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17 Responses to “OMFG”

1. 1 Victoria Marinelli Oct 20th, 2009 at 2:44 am

   Oh my dear. I am so very, very sorry.

2. 2 big "B" Oct 20th, 2009 at 8:24 am

   Better than alive—it would have made a real mess in there :O)

3. 3 Aunt B. Oct 20th, 2009 at 8:24 am

   Okay, yes, on the one hand I am completely grossed out, but on the other hand, this brings up a question I have long had. Why do Southerners eat the heck out of squirrel, but not Midwesterners?

   A Midwestern Squirrel is big enough to feed a person. Shoot, you might be able to feed three slightly grossed out people on a Midwestern squirrel.

   The squirrels down here are tiny. It looks like you’d have to eat two or three a piece to be filled.

   So, how did squirrel eating develop as a common thing in a part of the country with such scrawny squirrels?

   (Also, you’d tell us if he plans on eating the brains, too, right?)

4. 4 John Oct 20th, 2009 at 9:51 am

   Is it a Lafayette or West Lafayette squirrel? It makes a difference you know.

5. 5 norbizness Oct 20th, 2009 at 11:32 am

   Do the makers of Chicken Tonight have a similar sauce for tree-rat?

6. 6 Lauren Oct 20th, 2009 at 8:18 pm

   West Lafayette squirrels have more taste.

7. 7 Anne Oct 20th, 2009 at 9:49 pm

   What.

8. 8 zuzu Oct 20th, 2009 at 11:43 pm

   Junebug’s on her way over. She’ll have your portion.

9. 9 Thomas Oct 21st, 2009 at 11:44 am

   The big problem with squirrel is that it’s so lean. This can be fixed. I recommend deep-frying in duck fat. Country-fried squirrel, if you will.

10. 10 Anne Oct 24th, 2009 at 2:19 am

    *bulaaahhh!!!*

11. 11 chef Oct 24th, 2009 at 10:36 am

    I wound up braising it in red wine and stock. Sort of a squirrel bourguinon. The best part was when E reached into his braces, pulled something out, and said ” Is this a ribcage?”.

12. 12 big "B" Oct 24th, 2009 at 3:50 pm

    But with all that said, no one has reported how it TASTED!!

13. 13 Marksman2000 Oct 27th, 2009 at 4:30 am

    Pics?

14. 14 rohn Oct 27th, 2009 at 11:18 pm

    Squirrels fed on white oak acorns are delicious, but those fed on red oak acorns are too bitter. Those fed on grain are right out.

15. 15 Sheelzebub Oct 28th, 2009 at 12:39 pm

    Betcha it tastes like rabbit.

16. 16 Kristjan Wager Nov 13th, 2009 at 6:16 am

    Somehow, this picture of a page in an old cookbook seem relevant

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/bug_girl/4093636181/

17. 17 DaisyDeadhead Nov 14th, 2009 at 6:11 pm

    People in mountainous areas of the Carolinas eat squirrel brains!!!

    Sometime during the last decade, the health departments went in there en masse and ordered them to stop… but in proper southern fashion, they all said “uh huh” and kept right on eating them. I used to work with someone who ate them regularly.

    Yes, I see that you think I am making this UP!

    New York Times (old): Kentucky Doctors Warn Against a Regional Dish: Squirrels’ Brains

    I don’t think I have to advise Chef not to eat the brains, but… you never know! :P

    (glad to be vegetarian, always)

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