Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit
 

As some will know from this post:-
http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/1022489-post21.html

I bought a rabbit, It didn't need batteries ladies, it was dead and ready for the 15 hours I gave it in the slow cooker.

Must be about 20 years since the last time I had one, won't leave it that long before I have another.
Cost's about the same as a chicken but at least a family of four will get a leg each.:)

Was considering whether to roast or stick it in a broth, glad I went for the broth no need to peel spuds for roasties.

Oh how unbelievable the flesh was when I tried my first bowl, melt in the mouth wonderful, I had forgotten how small a rabbits bones can be but they come in handy as a natural toothpick.

If you've never had rabbit, forget the Aw poor little bunny idea, try it, give it to your kids, what a great forgotten meal it is.
:D

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I second that Less, but stop it you're making me hungry! There was a great pile of them on Bury market last Sat, didn't buy one as we already had food for the week and no room in the freezer...

When we lived in the country we would sometimes find one hangng on the back door handle, courtesy of the local gamekeeper - and the cats would sometimes catch them, but usually only babies, not big enough to have any sensible amount of meat - and often they weren't dead so we would let them go.

The only problem is the tiny little bones - but rabbit is nice roasted as well, jointed and wrapped in a bit of bacon, and doesn't fall apart then so the bones are easier to find.

Glad you enjoyed it - and several more meals to come!

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I vaguely remember having rabbit as a boy but all I can remember is the awful smell as it cooked. Have I got that wrong?

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How old was the rabbit? Had you checked the sell by date? What colour were the maggot's?

Don't know to be honest, only know that when I was cooking mine the tantalising smells coming from the kitchen were agony in a, I want to eat it now sort of way.

:D

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As much as I enjoyed the rabbit, I would have preferred if it had been wrapped in the whole pig, crackling? Bring it on.
:)

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My dad used to trap rabbits to supplement our meagre food ration in the 40s.

Eating rabbits stopped due to -
Myxomatosis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
in the 50s.

The rabbits you buy now have genetic resistance to the infection.

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Ha ha there'd have to be something intermediate is size between the pig and the rabbit - any suggestions? Though if you used a sucking pig that would probably be small enough not to need anything else. Veggies look away now!

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I had a boyfriend in the dim and distant past...he invited me to his parents place for tea.
The meal was to be rabbit pie...unfortunately his mother was laid low by a slipped disc and was unable to cook...so it was down to me. I think I might have been about 17.
What on earth made this lad think I was capable of cooking a rabbit pie? I don't quite know, but I casseroled the rabbit pieces(he did the chopping up of the rabbit) with carrot, shallots and some barley.
I made the pastry crust and we went out for the afternoon leaving the rabbit cooking in a slow oven....when we came back, I put the crust on the pie and peeled some spuds( this wasn't quite the romantic day I had thought it was going to be).......the rabbit pie was scoffed by everyone except me(I just had the veggies and gravy with my mash...and a bit of pie crust) His dad and his sister...(heck why didn't she do the cooking? She was out with her bofriend - that's why!) said the pie was delicious....and I could come and cook for them any day. That's one of the reasons he got dumped.......I didn't want to be cooking for someone else's family....I did enough og that at home.
So Rabbit doesn't have good memories for me.

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I think I'd pay extra for a pig like that, but could I eat it afterwards knowing how intimate we had been?
:confused:

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Thanks for sharing that Mags, how to make folk lose their appetite in one easy lesson.

Though rabbits with myxo don't look very nice, they are still edible so I just don't care about your miserable reply.
:D

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Couldn't resist this one...

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Less where did you buy it from? wouldn't mind sticking one in my slow cooker

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Poor little bunnies! Does it not taste like chicken?

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Not really, it's more gamey. That's just a convenient half truth put about to encourage people to eat it. And I've still got a squirrel in my freezer...

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If you leave it there much longer it will freeze to death!

