Environmental campaigners are urging Brits to eat squirrels, says Sophie Morris in the I newspaper, because ballooning populations are damaging local ecosystems. I ordered two “vacuum-packed critters”, priced at £4.95 each, which arrived “beautifully skinned, with deep purple flesh”. They’re a bit of a faff to prepare – “squirrels are small, therefore they have tiny bones” – but the meat “speaks for itself in terms of depth of flavour”. After dicing and cooking them with some wine, veg and spices, the resulting ragù was “meltingly soft”.
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Didn’t they do that with hedgehogs ?
The idea was the spines got trapped in the hardened mud/clay so when you cracked it open it automatically de-spined it for you.
Poor hedgehogs.
Eat squirrels! Never. They’re intelligent, sprightly little creatures though I know some people consider them vermin because of the danger they can do.
If that’s all environmentalists can come up with they need to think harder …
Like rats!
A good nights hunting (by humans) around the bins at the back of all the UK’s High Street takeaways should more than fill all the foodbanks with tasty rats…
Squirrel is solid but I would “buy” it when they’re literally everywhere but I would EAT a squirrel in THIS city lol or any city with a population above 1000 LOL
Cute as they are grey squirrels are essentially tree rats.
It’s never going to catch on , it might in some poncy over priced restaurants.
I’m up for giving it try
Well, I suspect it wouldn’t be much different to rabbit or guinea pig?
I’ve eaten plenty of rabbit and guinea pigs is supposed to be a delicacy
There’s a case for guinea pig farming on small holdings as an alternative meat source and income because they graze on grass like cows and don’t need food like grains that human beings could eat. But people in the U.K. would probably be too squeamish
Perhaps that could apply to squirrels too?
They are cute and fluffy so the idea is a bit off putting but I’d try it
