My daddy and uncle Dutch would go squirrel hunting in the Wabash bottoms where there were lots of hickory trees to attract the little bushy tailed rodents. They would come home, sit under the big elm tree and "prepare" the squirrels. Then my honorary aunt, Mrs. Darr, would make a stew using the squirrel meat. Anything she cooked was delicious. She could probably have made opossum palatable.
Oh my ! I love squirrel stew ! But someone else has to hunt them ! I could if I was starving but that hasn`t happened lately ! Good fried as well !
My brother once shot a squirrel when we were kids. He butcher it and oh boy did he butchered it. No meat there left to eat! MG & mart I'm glad you know how to do it properly. Hope you enjoy!
I couldn't do any butchering, when i was growing up I wouldn't even go into the butchers with my mum I stayed outside, didn't like the smell. In those days it used to be a small shop butchers with sawdust on the floor
Cayuga, I do not butcher squirrels! We don't have squirrels here on the farm--they hang out in the pecan bottoms along the creek about 1/2 mile from here. I did butcher a piglet once. Our plumber's mother bought feral hogs and he butchered them. One sow was brought in with piglets. He eviscerated one, cut off the head and hooves, put it in a cooler and brought it to me as a "welcome" gift. I managed to get fresh hams, side meat, a tenderloin and a rump roast, and ruined an apron. I finally understood why he told me to "let it bleed out." If I hadn't had a cookbook that explained the different cuts and where they were on a pig, we would have been eating shredded pork for months!
Tonight is snack nite ! Its what ever you can find in the fridge ! Have leftovers of chicken enchiladas or,,,,,I may just drink my dinner ! Its really that boring today !
Mart, I don't clean fish. If a friend fishes our stock tank, we get half the catch--gutted out, de-scaled, and headless. I clean vegetables, and that's all!
Yesterday had tinned tomatoes on toast with a fried egg. Hubby had a fried egg toasted sandwich and a sausage toasted sandwich. Today it's roast turkey and stuffing with all the veg and gravy. Then summer pudding with ice cream. I cook a large turkey then portion it up and put in freezer, same with the stuffing. Doing that sort of pudding uses up the left over bread.
That sounds good @|Logan I also do batch cooking and freezing..example... cook mince and carrots onions season freeze.. .uses..Cottage Pie, Spag Boli, Lasagne, Cornish Pasties, just add a few items and have several meals available....
