From Bushy to Beef

By Sarah K. Burkhalter and Sarah van Schagen

16 May 2008

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Tail lickin' good

Give squirrel a whirl: it's all natural, free-range, and as local as it gets. Apparently, "Southern fried squirrel is good. And tandoori style works. It is especially tasty fricasséed with Cornish cream and walnuts." Now that's just nuts.

Photo: Will Meeker

Where the sun don't shine

Not 'til we met the solar-powered bra and the dress that wrinkles on bad-air days did we think of tie-dye and Birks as the good ol' days.

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Just for the helmet

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So young, and jaded already

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Squirrel!

I've had squirrel, on a camping trip. Its okay. It tasted like those turkey legs you get at festivals. But it was kind of hard to eat because it was tiny. Same reason I don't like hot wings.

by jessimonster at 12:19 PM on 16 May 2008

Squirrely

Gray squirrel is certainly plentiful in my neighborhood (San Francisco East Bay). They rattle the trees, bury fruit and walnuts in the garden beds, cheek the cats and generally make a nuisance of themselves. Cute, though, at least when they're not stealing my strawberries. Nice to hear they're tasty, but the instructions in the article contradict what folks I know who've eaten them say, which is to hang them for at least a week.

I also think it's important to make sure they don't have Valley Fever, but I'm paranoid that way. Probably because I grew up in the Southwest.

Eat what you grow, grow what you eat

by PermieWriter at 2:40 PM on 16 May 2008

Brits and squirrels

Why in the world should squirrel meat be the "most ethical meal that you can put on your plate"?

The fact is, some people in Britain seem to have it in for grey squirrels, as pushy invasives from America who are making things difficult for the native red squirrels:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/07/magazine/07squirrels-t. ...

Chickens deserve our true friendship! So do fish! So do other sentient beings! Let us learn to be kind.

by caniscandida at 8:14 PM on 16 May 2008

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