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Post by hairymooseknuckles on Jan 16, 2018 11:15:35 GMT -5
And here I was ready to offer my favorite recipes. Me Too!!! nothing better than rabbit!
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Post by paquebot on Jan 17, 2018 10:03:40 GMT -5
Having once peaked at over 80 rabbits when raising them for the local IGA store, we ate our fair share. And once on the farm as a teenager, best day of hunting was 13. Always liked the wild better than the tame.
Wild rabbit stew:
Quarter rabbit and use 6-quart pot.
4 or 5 medium potatoes. Dozen medium carrots. 2 sweet potatoes. 2 or 3 medium onions. 3 or 4 celery stalks.
Dice everything ½" or less. Add just enough water to cover and simmer at least 3 hours. Potatoes and sweet potatoes will break down and it's a thick stew, not soup.
Martin
The truth is more important than the facts.
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Post by september on Jan 17, 2018 10:35:04 GMT -5
Martin, I will print out your recipe, and next time my husband shoots a garden raiding bunny, I will have him save it for me. Rabbit tastes great, but I hate seeing the skinned carcass, because it reminds me too much of a naked cat body. The first rabbit he brought back skinned grossed me out. Not much does and I'm not that way about dealing with game birds or deer, but I love me my cats. I ended up trying to bake it whole, and it of course was tough as leather. He never brought in another one! They don't go to waste, as we have a healthy population of fox, coyotes, eagles and ravens that appreciate the easy supplements to their menu, we have a designated dump spot back in our woods that fish guts and game leavings are left, and they get cleaned up immediately. But since you say wild ones taste better than domestic, I am willing to give it another try. But I' ll make sure to tell him to quarter it before he brings it inside, maybe I can deal with parts better than seeing the whole body at once.
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Post by paquebot on Jan 17, 2018 15:10:13 GMT -5
Never bake a wild rabbit, or any rabbit for that matter. The hind legs especially would become very tough. Those muscles are already long so you'd be chewing forever to soften them. When we had such huge amounts of wild rabbits on our farm, had them at least once a week in one form or another in fall and winter. Favorite way depended on the parts. Hind legs were kept separate. They were parboiled and then breaded and fried just like a chicken drumstick, Front half and back were strictly for stew. Mother would often make dumplings to go with it.
Between today's replies, another rabbit quartered and soaking in the kitchen sink. Snow on back lawn still looks like there was a rabbit convention last night according to the tracks. I've invited them to partake of some nice sweet potato parings and carrot tops. They can dine safe from the cat and fox whose tracks are also out there. Like the condemned man having a hearty meal, rabbits here have the same chance.
Martin
The truth is more important than the facts.
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Post by paulf on Jan 17, 2018 15:52:56 GMT -5
I used to shoot the invading rabbits, but with foxes, coyotes and a couple of bobcats in the area it has been at least three years since the rabbits have eaten out of our gardens. Now we need the nearby cougars to take care of the blasted deer.
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Post by stone on Apr 10, 2018 17:27:45 GMT -5
Sometimes you can trap them... But... what do you put in the trap that tastes better than the fresh stuff out in the beds? Sometimes, they go in a trap left in the path... And sometimes... the cats get lucky. It's so funny watching a cat chase a rabbit... you think that the cat ain't ever going to catch that rabbit... until... one day it does.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Apr 10, 2018 19:10:10 GMT -5
Somebody mentioned using sweet potatoes (I assume in pieces) in their rabbit traps. I'll have to try that.
This time of year I always throw a bunch of ground up hot peppers under my shed. It keeps them from going under there for a while. I grind up 3 or 4 year old peppers from my pantry, and toss them under. Not something they like getting in their fur! lol
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Post by coppice on Apr 12, 2018 8:31:02 GMT -5
Im the spirit of this thread resurfacing. One warm spring Sunday I went out to the barn. it was time to dress out the latest litter of kits. They were California bunnys and at three-three and a half pounds about two-thirds grown.
So there I was bopping bunny on the backs of their little heads--when mum came out in the barn and blew her gasket. Seems it was Easter and I was killing the easter-bunny. Bad bad me....
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Apr 12, 2018 9:04:44 GMT -5
Oooo...bad timing!
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