BilletHead Posted Sunday at 10:06 PM Share Posted Sunday at 10:06 PM Squirrel Meat Is Generally Safe To Eat And Has Been Compared To Rabbit. Johnsfolly 1 "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishinwrench Posted Monday at 02:44 AM Share Posted Monday at 02:44 AM Can't be compared to rabbit in my opinion. Neither in taste or texture. I've actually had gray squirrel that was simply too tough to eat. Can't say that about any rabbit I've ever fried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BilletHead Posted Monday at 07:42 AM Author Share Posted Monday at 07:42 AM 4 hours ago, fishinwrench said: Can't be compared to rabbit in my opinion. Neither in taste or texture. I've actually had gray squirrel that was simply too tough to eat. Can't say that about any rabbit I've ever fried. You cannot just fry an old squirrel and think it's not going to be tough. I'm just going to say this it like it or not. You don't know what you are doing with your meat. 🤣 In the last couple of days I have shot four out of six that are not going to be for frying but I can make them tasty. You could pressure cook them and then fry but why? There are more interesting things to do with them. Just go to the dollar store and get you some of the ground up chicken shaped like dinosaurs call them a chicken nugget and be happy. Terrierman, Johnsfolly and fishinwrench 1 1 1 "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjm Posted Monday at 12:05 PM Share Posted Monday at 12:05 PM When I was in high school, I killed a lot of squirrels and Mama got most of them tender in a cast skillet with a lid. But, she made them feed more people by cooking with dumplings on the days when I didn't get a limit. I don't recall her ever not getting the meat tender enough to eat, even roosters. I probably should have paid more attention to process. That said, I wouldn't compare squirrel to rabbit either. Each is unique in flavor and texture, just as pig is different than calf. Terrierman and Johnsfolly 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneshot 1 Posted Monday at 01:58 PM Share Posted Monday at 01:58 PM I have no teeth so either has to be Tender. We have Tame Rabbits and I much prefer Cottontail. oneshot BilletHead 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BilletHead Posted Monday at 02:06 PM Author Share Posted Monday at 02:06 PM https://honest-food.net/braised-squirrel-aurora-recipe/ There is no frying involved but I can get this falling off the bone tender. All squirrel can be made tender period. I'm getting ready to pressure can some. That stuff is the bomb. What you must do is try something different from what Grandma, Mom or Aunt Betty did. Cooking has come a long ways. Adapt I separate my squirrel when vacuum sealing. Old, medium and young. Cook according to that age. Its easy bfishn, Linhardt, dpitt and 2 others 5 "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjm Posted Monday at 02:37 PM Share Posted Monday at 02:37 PM Enjoy. BilletHead 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ness Posted Monday at 02:44 PM Share Posted Monday at 02:44 PM 37 minutes ago, BilletHead said: https://honest-food.net/braised-squirrel-aurora-recipe/ There is no frying involved but I can get this falling off the bone tender. All squirrel can be made tender period. I'm getting ready to pressure can some. That stuff is the bomb. What you must do is try something different from what Grandma, Mom or Aunt Betty did. Cooking has come a long ways. Adapt I separate my squirrel when vacuum sealing. Old, medium and young. Cook according to that age. Its easy Any seasonings, etc. when doing the pressure canning? John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BilletHead Posted Monday at 03:56 PM Author Share Posted Monday at 03:56 PM Just a bit of canning or sea salt depending on the jar size. I do them in half pints. They hold one quartered up squirrel. Tell you what we will send you one after I get it done. "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ness Posted Monday at 05:27 PM Share Posted Monday at 05:27 PM 1 hour ago, BilletHead said: Just a bit of canning or sea salt depending on the jar size. I do them in half pints. They hold one quartered up squirrel. Tell you what we will send you one after I get it done. Ahh, thanks for the offer but you don't need to do that! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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