware of squirrels wielding light sabers.
We used to eat squirrel when we lived up in New Hampshire, you would either go in the woods and hunt them or put up a bird feeder and they would come to you. Anywhere near a city or big suburban area where they can get at food scraps and garbage I wouldn’t want to take a chance on them but country squirrels are great eating.
You’ve got to be NUTS to eat a squirrel!!