Are squirrels good eatin ?

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Saw some Asian folk, had one over an open fire, stick shoved up it's rear end, burnin' the hair off while it cooked!:eek:
 
Stumbled onto this Idea a couple years ago, but it is the best way I have found to keep them VERY tender. Fix them in Shake n Bake just like the recipe for doing chicken. The meat stays very moist and tender, and doesn't seem to matter how old the fuzzy tails are.:)
 
You know, all this talk about squirrel got me hungry so I gathered up the family and went and got some yesterday morning. Got 8 of them, now I'm on the hunt for a good recipe. Time to try something new...
 
City slicker tree rats I wouldn't touch. You have no idea what they've been eating. They don't just eat nuts and such. You'll likely find shooting them in town is illegal too.
 
You also need to figure out where they are getting into the house and seal up the entrance. If you do this during the day there's a good chance they will all be outside and your problem is solved. If you do trap one inside I would use a Havahart trap to capture it and then release it outside. No risk of dead, rotten, unbelievable stench, in the house. The $30 for the trap is a much better deal than paying someone to cut into and then repair your walls. If you don't want to buy one some hardware stores rent them. If you have a local animal rescue organization, the type that takes in injured birds, rabbits, etc. they might rent or loan one too.

http://www.havahart.com/nuisance/cagetrap_quickguide.asp
 
i agree with Arub. if your hungry you will eat anything, its human nature. if your not and the choice is a tree rat or steak i will be needing some A-1
 
The squirrels here in MN can take any house cat in a fight anyday... and Iv'e seen some big/mean house cats. We shoot them off our feeders cuz that stuff's for the birds. BB's do not work so well unless you can put it through the brain and we don't get headshots on running/jumping squirrels too often. One squirrel we pulled three pellets and 6 bb's out of muscle and the guts. We soaked ours overnight in salt water then boiled it. Then put it in soup of chicken broth, carrots, celery, and egg noodles.
 
Squirrels taste great. Every bit as good as a rabbit IMO, just less meat. I like them battered and fried, or in stew, or just about any other way you can cook them. You just have to take some measures to keep them from getting dry while cooking or they'll get tough and stringy. My mom makes squirrel and dumplings sometimes, that's one of my favorite ways to eat them. Oldbill's way sounds pretty good, too. It's actually very similar to the way I do beef rump roast, I'll have to try it on some squirrels.

Jason
 
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