Would You Eat a Squirrel?

Funny you mention that! My dad and brother have always been big hunters when I was growing up and I can remember a few occasions that they would shoot a squirrel or rabbit in the backyard and serve it in a cassarole for dinner. I would always say how good the meal was - notknowing until after dinner what I had just ate. As a little girl it freaked me out, but I would be willing to give it a second go!

P.S. Just be careful of the bb's!!

Well here in Tassie they export Possums for consumption, so I guess if people will eat possums they will eat squirrels...its a bit like rabbit, kangaroo, emu, deer etc - don't tell me what it is and I will probably enjoy it - no way I could eat those cute cuddly things if I knew what they were...........

cute little lambs... poor little chickens... we already eat so many cute animals... why balk at another?

I'd give it a try if I was offered some, but I don't think I'd seek it out. I, too, would rather see them running up trees in the park.

When I lived in Alabama as a young child, we had no food. My mothers boyfriend and his brother went out and shot some squirrel so that we could eat. The meat was tender, almost like the saying "Taste like chicken", just wish they would of taken the pellets out when they were cleaning it. That wasn't fun finding a pellet.

hey, if people enjoy it more power to them. Living in suburbia where squirrels and deer have no natural predators (other than cars) we have an overflow of squirrels and they eat every bud off of my mom's flowers and the trees (they even knawed on the siding on the house). My mom had my dad start trapping squirrels with a have-a-heart trap last summer, he caught 56 in 3 months. It'd be a better solution for someone to eat them rather than my dad dropping them off on the other side of the highway.

I don't think I would go out of my way to eat a squirrel. Maybe if it became common practice...

We had a summer home in the piney forests of Louisiana. My father was quite a hunter. It was not uncommon for him to start hunting right before the crack of dawn, bag about 8 squirrel, and then have them pan frying in the kitchen for breakfast when we crawled out of bed.

Squirrel is delicous and healthy as are most game meats.

Thanks for a wonderful memory!

haha, completely free range.

Yea I'm gonna have to pass on squirrel for now, ewwwww.

It sounds a lot better than eating something from a factory farm. It's a great idea.

My relatives in Alabama would eat all sorts of wild game when they didn't have money to buy a lot of food...my grandma fondly talks about eating rabbit, squirrel, possum, venison, wild geese, raccoons, etc. If you season it and cook it properly, it tastes pretty good. I've had squirrel before and it tastes pretty good...fairly mild, but tougher than chicken. It's kind of a good idea to eat what's available I guess. I would think a lot of avid bird lovers would love this idea...squirrel revenge, lol.

Squirrel is good. Pan fry 'em with some butter.

Cousin Eddie heard they were high in cholesterol.

I'd eat a squirrel, sure. As long as I didn't have to skin and dress it that is. They probably are pretty tasty, and although they may remind some of rats, their diet is very clean in comparison - nuts, seeds, that sort of thing.

Well, before moving down here to Australia, I thought the idea of eating kangaroos was weird. Now, it's my favourite meat (hence my screen name). So, I guess if you've got to cull animals that have become a nuisance, why not eat them?

Sigh... I miss squirrels. Grey ones are native to the area where I grew up and are one of my favourite animals. I even used to have a grey squirrel costume (which I guess I'd better not wear in the UK any time soon).

Even if I weren't a vegetarian, I could never eat a squirrel. I used to have one as a pet and he was the sweetest thing. Definitely not food material.

I'd rather not eat another mammal at this point. I have no problems with fish or chickens though.

Squirrel tastes very good.

They're a total pest and people wouldn't call them cute if they had them living in their garden. They kill the trees by stripping the bark, they chew anything in their path. They've eaten electrical cables, washing line...you name it, these little blighters ruin everything.

People see them in a park bouncing along and they say "Aaah, look at that lovely squirrel" Then they go home and don't wander far enough of the beaten track to see all of the dead and dying trees!

What the hell how can you eat a Squirrel? Thats fie. And by the way it's small, like you can find a meat on hear.

Cant say that i will be lining up for this dish next time i am in London. I am Australian and we have started eating Kangaroos!

I'd rather eat something with meat on it.
Anyway, it must be something like eating a rabbit, which also isn't something that I would cook or order. I am also sceptic about the diseases an animal like that might have. There is no hygienic control for them.

Im with anna....is that bad? :)

and who are we (the royal) to judge huh? I mean were I a vegetarian I mightcould...but Im not.
so I shant.

Mmmm! I am just crazy about squirrel and rabbit, but my all-time fave is deer meat - deer burger, deer steaks...). The only problem with squirrel is that there's not much meat per, but it's more meat than is on a rabbit. I'm waiting to try groundhog (my uncle says it's delicious). Some people eat oppossum and raccoon, but I'm afraid to try those since those are the only animals my dog won't eat.

If only all the people are thinking of healthy food and having a healthy body is a treasure.

Squirrels are rodents. Would you eat a rat? Yuk!

in mississippi this is no big deal. probably because during reconstruction the north didn't let much food in so people started shooting what they could eat.

No way IN HELL would I eat a squirrel! I hate even eating cows, and do so very minimally. I am not a full-on vegetarian but I draw the line at cute, cuddly, little animals I'd have as pets. No lambs, rabbits, deer, or squirrels in my freezer!!! Humans are so barbaric. (Yeah, I know animals eat each other, too, but they can't exactly plant a vegetable garden or pick up a box of macaroni from the grocery store.)

I have just been watching the ITV food program 'Britain's Best Dish' and a person has just cooked squirrel, l am disgusted and didn't think this would be allowed even though they have been having pigeon cooked.
But today when there saying guns should not be allowed in homes but then there are people going out shooting them. Can't we leave English little animals that people love to watch alone, we are now eating lots of different foods from other countries but eating and shooting squirrels should not be allowed and should have never been seen on TV as now there will be more doing it.

I grew up in Southwest Louisiana where hunting and eating squirrels are quite common. My mom used to fry them or cook them in a stew (sort of like rabbit stew). I never liked it much. I don't even eat meat now. However, I'm sure wild squirrel and venison are much healthier than the hormone-laden stuff in the grocery store we call beef.

we people are messed up by confusing the differential between the different animals and fish we are led to believe we can and can't eat.A chicken in the barnyard will not eat as organic as a squirrel.A wild dear has no injected hormones or steroides.Simply do a little research and you could see.

shoot them in the head with a .22 rimfire in the wild. shoot them in the head with a .22 pellet gun in your suburban back yard. either way they are dead. good eating but you need several for every adult that will be eating. Its easy food til you kill all the squirrels in your neighborhood then you have to actually go out in the woods after them. At that point I would suggest not killing them for 1 year and they will return to your backyard. They are not that smart, about as bright as your average Democrat. Better eating too.