Eating Squirels(grey of coarse)

arrowloopboy

Any of ye guys tried grey squirel,next one i shoot ,im going to eat him,saw Hugh on River cottage cooking one on a spit over a barbie,looked good.
I'd imagine they'd have to tast good as their main diet is nuts.

pedroeibar

Tree rats.

Check out Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, a minor French aristo, lawyer and economist, famous as a gastronomist, most remembered for his book on the art of dining, La Physiologie du goût published early 1800s.

He fled to the United States during the Reign of Terror, worked for a while as a chef and created a dish “Squirrels in Madeira Sauce.”

Down South there are several Cajun recipies.
P.

arrowloopboy

pedroeibar wrote: »

Tree rats.

Check out Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, a minor French aristo, lawyer and economist, famous as a gastronomist, most remembered for his book on the art of dining, La Physiologie du goût published early 1800s.

He fled to the United States during the Reign of Terror, worked for a while as a chef and created a dish “Squirrels in Madeira Sauce.”

Down South there are several Cajun recipies.
P.

Cheers P.
is there a reciepe for shepads pie in that French guys book:eek::eek::D.

westwicklow

What do they taste like, nutty??

thedragon

arrowloopboy wrote: »

Any of ye guys tried grey squirel,next one i shoot ,im going to eat him,saw Hugh on River cottage cooking one on a spit over a barbie,looked good.
I'd imagine they'd have to tast good as their main diet is nuts.

I wouldnt be too much guided by anything that F**ker would ate , I saw him atein slugs out of a garden one night, another night he was atein pigs mickeys. That C**t would ate anything he gets for nothin.

EPointer=Birdss

thedragon wrote: »

I wouldnt be too much guided by anything that F**ker would ate , I saw him atein slugs out of a garden one night, another night he was atein pigs mickeys. That C**t would ate anything he gets for nothin.

I remember him eating road kill & woodlice once!
Entertaining none the less...:D

johnner1

EPointer=Birdss wrote: »

I remember him eating road kill & woodlice once!
Entertaining none the less...:D

woodlice are a crustation and are supposed to be quite like shrimps:eek:

EPointer=Birdss

johnner1 wrote: »

woodlice are a crustation and are supposed to be quite like shrimps:eek:

Why don't you boil up a few when you go home & let us know so??? :D
Make a lice salad...

Sparks

The majority of the human race eats insects as a major part of their diet Epointer, just 'cos you don't do it doesn't mean they won't. Not sure I'd go for woodlice, but grubs, crickets, ants, all of them are edible and actually really good for you - all protein, no fat.

As to squirrel - well, it's a rodent. You'd want it in a strong curry because of their diet and you'd want it braised (cooked long and slow in a liquid), because they use all their muscles all the time so they'd be very tough if cooked fast.

Not something I'd care to try myself unless I was starving...

shannonpowerlab

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, Swiss, SunSans-Regular]Would it be something like this?[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, Swiss, SunSans-Regular][SIZE=+1]This recipe was by John aka Gray Beard[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, Swiss, SunSans-Regular]
[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, Swiss, SunSans-Regular]Squirrel Stew[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, Swiss, SunSans-Regular]
[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, Swiss, SunSans-Regular]Ingredients:
1 squirrel, quartered
1 cup diced onion
2 large tomatoes (from your garden) or 1 can of tomatoes
Assorted fresh ,or canned veggies
Preparation:
Sprinkle seasoned salt, pepper, and cayenne pepper (optional) liberally on the meat. Pour some cooking oil into a large pot (dutch oven). Sauté the meat with the onions until well browned. Drain the excess oil, add about 2 cups water, and bring to a boil. Cut up the tomatoes and add. If you use canned tomatoes add them now. Turn down the heat, and let slow cook for at least an hour. Important: older squirrels may require cooking longer than an hour. Check periodically for tenderness. If you don't you will have a hard time chewing the meat. After the meat is tender, add the veggies, carrots, potatoes, banana pepper, what ever you like. Cook until the veggies are done. An option you can use is, cook up your favorite pasta and serve over the pasta. (eliminate the potatoes). That's it, nice and simple ~ Good eating: John [/FONT]

Sparks

That's more stewing than braising really, but same effect if you cook for long enough. If you browned the meat, then put it in a tinfoil pouch with the tomatos and a little water (you're not talking about a lot of liquid, just about the same volume of liquid as you have of meat) and sealed the pouch tight and then put that in a low oven for a few hours, that'd be braising.

shannonpowerlab

Hmmmmmm....

Some crushed wallnut in it together...Lots of fresh parsly.:p

Grizzly 45

Could always deep fry it in bread crumbs and flour.Apprently one of Elvis's favoured noshes.But I wouldnt be eating too much of that,considering the state of him and how Elvis checked out of this life.:eek:

shannonpowerlab

Elvis ate Deep fried squirrel? really?

It must be good though! I suppose you have to de-bone it right?

Maybe I make some squirrel stew for my dogs first...I suppose they are easier to prepare than birds, no plucking.

I love the way the Hunting forum is like a little recipe forum at the same time,
As for squirrel my friend eats them and says their good eating.

Jumpy

shannonpowerlab wrote: »

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, Swiss, SunSans-Regular]Would it be something like this?[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, Swiss, SunSans-Regular][SIZE=+1]This recipe was by John aka Gray Beard[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, Swiss, SunSans-Regular]
[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, Swiss, SunSans-Regular]Squirrel Stew[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, Swiss, SunSans-Regular]
[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, Swiss, SunSans-Regular]Ingredients:
1 squirrel, quartered
1 cup diced onion
2 large tomatoes (from your garden) or 1 can of tomatoes
Assorted fresh ,or canned veggies
Preparation:
Sprinkle seasoned salt, pepper, and cayenne pepper (optional) liberally on the meat. Pour some cooking oil into a large pot (dutch oven). Sauté the meat with the onions until well browned. Drain the excess oil, add about 2 cups water, and bring to a boil. Cut up the tomatoes and add. If you use canned tomatoes add them now. Turn down the heat, and let slow cook for at least an hour. Important: older squirrels may require cooking longer than an hour. Check periodically for tenderness. If you don't you will have a hard time chewing the meat. After the meat is tender, add the veggies, carrots, potatoes, banana pepper, what ever you like. Cook until the veggies are done. An option you can use is, cook up your favorite pasta and serve over the pasta. (eliminate the potatoes). That's it, nice and simple ~ Good eating: John [/FONT]

WARNING: may contain traces of nut.

shannonpowerlab

Thinking of their lifestyle they must be quite lean...

How much meat can you get out them?

clivej

arrowloopboy wrote: »

Any of ye guys tried grey squirel,next one i shoot ,im going to eat him,saw Hugh on River cottage cooking one on a spit over a barbie,looked good.
I'd imagine they'd have to tast good as their main diet is nuts.

Didn't he eat the plasenta from the first born child???:eek:

I think it's all only done for the TV and what they'r eating is not what they'r cooking.

Anyway the saying goes if you can kill it you can eat it. :cool::cool::cool:

riflehunter77

Here is what you want :D

http://www.squirrelrecipesbook.com/


I like them funny enough bbq with satay sauce..

Hugh is the man dont be dishing River cottage.

There was an episode of the River Cottage Autumn (with my personal favourite celeb chef, Hugh Fernley-Wittingstall - he hunts too!) where he made a squirrel stew.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IaSNjur25s

Hope it helps.

Druss.

kowloon

How much meat could you expect to get from a squirell?

elgriff

http://www.virginmedia.com/music/pictures/profiles/elvis-myths.php

shannonpowerlab

Nice one.