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Nothing & Everything => Open Discussion => Food and Naked Yodeling => Topic started by: Steve on November 06, 2011, 07:18:17 PM

Title: Squirrel
Post by: Steve on November 06, 2011, 07:18:17 PM
Just tried some that we coated in sweet baby rays bbq sauce and fire roasted. Amazing.
Title: Re: Squirrel
Post by: Steve on November 07, 2011, 02:50:34 AM
So Ashley shot another one while we were outback, so i cleaned him real quick and quartered him. Dry Rubbed him in old bay and lawreys season salt. Then coated a few sheets of tinfoil in butter, wrapped it up and tossed it over the fire. Awesome.
Title: Re: Squirrel
Post by: KnuckleBuckett on November 07, 2011, 06:38:43 AM
Old Bay is yucky.
Title: Re: Squirrel
Post by: Steve on November 07, 2011, 08:14:53 AM
Your crazy.
Title: Re: Squirrel
Post by: ober on November 07, 2011, 10:36:57 AM
I think he's saying it's your crazy, not his.  ;)
Title: Re: Squirrel
Post by: Mike on November 07, 2011, 10:47:19 AM
I think he's saying it's your crazy, not his.  ;)
lol
Title: Re: Squirrel
Post by: JaWiB on November 07, 2011, 02:11:43 PM
Could you be any more redneck?
Title: Re: Squirrel
Post by: Steve on November 07, 2011, 06:33:26 PM
Have u ever tried squirrel? Don't knock it till you try it. I rode my horse to the post office today. I love this place lol
Title: Re: Squirrel
Post by: JaWiB on November 07, 2011, 08:11:25 PM
Can't say that I have, though my friend did throw a dead one at me once. Squirrels around here are pretty wily and hard to shoot.
Title: Re: Squirrel
Post by: KnuckleBuckett on November 07, 2011, 09:15:25 PM
The meat is very lean and on the tough side.  Not as gamey as some.  Nothing special.  Kind of like turkey drumstick but drier. 
Title: Re: Squirrel
Post by: Steve on November 08, 2011, 07:53:38 AM
It is a bit tough, but i found that frying it was 10x better. It reminded me of a pork chop that tasted like dark meat chicken.
Title: Re: Squirrel
Post by: Jake on November 08, 2011, 07:58:15 AM
It is a bit tough, but i found that frying it was 10x better. It reminded me of a pork chop that tasted like dark meat chicken.

this last sentence is a bit confusing: does it taste like pork or like chicken?
Title: Re: Squirrel
Post by: Steve on November 08, 2011, 10:54:35 AM
I meant the texture. It's tougher then chicken, sort of like a prok chop. It's like eating a pork chop that tastes like dark meat chicken.
Title: Re: Squirrel
Post by: Mike on November 08, 2011, 11:00:58 AM
You are cooking your pork wrong.
Title: Re: Squirrel
Post by: Steve on November 08, 2011, 11:11:02 AM
I don't like pork chops honestly. If they tasted like pork chops, i wouldn't want them.
Title: Re: Squirrel
Post by: micah on November 08, 2011, 11:20:09 AM
I don't like pork chops honestly. If they tasted like pork chops, i wouldn't want them.

You are cooking your pork wrong.
Title: Re: Squirrel
Post by: KnuckleBuckett on November 08, 2011, 12:41:56 PM
I don't like pork chops honestly. If they tasted like pork chops, i wouldn't want them.

Learn how to prepare and cook them properly.  Usually they are overcooked, dry, and nasty. 

Title: Re: Squirrel
Post by: Govtcheez on November 08, 2011, 12:49:20 PM
Every time I cook pork I get trichinosis.  Pork sucks.
Title: Re: Squirrel
Post by: Steve on November 08, 2011, 01:12:04 PM
I've had many pork chops, I'll pass. Unless it's shake and bake.
Title: Re: Squirrel
Post by: Jake on November 08, 2011, 01:14:50 PM
I did grill a mean apple pork chop. You guys would love it.
Title: Re: Squirrel
Post by: Mike on November 08, 2011, 01:16:04 PM
I did grill a mean apple pork chop. You guys would love it.
You mind overnighting one?
Title: Re: Squirrel
Post by: KnuckleBuckett on November 08, 2011, 02:25:30 PM
Every time I cook pork I get trichinosis.  Pork sucks.

Stop that.
Title: Re: Squirrel
Post by: KnuckleBuckett on November 08, 2011, 02:26:10 PM
I've had many pork chops, I'll pass. Unless it's shake and bake.

Blechhchht...
Title: Re: Squirrel
Post by: webwhy on November 08, 2011, 03:00:11 PM
didn't the usda just lower it's temperature recommendation for pork a couple of months ago?  it's relatively safe compared to ground beef or dirty ass factory chicken...

it sounds like you should "shake and bake" your squirrel next time...at this point why not?  you've already gone way over "the line"
Title: Re: Squirrel
Post by: KnuckleBuckett on November 08, 2011, 04:47:44 PM
Pork is safe to cook at somewhat lower temps.  Pink is acceptable to a minor extent.  There hasn't been a domestic case of trichinosis in decades stemming from pork.  The rare cases that have occurred have been introduced in foreign countries or from undercooked wild game.
Title: Re: Squirrel
Post by: Steve on November 08, 2011, 07:11:42 PM
Squirrel would be aweful shake and bake. Silly rabbit.
Title: Re: Squirrel
Post by: Rob on November 09, 2011, 06:07:47 AM
Why not go the whole hog and eat rat?
Title: Re: Squirrel
Post by: Govtcheez on November 09, 2011, 06:16:37 AM
To be fair, squirrel was (is?) a pretty common meal in poor and rural areas of the country.  I'd try it
Title: Re: Squirrel
Post by: Rob on November 09, 2011, 07:08:30 AM
Ah, OK I stand corrected. We tend to call them tree-rats over here, and they're pretty much considered vermin. Not the Red Squirrel, of course. That's a different matter.

Now hedgehog's, that's good eatiin'.

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Hedgehog

Title: Re: Squirrel
Post by: Govtcheez on November 09, 2011, 07:10:13 AM
Well it's not like you would roll up to McDonalds and order squirrel mcnuggets, but it's not unheard of for people to shoot and cook them
Title: Re: Squirrel
Post by: ober on November 09, 2011, 08:53:22 AM
Well it's not like you would roll up to McDonalds and order squirrel mcnuggets, but it's not unheard of for people to shoot and cook them
+1
Title: Re: Squirrel
Post by: charlie on November 09, 2011, 12:26:43 PM
You could get 2 pounds of meat from them on Oregon trail.
Title: Re: Squirrel
Post by: Rob on November 09, 2011, 04:24:33 PM
"Leave my McNuggets alone, fuckers."
Title: Re: Squirrel
Post by: Steve on November 09, 2011, 09:53:25 PM
They are called varmit here. I never would have thought to try it until a few years ago, and it has been on my list.