Posted on 06/09/2005 9:54:41 AM PDT by andyk
A restaurant selling squirrel terrine has been forced to withdraw it after death threats from animal rights activists.
Protesters threatened to firebomb the Hadley Bowling Green Inn in Droitwich, Worcs, and to smash up the staff's cars over the £7.95 paté starter.
A female housekeeper was told: "I'm glad I don't work here because I wouldn't want to die in the fire."
After the dish was featured on local television the restaurant received about 25 threatening telephone calls and a string of malicious e-mails.
Its spokesman, Barney Reynolds, said: "The last thing we would want to do is to pander to this sort of intimidation.
"But the fact is that some of the staff were coming into work fearing for their lives."
He added: "We've never had to take something off the menu before because of threats from protesters. I don't know why squirrel meat is so controversial.
"In the past we've sold meat from fluffy little lambs and it's not been a problem."
yep! Damned greasy! Be prepared to "seek shelter" about a half hour after consumption. Rolaids make a fine after dinner mint.
"Squirrel paté dished by protests"
I wonder what poofy tailed rat tastes like.
A nice rat sandwich isn't bad, as long as the tail's not hanging out.
Squirrel is not yellow nor is it fat or greasy , in fact it has a rather good taste.
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. :-)
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.
The yellow and greasy comment was in reference to the picture of canned possum . . . not the squirrel.
But you're right, aside from pan fried Crappie, nuthin beats Squirrel.
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.
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.
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.
Nothing wrong with that, of course. 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'!
Squirrel pate...Hmmmm...is it Friday already?
Hidden cameras caught animal activist in the act.
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.
Squirrel, on the other hand, is best used to make pot pie.
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?
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