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Probably already has - it hasn't got its fur coat on! ;)

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Oh no not squirrel as well! I just couldn't do it but fair play to you if you can! I think it's a bit hypocritical of me that I have no qualms about eating a lovely rare steak and I do like a nice pork chop now and again, but I draw the line at offal and little pretty furry animals! Its my problem without question!

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Ha Anne I knew that would get you going! I haven't tried the squirrel yet, I got it at a farmer's market some time ago. I don't like hare but that's nothing to do with it being a furry animal - the meat is just a bit strongtasting for me.

Can't think of anything else I won't eat - except tuna and that's because I was force fed it while I was in digs for six months, really put me off. And that was 40 odd years ago, the mention of it still turns my stomach to this day.

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I honestly couldn't eat anything that isn't from a cow in the main or a pig, I don't like lamb but eat it occasionally when I do a slow roasted shoulder. It's my problem and I know I shouldn't be so squeamish, meat is meat no matter where it comes from - but I'd have to be literally starving to consider squirrel which would be to me in the same category as brain, heart, and other such stuff - maybe I'd consider rabbit at a pinch but its the thought of it being so fluffy and cute I can't cope with!
A few years ago we spent a few days in Corfu Town which was wonderful, but one of the better restaurants had sheeps entrails on the menu - needless to say we didn't eat there!

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Flashy I got it in the inside Market.
Anne it wasn't fluffy at all, the butcher had taken it's overcoat off.

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Pellets ! That's the problems we had, we'd shot them for the pot but it was always a bit iffy when scoffing, you learnt not to bite down to hard after a couple of chomps on shot. :)

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Too true Dave, usually have that problem at Christmas as well when we often have pheasant.

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Sounds to me like you're a danger to our wildlife!
You'll be eating badger next.

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Never heard of anyone trying that - might get TB!

Not tried hedgehog yet...

PS pheasants aren't really wild - usually bought in by estates who run pheasant shoots.

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When I had an eccentric husband who wouldn't eat 'conventional' meat, I had an extra 10' freezer for the sole purpose of stocking game when in season.

I could get a deer carcass three times a year, and quail all year round, but pheasant and mallard ducks had to be got when in season and stored frozen.

The rarest game bird I ever got was a woodcock (not wood pidgeon vermin) and it was only big enough to serve one - he assured me it was delicious:rolleyes:

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Our source of venison was usually roadkill when we lived in the country. We bought an extra freezer for that and also for storing all the vegetables we grew. Our village pub used to serve partridge as one of their relatives was a gamekeeper.
Had a woodcock once, when someone on the local pheasant shoot shot one by mistake. You don't draw them before you cook them i e you leave the innards in, and the head on, and use the beak to truss the bird - traditionally.

All the lovely game birds are just coming into season now.

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Guinea pig's quite tasty, roasted and served up with potatoes. Problem is, they serve 'em up whole complete with their paws and head still intact which tends to put me off.

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A whole new world opens up when you marry a South American!

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Why, are they good roasted with potatoes?

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I'll let Wynonie answer that one!

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Quite tasty, but I couldn't eat one whole. ;)

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In 'The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover' it looked quite tasty although I don't think the lover was a South American. It's all about 'Presentation'.

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Yes, best served on a bed of rice with a salsa caliente.

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Yeah and the fur really thickens up that gravy....

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I don't remember The Lover being furry, perhaps they'd sent for susie123 and she'd skinned him for them?
Wouldn't the furry gravy stick in your teeth?

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Where is that then? Part of your Davy Crockett hat! :rolleyes::)

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I've had rabbit years ago - wouldn't mind trying it again, what I recall of it was a bit tough.

Last week I had a couple of venison steaks, that is very tasty. Then I had a packet of game - including venison, duck, partridge and made a soup.

But Less, get your self a slingshot and get out and kill your own rabbits! :D If you got the stomach for it.

