[calenel]

“Tree rats”

Was also thinking along those lines - do *you* have any good recipes?

[amorphous]

Sure. We boil them with rice, dumplings, gumbo, and my favorite is chicken fried. Just cook the above as you would with chicken, only you'll be using cut up squirrel instead. Whatever recipe you have for chicken will more than likely work well for squirrel as well.

If you've never dressed tree rats, I recommend watching a youtube video on how to dress and prepare them. They may seem a little gamey cooked in rice or dumplings if you've never eaten them. In gumbo or fried, not so bad. I still like fried squirrel, quail, venison, rabbit. I used to duck hunt a lot and they're best in gumbo or cornbread dressing. My wife misses them and will gladly pay $20 for a duck to go in her homemade dressing - which is some kind of good. Wild turkey is unbelievably good and puts store bought turkey to shame.

No doubt most city slickers will turn their collective noses up to eating tree rats, but I grew up eating them, and think nothing of it. Another thing, and most people who've fasted for any length of time (5+ days) know what I'm talking about, there is a point when hunger will make any food savory to the point you will literally have the desire to lick the plate.