Sthitch Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 After having lost my gas grill hose, a garden hose and a chunk of the handle of my smoker and in previous years entire tomato crops to the ravishes of the devilish grey squirrels I was delighted to see that people (other than residents of various Appalachian hollers) are eating these little bastards. So anyone for Peking duck-style squirrel treats? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannah Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 St John's had squirrel on the menu off and on for years, so this is nothing new - the Mail just wanted an excuse to run the photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnb Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 St John's had squirrel on the menu off and on for years, so this is nothing new - the Mail just wanted an excuse to run the photo. I grew up in Southern Indiana and we ate squirrel frequently. Squirrel season was eagerly anticipated. Indeed, in those days squirrels were almost never seen in yards or close to humans in any way, for obvious reasons, and I recall with fascination going to college in Ann Arbor and for the first time actually seeing fairly tame ones up close on campus--where I grew up, you never saw them up close--if they were that way, they would have been dinner, if not lunch. Mom had two basic recipes, stewed and fried. I was a stew man, or boy. You could only fry the young ones anyway. Now, Janet and I actually are certified hillbillies, residing in Western NC as we do, but we haven't had any squirrel yet. I wouldn't mind, but I guarantee she won't ever. In fact, during our last visit my sister had some fun at her expense, taunting her by talking about sucking out the squirrel heads. And best of all, it truly is a local food. Can't get much more local than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizzie Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 My mom had as her squirrel specialty "squirrel pot pie," which in the Pennsylvania Dutch tradition was a stew-type of dish with the meat (chicken was more commonly used), broth, potatoes, carrots, and homemade egg noodles (cut into squares and dried on the counter for at least an hour). She never told me, however, until I was in college, that she actually used squirrel at times to make this. I always thought it was chicken. I never thought to ask what happened to all those squirrels my brother shot... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sthitch Posted October 18, 2007 Author Share Posted October 18, 2007 I never thought to ask what happened to all those squirrels my brother shot...Well that just brought a little tear to my eye, your brother must be such a wonderful person to help rid the world of those vile fluffy tailed bastards (I discovered this morning they have been chewing on my cedar hutch as well -- little f'kers). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgarden Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 More on the Red Squirrel Protection Partnership that the original article mentioned. Apparently gray squirrels, originally brought to England as pets, are rapidly displacing red squirrels. The guy who runs the RSPP sounds a little bonkers, but if he's going to go around whacking squirrels on the head anyway, then certainly better to eat them than not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveBVI Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Squirrel=Rats with good PR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southdenverhoo Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 A healthy spraying with cayenne pepper and soapy water solution (the soap so it will sort of stick) caused my local rat-with-good-PR to give up chewing the bark off one of my newly planted Marshall Ashes ten years ago when it was a 1" caliper baby. He still squats on my front yard in an old box elder, and he still leaves that Marshall Ash alone. I haven't re-sprayed the thing for the last 8 years... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWBooneJr Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Enjoy this simple recipe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RlK0Xd4c2c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squidsdc Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Someone told me that squirrel was the original meat in "Brunswick Stew" Here's a link that seems to agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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