What to do with dead squirrel

[Kirby]

Originally posted by: RedSquirrel

Originally posted by: Muse

Originally posted by: DrPizza

Originally posted by: Muse

Originally posted by: ganesh1

Originally posted by: DrPizza
If it had been a fresh kill, I would have eaten it. No sense in letting a tasty squirrel go to waste. But, since it's not a fresh kill, into the garbage it goes. I'm not sure I'd even waste a bag on it, depending on how long until the garbage was picked up & how hot it was outside.

AHHH so grosssssssssssssssss...................

Ahh man i think i will have to puke!! But seriously how can anyone eat a squirrel. Think about it they are so cute !! Get a life people, Switch over to veggies they don't shout we you kill them or ooze blood only some starch..........

I have been eating less and less meat. I've boasted for years that I don't eat enough meat to keep a rat alive and it's probably true. It never occurred to me to eat that squirrel until people started posting it, over and over. Clearly, they're being serious.

Very serious. If I cooked some for someone with our favorite recipe, and had them taste it, without telling them what it was, they would respond, "wow, this is really good! What is it? Some kind of chicken? Something made with pork?" If they have no clue, it's delicious.

Granted. By the time I had begun to even consider eating it, it was too late. Besides, I wasn't sure if it was safe to eat it. I know, this might be unrealistic, i.e. to think that the thing might be diseased or contaminated, but who knows, it ran wild in the city and who knows what it had eaten or been exposed to. Is that an unrealistic concern? I used to skin dive off Maui and ate what I caught routinely, but I had companions who had done so for decades, so I didn't give it a thought, but eating a squirrel in this circumstance had me wondering. Besides, I've never skinned and gutted a land animal.

I see eating squirrel equivalent to eating dog or cat. They're more meant for companion animals then food, and not like you get much meat anyway in a squirrel. Enough to feed one person maybe? With fries and salad on the side maybe?

If I was stuck in the bush and there was nothing else to eat, I would think about it and maybe do it, but it would pretty much be a life or death situation. I'd probably eat tree sap or something. Plenty of food in the bush if you know where to look. 😉 If it's winter then you have hours to live food or not, anyway.

Companion animal? :laugh:

Do you eat rabbit? Freaking delicious.

 

[BUTCH1]

Originally posted by: Born2bwire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RlK0Xd4c2c

I'd like to bag her squirrel in the woods!!

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: RedSquirrel
I see eating squirrel equivalent to eating dog or cat. They're more meant for companion animals then food, and not like you get much meat anyway in a squirrel. Enough to feed one person maybe? With fries and salad on the side maybe?

Yeah, about 1 squirrel per person. For a family of 4, 4 squirrels works out just about perfect for dinner. But, I probably should have pointed out - gray squirrels. Not red squirrels. Red squirrels are more of a pest.

Whoa! Just noticed your nic! 😛

 

[Red Squirrel]

Originally posted by: nkgreen

Originally posted by: RedSquirrel

Originally posted by: Muse

Originally posted by: DrPizza

Originally posted by: Muse

Originally posted by: ganesh1

Originally posted by: DrPizza
If it had been a fresh kill, I would have eaten it. No sense in letting a tasty squirrel go to waste. But, since it's not a fresh kill, into the garbage it goes. I'm not sure I'd even waste a bag on it, depending on how long until the garbage was picked up & how hot it was outside.

AHHH so grosssssssssssssssss...................

Ahh man i think i will have to puke!! But seriously how can anyone eat a squirrel. Think about it they are so cute !! Get a life people, Switch over to veggies they don't shout we you kill them or ooze blood only some starch..........

I have been eating less and less meat. I've boasted for years that I don't eat enough meat to keep a rat alive and it's probably true. It never occurred to me to eat that squirrel until people started posting it, over and over. Clearly, they're being serious.

Very serious. If I cooked some for someone with our favorite recipe, and had them taste it, without telling them what it was, they would respond, "wow, this is really good! What is it? Some kind of chicken? Something made with pork?" If they have no clue, it's delicious.

Granted. By the time I had begun to even consider eating it, it was too late. Besides, I wasn't sure if it was safe to eat it. I know, this might be unrealistic, i.e. to think that the thing might be diseased or contaminated, but who knows, it ran wild in the city and who knows what it had eaten or been exposed to. Is that an unrealistic concern? I used to skin dive off Maui and ate what I caught routinely, but I had companions who had done so for decades, so I didn't give it a thought, but eating a squirrel in this circumstance had me wondering. Besides, I've never skinned and gutted a land animal.

I see eating squirrel equivalent to eating dog or cat. They're more meant for companion animals then food, and not like you get much meat anyway in a squirrel. Enough to feed one person maybe? With fries and salad on the side maybe?

If I was stuck in the bush and there was nothing else to eat, I would think about it and maybe do it, but it would pretty much be a life or death situation. I'd probably eat tree sap or something. Plenty of food in the bush if you know where to look. 😉 If it's winter then you have hours to live food or not, anyway.

Companion animal? :laugh:

Do you eat rabbit? Freaking delicious.

Wabbits would fall in that category too, though I did hear they are tasty. 😛 When I used to camp at our old spot a lot we actually had a few that we fed. The squirrels were rather tame too, always fun to have them around. Chipmunks were fun too, and even more tame the the squirrels. They'd even go inside our pockets to get peanuts lol. I can't imagine harming those critters.

 

[lxskllr]

Squirrels are one of my favorite critters. They taste very good, but I prefer to see them in my yard. I don't think I'd have any problem eating a city squirrel. The food they eat should be ok. The only "what if" is their water supply. There's some foul drinking spots in the city.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Originally posted by: lxskllr
Squirrels are one of my favorite critters. They taste very good, but I prefer to see them in my yard. I don't think I'd have any problem eating a city squirrel. The food they eat should be ok. The only "what if" is their water supply. There's some foul drinking spots in the city.

We had a squirrel that drank bacon oil at our camp, screw water 😛. That was one crazy squirrel.

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[lxskllr]

Originally posted by: RedSquirrel


We had a squirrel that drank bacon oil at our camp, screw water 😛. That was one crazy squirrel.

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Cool pictures. In the first one, the squirrel's eyes look weird. Maybe that's what happens when you drink bacon grease :^D

Do any of you have black squirrels? There's an area about 10 miles from my house where all the squirrels are black(everywhere else they're the typical grey). I'm not sure how big of an area they occupy, but it isn't terribly large. It's pretty cool to see a different tree rat, and I think they look better in the black duds.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Originally posted by: lxskllr

Originally posted by: RedSquirrel


We had a squirrel that drank bacon oil at our camp, screw water 😛. That was one crazy squirrel.

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Cool pictures. In the first one, the squirrel's eyes look weird. Maybe that's what happens when you drink bacon grease :^D

Do any of you have black squirrels? There's an area about 10 miles from my house where all the squirrels are black(everywhere else they're the typical grey). I'm not sure how big of an area they occupy, but it isn't terribly large. It's pretty cool to see a different tree rat, and I think they look better in the black duds.

In the bigger, southern cities they have them. They actually get pretty big, and tend to roam right in the cities like pidgins do. I was at the Toronto bus terminal last summer and was watching one roaming in a parking lot. Those would make cool pets, but probably take your soul while you sleep. 😱