squirrel recipe ideas

[PaganPrepper]

I've come across a fantastic wild meat company whilst searching for a boar supplier for one of my yule feasts, and they supply squirrel!

I live near several massive woods, and if things did go south I would hunt squirrel, even though I adore them lol

I've decided to order a couple to experiment with, the recipes I'm toying with at the moment are

1) roasted with a nettle, wild garlic and dandelion leaf dressing (all wild picked as that's what I will be doing) with ginger, dandelion heads, nettle dipping sauce
2) a simple stew with diced canned spuds, veg and with a simple flat bread and wild green salad
3) roasted with a wild blackberry and honey glaze with sautéed canned spuds, and wild green salad

have you folks ever thought about eating squirrel and if so, how would you prepare it?

[tigs]

river cottage did some recipes for squirrel , they basically treated it as lean chicken

[Hamradioop]

Please ensure it is the Grey tree rat that you are eating and not Tufty.

[rik_uk3]

Its very lean, low fat so limited food value, you need two per adult really.

http://caloriecount.about.com/calories-squirrel-i17184

Thats a site worth bookmarking for the data on food values.

[PaganPrepper]

Its very lean, low fat so limited food value, you need two per adult really.

http://caloriecount.about.com/calories-squirrel-i17184

Thats a site worth bookmarking for the data on food values.

thanks for the link, yeah I've ordered a few from the website I found, to try them out!

Please ensure it is the Grey tree rat that you are eating and not Tufty.

sadly the invading american grey menace have killed off all but a few of the native red squirrels in my area! I still like the grey ones though!

cheers

PP

[featherstick]

I'm not sure I'd roast them - I reckon they'll be too tough and lean for anything other than a long slow cook in a casserole.

[Stasher]

Quite right, squirrel is a very lean meat and as such really needs to be cooked 'in something'. Think rabbit! Cook in a sauce or gravy with added veg for a truly delish meal. Otherwise it's quite dry

[tigs]

i was hoping our american members might have a few ideas how to cook squirrel , i know in some areas of the states its a popular bush meat

[Decaff]

HFW has a recipe for slow cooking, his son is currently being harassed due to him shooting them to eat!! Will try to post on here for you