AMAZING SLINGSHOT SHOOTING WITH GAMEKEEPER JOHN, CATAPULT HUNTING - YouTube

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I've gutted many animals for food before now, never considered it a pleasure or fun thing to do, these days I use a butcher and pay him to appease my conscience, but have no real worries I want to eat, I eat meat would I prepare my own? Too darned right I would.

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Have you ever had - Ostrich? Crocodilee? Kangeroo? These types of meat apparently are more freely available these days in some supermarkets.

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Have you ever had cockroach, mice, rats? These types of meat are available free range all around modern society no need for the supermarket so long as you aren't squeamish!:D
http://www.gifs.net/Animation11/Anim.../Cockroach.gif

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Not had any of them Less but as a child i did manage a few live worms out of the garden till mum caught me:D
and yes i have had Ostrich (could only manage one leg though):D

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Be very careful...

BBC News - Man dies after cockroach-eating competition

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Your being facetious:( - you can get all the meats I mentioned from this place and more...

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When I was a youngster I always wanted a pet rabbit, one day my dad came home with one, (still alive) I said " Ohhhh is that for my pet," his reply was "Yes 'till Sunday then its your tea" Sure enough it was...it was either that or go hungry.

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Try this:-


http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...nny-20936.html

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It's the same with people who raise a few pigs or other animals on small holdings, their kids get to like them then one day they are taken away for slaughter. They end up eating them.

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Is it? my siblings and I were brought up knowing that whatever animal no matter it's destination had to be given the most comfortable life we could afford, affection, care, yes, love as well, we were taught to give the animal in our care the best equal in a way to how we grew up, no unnecessary pain or suffering, but in the end we had also been taught where it was inevitably going to end up.

Perhaps such care and attendance made it that much more delicious?
:)

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Does that include your pet budgie, goldfish and hamster (following in the footsteps of Freddie Star?)

So you were brought up on a farm then? In my childhood I recall always helping wildlife - not with the ulterior motive of eating them. Or have you been watching Hugh Fearnly Whitingstall too much?:confused::rolleyes:

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If we didn't eat pigs, cows and sheep they wouldn't be farmed. Where would they be then, would they be classed as vermin to be destroyed? I don't really like the thought of being a carnivore but I am, I love a nice rare steak but also I like vegetarian food, why can't we let farmers do what they do humanely? We need to realise that we are now a carniverous race and look after our livestock properly and humanely.

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No, You aren't a carnivore you are an omnivore there is a difference.

I think you will also find that farmers (on the whole) do, do what they do humanely, as do the people working in slaughter houses and the butchers all working hard to save us having to kill and clean the animals ourselves.

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Less you didn't answer my question? did you and your family eat hamsters, budgies and goldfish when you'd looked after them to the stage which they would be fat and tasty in the frying pan?:rolleyes:

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You're right, I didn't answer your question, How's your ninth life getting on?
:p

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Well in this paragraph you clearly state that animals in your care "inevitably ended up - tasting delicious! :D You didn't eat puppies as well did you? ;)

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It was a stupid question not worthy of an answer.


Another stupid question not worthy of an answer.

I hope you're not trying to cause trouble by trying to take the thread off topic!

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Sorry but he has clearly stated this which indicates any animal was eaten in his family? I am simply asking him to clarify this point which may be misleading. That is fact. It's in black and white. So the question is not stupid!

I had pets which were safe from being eaten. Not every animal entering a house is eaten. that is the point made here.

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I think you are trolling just to wind members up, please stop it.

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Rabbit used to be a decent source of meat you got for free..back in the day when I was single me and a couple of mates would go out before dawn on Sunday rabbiting with a good dog and a ferret...sometimes we got lucky and bagged a few...other times we got nowt so it was a toss up between buying meat for Sunday roast or an afternoon down the pub...needless to say I went hungry quite a few Sundays. :D

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Reading this reminded me that it is time to stock up on venison. By the merest chance it is hunting season.:alright: