Squirrel : it's what for dinner

[Trinity]

http://glumbert.com/media/squirrelmelts


New treats for field exercise?

 

[Kendrick]

First reaction would be "wtf, is this a joke?"

Then you think about it...  and its believable...  ugh...

 

[Klc]

Am I the oinly one that thinks those look really good?  >

 

[Fishbone Jones]

Never had squirrel melts, but I've eaten lots. We have a season here for them and it's no different than hunting or trapping rabbit or muskrat. Good eats, just takes a few to make a meal.   Don't knock it til you try it. ;D

 

[Klc]

IIRC, they are a nuisance animal around here - open season outside of city limits.

Ahh... to be 14 again, running through the woods with a half dozen buddies with .22 pellet rifles.

 

[Yrys]

Squirrel  : Yeurk !

But I lift my hat to skinning and emptying it,
never done that to anything.

 

[career_radio-checker]

That is the coolest mom ever!

 

[Kat Stevens]

Takes 4 or 5 to make a decent stew, but they're good eating.

 

[Trinity]

I really thought this was a joke

until she put it in the water to cook and it had
4 little feet and .. well.. looked very real.

 

[lostrover]

yum, shredded squirrel, partridge and rabbit, and lots of curry

 

[CADPAT SOLDIER]

http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-55000400.html



Yep this is for real, it was a real show

 

[warspite]

I squirrel down... fifty thousand or so to go :evil:

But on another note... did they shoot that squirrel with a twelve gauge.... cause if so there shouldn't be much of that squirrel left for supper

 

[Jacqueline]

It would be interesting to know what squirrels taste like. You know, for the time you're ever stranded in the bush or something like that.

 

[Kat Stevens]

chicken

 

[Jacqueline]

Ooh yummy.

 

[Elwood]

Squirrel hunting is huge in some parts of the States. Just check the web to see all the fanatics.

Myself, I've hunted squirrel a few times and ate them. I was a young teen then, and would never do it again. The meat is alright, but it tastes more "gamey" than rabbit or grouse. They (grey squirrels and fox squirrels) don't have plump or tender meat like chickens. If you eat a squirrel, the most meat will be on the lower legs and across the back.

They have tough hides as well, and it takes a few minutes for them to squirm to death after you shoot them with a shotgun. A .22 is better if you hit the head and kill it quick. TMI?

Anyways, I'm glad I've tried it, but squirrel hunting didn't impress me much. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone unless you are starving in the woods.

 

[Yrys]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/12/11/squirrels.study.ap/index.html

Study aims to unlock secret squirrels

CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- Squirrels hit the genetic lottery with their chubby
cheeks and bushy tails. It's hard to imagine picnickers tossing peanuts and cookies
at the rodents if they looked like rats.

But good looks alone don't get you through Chicago winters. Nor do they help
negotiate a treacherous landscape of hungry cats, cars and metal traps.

So how do they do it? And what does all that searching, huddling, darting and
forgetting where they hid their nuts mean?

Joel Brown aims to find out.

"We're trying to get a glimpse of what your life is like if you are a city squirrel,"
said Brown, a biologist at the University of Illinois-Chicago.
...

Another site, "The Campus Squirrel Listings," judges colleges by their squirrel populations. The U.S. Naval Academy and the University of California, Berkeley, are among the top schools.

 

[Elwood]

I don't know about Chicago squirrels, but Toronto squirrels are good at getting hit by cars.

 

[Mike Baker]

I don't know about Chicago squirrels, but Toronto squirrels are good at getting hit by cars.

Ours are good at getting shot while people need target pratice before they go hunting  They are quite pesky here too.

 

[gaspasser]

As my son would ask me;
"What everything taste like before there was chickens?"