Capitol Hill Blue Forums Misc. Topics Food, Drink and Cooking Wonder what the poor folks are eatin' tonight?

Squirrel is pretty tough. It's best used to make a broth for soup or stew. It should be slowly simmered with root vegetables and herbs. The meat can then be stripped from the bones minced and used to make "Squirrel Helper" with some of the broth, or better yet, Squirrel Gravy to serve over sweet potatoes.

Squirrel hash is the featured dish in these parts. A number of these good ol' boys grew up hunting, including squirrels. If they didn't get that squirrel, no lunch. There are a lot of very good shots around here.

I recall reading about some folks in the hinterlands mixing squirrel brains with their scrambled eggs. Apparently tasty, but unfortunately for them, squirrels have a high infestation rate with a prion like Mad Cow Disease and you can't destroy its infectivity by cooking.

Several victims ingested such whopping doses, they succumbed within months.

My grandma hunted for most of their meat when they lived in the rural areas of the south. Squirrel was on the menu often. My grandma could "bark" a squirrel, and after she caught a few, she would make them into a stew. My mother liked squirrel stew. I have never partaken, and after PIA's post I will never.

Wow. I have to say eating squirrel in the south is new to me. (please tell me you're teasing Greger)
Your grandmother hunted their meat? Gosh, Scout, you're a good ten years younger me (maybe more?). Where did they live?
Still....coon, possum....I've heard stories about them and eating in the south but figgered that was before my time.
Uck.

I cannot imagine killing and eating Elmer, my squirrel who thinks he can out smart me at the bird feeder.

Really? Squirrel?
Ugh.
That's just awful.

Olyve, I've eaten squirrel and it's okay. 'Possum and coon are soul food classics but I've never tried either. I've had armadillo on several occasions and a variety of wild fowl.
Wild duck breast is one of the most incredibly delicious things I've ever eaten and the best steak I ever ate was venison.
I never heard of eating squirrel brains, but canned pork brains used to be available and the are quite good with scrambled eggs. I'm not sure whether they are still available though and I have it from a good source that the local slaughterhouse is no longer allowed to sell pig heads to brain eaters.

How about road kill?

Wausau Possum Festival Annual tribute to the critter that was one of the main protein sources during the Great Depression.

I roasted a 60 pound road kill pig once...

Did you find it or hit it? Roadkill Bill