Comments on: Fried Squirrel

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By: Mike Schwab

Mike Schwab — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:33:02 +0000

Coalton, IL (near Nokomis) was famous for being almost stray cat free in the 1930s from people eating cats. Once they are butchered, hard to tell them apart from rabbits.

By: James

James — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 14:58:32 +0000

Looks like amazon has reproductions of the first edition of the Joy of Cooking from 1931. And you are right, it has squirrel, raccoon and opossum. Wikipedia makes it sound like those recipes are in their because the book was published during the great depression.

That’s interesting about the nettles. I wish I had known that when I had picked them. It looks like there are a lot of folk remedies for nettles including, mud and saliva.

By: Maggie

Maggie — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 13:43:23 +0000

Some older copies of The Joy of Cooking have directions on how to dress game (including squirrel).

I remember the first time I got into nettles, nasty! I’ve heard you can wash with baking soda to neutralize the acids.

By: anika

anika — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:34:41 +0000

I found some cheese that was flavored with nettle recently. I was curious, so I picked up a small wedge of it, and it was quite tasty indeed. Apparently they use nettle a lot in England to flavor soups and whatnot. I’m not sure if it’s the same variety as the stinging nettle you guys tried, but it’s interesting to know about.

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:34:38 +0000

That video tops it off nicely. “Put his tender little butt in there.” Awesome.