Just thought I'd share a nice photo.

[redneck joe]

Yeah when people ask me what those thing taste like I say it tastes like (insert meat name) i think it's mostly a textural thing.

 

[airshot]

A lot can depend on how they are prepared, if fixed just like a rabbit, they will taste similar to a rabit. I always seasoned and marinated my squirrels then wrapped in foil and cooked on the grill. Great eating ....!!

 

[redneck joe]

Squirrels dredge and pan fried, garvt from the drippings.

 

[WIMUSKY]

I think a grey squirrel did taste like chicken, moist too... Now bunnies, naw...

 

[Mc Tool]

Same here. Very little actually tastes like chicken.

Iguana, snake, ostrich, gator, rabbit, squirrel, pheasant, all have their own taste

Yeah even the bloody chicken doesnt taste like chicken anymore , out of the above I have only eaten Rabbits and youd need to be hungry , pretty dry .
One of my older friends mucks about pre boiling , slow cookin slathered in pork fat and at the end it coulda been anything .
I had an old victorian cook book ( dunno where its at now ) and some of the 5hit they ate , like blackbirds , rats , hedgehogs
Heres a bit of Kiwi tucker . These boys are mutton birds , or Sooty shearwater chicks . They breed in burrows on our southern islands . They are about the fattest greasiest things on earth .... and then we salt them . I simmer them for a couple of hours , changing the water twice and then bung em under the grill skin side up untill it starts to crackle . Should only ever be eaten with waaaay to much beer , you will be on the hand cart if you cook them anywhere inside or outside where they can be smelt ( which is anywhere up to 100 yards upwind ). It will take 3 days to get the grease off your face..........but it tastes OK .

 

[Mc Tool]

Parked at BP Frankton ( fuel station ) ....while Di went in and got the pies , looking up at the Remarkables ( actual name of the mountain range ) and grabbed the ph for a pic .......an dont nobody ask what settings it was on ....I did zoom it a bit

 

[jimmbo]

You used a Nokia 6.1
Date of Exposure: Dec 11, 2025 11:30 AM
Shutter Speed: 1/1470 sec
f stop: f2
ISO 100
Focal Length of Lens 3.57mm Equal to 27mm on a Full Frame DSLR
Center Weighted Metering
Auto White Balance
2688 X 1512 Pixels

 

[Mc Tool]

Ha ha ha Farrrr canal jimmbo , how the ..... I right clicked on the image and a bunch of stuff came but I couldnt see where you found that info . I guess thats the difference between someone who knows their apples and someone who .....doesn't .
That pic was as we headed back south from Wanaka ( dropped off Dads mutton birds ) and just after Jacks Point on the lake road between Frankton and Kingston we came up behind some guy in a ( about 2005 ) Mustang , got him real sneaky on the inside of a rh bend ( we drive on the left ) and he was well pissed , chased us all the way to Kingston . We pulled into a picnic area for a debrief , gravel sticking to my tires , ticking noises as things cooled , and would you believe it I had 2 beers still in the esky from the mutton bird run . Didnt exchange names , just hi fived talked about the cars , drank the beers and carried on home . Best day for a while

 

[Mc Tool]

Ah ha !

Not that it helps much

 

[jimmbo]

I just copy and pasted the pic to my Pictures Folder, viewed it with the obsolete Picasa 3, and all kinds of info is revealed. Not to worry, I have Deleted your pic.

 

[Mc Tool]

I just copy and pasted the pic to my Pictures Folder, viewed it with the obsolete Picasa 3, and all kinds of info is revealed. Not to worry, I have Deleted your pic.

Aw ,you could have kept the pic

 

[FLATHEAD]

A lot can depend on how they are prepared, if fixed just like a rabbit, they will taste similar to a rabit. I always seasoned and marinated my squirrels then wrapped in foil and cooked on the grill. Great eating ....!!

You can have your cooked rodents. This guy seems to enjoy them. I’d opt for the slice of pizzza

 

[airshot]

You can have your cooked rodents. This guy seems to enjoy them. I’d opt for the slice of pizzza

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Think I would prefer mine cleaned and skinned before roasting ! Burnt fur does not sound appetising.....

 

[cyclops222]

Always sit sideways to any wind / breeze.

 

[jimmbo]

Like that Christmas Carol 'Chipmunks roasting on an Open Fire'

 

[Lou C]

4” today here now all frozen

 

[FLATHEAD]

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4” today here now all frozen

They called for 2 to 3 inches here. I woke up to this.

 

[Lou C]

Wow I’d say they were off a tad!
Lucky for me I put the winter cover on the boat yesterday!

 

[jimmbo]

Disgusting. I have been counting the Days till Spring since Sept

 

[FLATHEAD]

Disgusting. I have been counting the Days till Spring since Sept

Once November is over I’d be happy to skip right to April.