Squirrel paté dished by protests

Telegraph ^ | 09/06/2005 | Nick Britten

[acad1228]

yep! Damned greasy! Be prepared to "seek shelter" about a half hour after consumption. Rolaids make a fine after dinner mint.

[exile]

"Squirrel paté dished by protests"

I wonder what poofy tailed rat tastes like.

[Oberon]

...reminds me of a cooked rat.

A nice rat sandwich isn't bad, as long as the tail's not hanging out.

[sgtbono2002]

Squirrel is not yellow nor is it fat or greasy , in fact it has a rather good taste.

[Bluegrass Conservative]

I can't imagine how many squirrels it takes to make a serving!

How many squirrels does it take to make a serving of pate?

101 . . . 100 to leave the trails of acorns and 1 to tape the bushy tail to a rat. :-)

[pau1f0rd]

And the worst part is that in Great Britain if you DARED to try to prevent the terrorists from burning down your house or resturaunt, you would be prosecuted and spend more time in jail than the terrorists.

And the worst part of that is that it isn't true. British citizens have the right to use force to stop any crime.

[Oberon]

Possum is rather like a strong, greasy pork. Slow-roasted in barbecue sauce, it will prevent starvation for as long as you prefer it to starvation.

[Bluegrass Conservative]

Squirrel is not yellow nor is it fat or greasy , in fact it has a rather good taste.

The yellow and greasy comment was in reference to the picture of canned possum . . . not the squirrel.

[acad1228]

BG and I were both referring to the 'Possum.

But you're right, aside from pan fried Crappie, nuthin beats Squirrel.

[Bluegrass Conservative]

Possum is rather like a strong, greasy pork. Slow-roasted in barbecue sauce, it will prevent starvation for as long as you prefer it to starvation.

Most of the folks I know that have eaten it did so during the Depression. I think those were the two options they legitimately faced at that time.

[SoDak]

I have a tree full of squirrels that my neighbor feeds and I've been plotting for 2 years on how to arrange for all four to have an unfortunate misadventure. I don't want to eat them, I just want them gone.

[Constitution Day]

I've never had it, but I eat raccoon meat once a year.

A friend of mine has a 'coon cook'... he barbecues a bunch of 'em.

[Oberon]

Nothing wrong with that, of course. Squirrel and rabbit were hunting-season staples when I was a kid.

[Bluegrass Conservative]

Squirrel and rabbit were hunting-season staples when I was a kid.

Same here. Like I said, never cared too much for squirrel. But rabbit!?! Mmmmmmmmmm. Now that's some mighty fine eatin'!

[Big Digger]

Squirrel pate...Hmmmm...is it Friday already?

[andyk]

I had a friend in Denver who had a similar problem. She used a pellet gun until a neighbor complained and called the police. When the police showed up, she explained that the squirrels were a nuisance, and was partially trying to make sure they stayed away from her young daughter.

The police were super cool. They told her that she couldn't shoot them with the pellet gun, but that a blowgun would be just fine! I picked her up some really spiffy darts at the next gun show...

[Jonah Hex]

Hidden cameras caught animal activist in the act.

[Blood of Tyrants]

A big fat BS! Tony Martin was jailed for killing a CRIMINAL who had broken into and robbed his house REPEATEDLY. The media scourged Martin as being "evil" and that the two criminals should have just been allowed to steal whatever they wanted and leave peacefully.

[Oberon]

I agree with you on the rabbit. Floured and pan-fried in bacon grease, it's hard to beat.

Squirrel, on the other hand, is best used to make pot pie.

[cvq3842]

I must confess, I do enjoy watching the little critters in the trees across the way (that's about all the "wildlife" I get in my neck of the suburbs), but they can be mighty destructive too. I'm not a hunter, but I'm not a vegetarian either.

Meat is here to eat. What can I say?