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Cooking squirrel
Posted on 11/4/12 at 3:56 pm
Posted on 11/4/12 at 3:56 pm
So my son goes hunting this morning and comes back with a dozen squirrel. I want to make something for him that won't taste to squirrely. He's 12 and hasn't eat a lot of squirrel. I don't want him to get a bad taste for them. Do you guys have any recipes for cooking squirrel?
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Posted on 11/4/12 at 3:58 pm to damonster
Congratulate him on killing 1.5 the legal limit. 
I have never enjoyed eating squirrel.
Maybe Madamsquirrel will be along with some pointers.
I have never enjoyed eating squirrel.
Maybe Madamsquirrel will be along with some pointers.
Posted on 11/4/12 at 4:22 pm to damonster
I've used it as a direct substitute for chicken in just about anything. Last time I made squirrel-pot-pie just boiling and shredding the meat. Squirrel dumplings is also really good.
Reserve the stock when you boil the squirrel and use as a stock or as a soup base.
Reserve the stock when you boil the squirrel and use as a stock or as a soup base.
Posted on 11/4/12 at 4:24 pm to Aubie Spr96
Sounds good.
Remember to marinate the rodent. It reduces the gamey rodent flavor and tenderizes the meat.
Remember to marinate the rodent. It reduces the gamey rodent flavor and tenderizes the meat.
Posted on 11/4/12 at 4:29 pm to Kcrad
What do you marinate it with to lessen the gamey flavor? The pot pie sounds really good.
Posted on 11/4/12 at 4:34 pm to damonster
Cat or fox (red or gray)? Cats are smaller and good for frying. Remove the front and back legs and the backbone area. Dredge in seasoned flour and fry. Or better yet do the above and cook them down in a gravy. Especially if you dealing with fox squirrels.
Posted on 11/4/12 at 4:37 pm to damonster
Soak em in some milk or butter milk. Their not bad gamey to meat though. Especially if you cook em down.
Posted on 11/4/12 at 4:49 pm to LSUballs
When I was a kid my Grandmother used to make a squirrel gumbo that was great. Also remember finding shotgun pellets in it sometimes too.
Posted on 11/4/12 at 5:19 pm to Whitrabbt
I was thinking of cooking it down in gravy with onion and bellpepper but wanted some other ideas also. Thanks
Posted on 11/4/12 at 5:19 pm to damonster
Soak over night in salt water. Fry them after par boiling at a simmer for 45 minutes. Make a gravy with the stock.
Posted on 11/4/12 at 5:43 pm to El Josey Wales
I don't eat rodent 
Posted on 11/4/12 at 6:22 pm to damonster
Used to eat a lot of squirrel and dumplings when I was a kid.
Fried squirrel ain't bad either.
Fried squirrel ain't bad either.
Posted on 11/4/12 at 6:25 pm to madamsquirrel
Even the wascally wabbits?
Posted on 11/4/12 at 6:31 pm to CITWTT
Soak in salt water if boiling for dumplings or stew. Soak in buttermilk for frying. Use the buttermilk to make gravy to simmer the fried squirell quarters in. Tree rat is GOOD
Posted on 11/4/12 at 6:55 pm to damonster
We soak n buttermilk..... Flash fry them (not ribcages), and put them in cast iron pot with sauteed onion/peppers.... Top with water and Tony Chachere's Dry Roux Mix...... Cover and bake in oven at 275 for about 2.5-3 hours.
Camp recipie. Lazy. But delicious. Dont bang the tonys dry roux mix till u try it with fried squirrels
Serve over rice with biscuits
Camp recipie. Lazy. But delicious. Dont bang the tonys dry roux mix till u try it with fried squirrels
Serve over rice with biscuits
Posted on 11/4/12 at 9:35 pm to damonster
Brown em in a dutch oven, cook down some onions with em, put some water in there, cover the pot, and let it bloop bloop for a couple hours. Season to taste, cook some rice.
Posted on 11/4/12 at 11:04 pm to damonster
I'd love to say I had a fancy recipe for squirrel-pot-pie, but I literally just followed the recipe on the side of the Campbell's Cream of Potato Soup can just substituting boiled squirrel for boiled chicken breast. Add some sage and thyme to taste.
Posted on 11/5/12 at 6:03 am to Aubie Spr96
When i was a kid my brother and i hunted with my uncle. He would skin the squirrels and some how leave the skull on. My grandmother would cook the squirrels down in gravy. My uncle would take the back of a butter knife, crack the skull and eat the brains. It was sick. I'm fifty years old and still remember that like it was yesterday.
Posted on 11/5/12 at 6:35 am to hooper27
Eating the brains of an animal may make you sqeamish, but it is not abnormal in the world in fact, ans that includes America with certain regional/ethnic dishes.
Posted on 11/5/12 at 7:05 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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Brown em in a dutch oven, cook down some onions with em, put some water in there, cover the pot, and let it bloop bloop for a couple hours. Season to taste, cook some rice.
This, Squirrel are not gamey at all IMO. Kinda tough and need to cook down for a while till tender.
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