Squirrel

[Barney]

Got me a squirrel today, skinned easier than I expected and there looks to be more than enough meat for 1 person.

Squirrel stew ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Yum Yum.

I hope I like it

 

[stanley lake]

Hi barney funny you should mention squirrel i was at my local formers market last week that's the first thing i noticed was gray squirrel on display with all the other meat i was quiet surprised and shocked at the price of it and how fat they where if it hadn't be on the label i would off sed it was rabbit and at £4.50 a shot a little pricey for me.so yours should taste a little sweeter for free stanley

 

[TeeDee]

Am I the only one that thinks we should make the Grey Squirrel a national dish until the little blighters are down to more controllable levels?

I can see it now , pre-packed between the chicken breast and the mince beef on supermarket shelves.

 

[screeching owl]

Got me a squirrel today, skinned easier than I expected and there looks to be more than enough meat for 1 person.

Squirrel stew ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Yum Yum.

I hope I like it

I'm definitely not trying this where I live as it is common to find Squirrel poison Hoppers in the woods. See link http://www.farmforestry.co.uk/poison.html

 

[DrSin]

Squirrel stew ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Yum Yum.
I hope I like it

You lucky thing not had squirrel for ages!

 

[DavidJT]

Allergy Advice: May contain nuts!
(Sorry, someone had to say it!)
Seriously I would like to try squirrel, I love rabbit so hopefully I'd like it.
I've seen it on trendy London restaurant menus too. Braised Squirrel with Wild Garlic @ £18.20 anyone?!...
http://www.stjohnrestaurant.com/menus/
How was yours Barney?

 

[Shewie]

Tasty roasted over a fire and lathered with Maccy Ds bbq sauce, there's just not enough of it.

 

[Matt Weir]

I like squizzle meat but £4.50 sounds like a pizzle take!

 

[Barney]

Well I am still alive.

I am glad that I had not read Screeching Owls post before my tea though.

I had read it by supper time, but the stew was that tasty it did not stop me going back for seconds.

I will be eating it again and very soon I hope, a colleague at work has asked me to trap 20 or so from her back garden. Which I may take her up on.

I found it very tasty indeed, I will however have to perfect the cooking method as an hour in the pot was not quite enough and although very tasty it didn't half put up a struggle the meat clung on to the bones like a good un, tough little buggers.

Oh the taste front, the flavour was, to my palate, a touch sweeter than Rabbit getting on for Lamb almost, very moorish. It does not surprise me in the slightest that chefs and restaurants are attempting to use it in their kitchens.

 

[Wayland]

I've eaten a few, as you say they can be a little tough, especially if roasted, but they stew very well.

 

[Fraxinus]

Hey Barney is there any left?......Stews always taste better on second day
Meat is often softer by then too.

 

[Melonfish]

18.20 for squirrel and wild garlic? outragious! i can walk 5 mins bag 2 squigs and pick some wild garlic on the way back home...
rip off merchants!

 

[gunslinger]

I've eaten a few, as you say they can be a little tough, especially if roasted, but they stew very well.

Wrap the in streaky bacon to roast as they have very little fat.
Always comes out tender for me,and strangely does not taste of the bacon.
Taste wise IMO more like chicken than rabbit.
Will have to see if anyone has a squizzer problem they need sorting

GS

 

[Barney]

Hey Barney is there any left?......Stews always taste better on second day
Meat is often softer by then too.

Non left at all. Polished it off before bedtime.

Thanks for all the other recipes and hints people

 

[Ex Member - Sidney Bounty]

Thats very interesting never seen or heard of poison control for Squirrels would it have been to hard to ask hunters/bushcrafters to trap or shoot if the area allows to keep the populations down or does that make to much common sense?

I'm definitely not trying this where I live as it is common to find Squirrel poison Hoppers in the woods. See link http://www.farmforestry.co.uk/poison.html

 

[woodstock]

I had 2 over the weekend done them in a stew simmered for about 2hrs sweet as a sweet thing I love the taste of squirrel it is such a delicate flavour

 

[Soloman]

Im a veggie,but go for it.
Im also a shooter go figure.
Soloman

 

[woodstock]

Im a veggie,but go for it.
Im also a shooter go figure.
Soloman

What do you do with your kills

 

[bivvyman]

niiiiiiice, i like 3 of them..1 gets the mouth watering, 2 is nice , but another is needed !! bit like a good ale ..lmao

 

[Kerne]

Ate my first squirrel last weekend. Very impressed with the flavour. Perhaps if we spread the word they will become an endangered species...