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Offline RIFLE MAN

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Which One Makes Better Table Fare...?
« on: September 07, 2010, 04:45:23 PM »
Fellow Hunters:

Which do you believe makes better table fare, squirrel
or rabbit?

I personally prefer rabbit. It's easier to skin and tender
on the plate!

Have a great night,
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Re: Which One Makes Better Table Fare...?
« Reply #1 on: September 07, 2010, 04:46:23 PM »
I prefer squirrel.
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Re: Which One Makes Better Table Fare...?
« Reply #2 on: September 07, 2010, 05:05:41 PM »
  rabbit
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Re: Which One Makes Better Table Fare...?
« Reply #3 on: September 07, 2010, 05:38:42 PM »
Rabbit if I'm eatin pieces, squirrel if I am makin stews.  8)
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Re: Which One Makes Better Table Fare...?
« Reply #4 on: September 11, 2010, 02:59:49 AM »
Rabbit is good but Squirrel is the way to go for me.
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Re: Which One Makes Better Table Fare...?
« Reply #5 on: September 22, 2010, 04:32:25 PM »
Squirrel.
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Re: Which One Makes Better Table Fare...?
« Reply #6 on: September 22, 2010, 05:23:20 PM »
Oven roasted Squirrel with a pan under it to catch the drippings so I can make gravey for the mashed potatos and bisquits is the table fare of choice for me!  Guess its easy to tell I am from the south...
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Re: Which One Makes Better Table Fare...?
« Reply #7 on: September 22, 2010, 05:40:45 PM »
Quote from: LunaticFringeInc on September 22, 2010, 05:23:20 PM
Oven roasted Squirrel with a pan under it to catch the drippings so I can make gravey for the mashed potatos and bisquits is the table fare of choice for me!  Guess its easy to tell I am from the south...

  OR the north, as lots of folks in the north would cook it the same way...

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Re: Which One Makes Better Table Fare...?
« Reply #8 on: September 23, 2010, 12:26:31 PM »
I cut the squirrels up, and boil in water till tender and done. Then I roll them in flour after salt and peppering them, and chicken fry them like "CHICKEN"! I keep some of the water I boiled them in for gravy, mashed taters, green onions, biscuits, and ice tea.
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Re: Which One Makes Better Table Fare...?
« Reply #9 on: September 23, 2010, 03:50:19 PM »
Man all this talk about squirrels...  Tomorrow will be my first chance this year at a fresh squirrel dinner.  ;D  Got my license and heading to the farm after work.  ;)
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Re: Which One Makes Better Table Fare...?
« Reply #10 on: October 24, 2010, 05:19:37 PM »
Rabbit is Good!. but Tree Rat is good
with hot buttered biscuits too.
Love to hunt them too.
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Re: Which One Makes Better Table Fare...?
« Reply #11 on: October 28, 2010, 11:52:09 AM »
i really enjoy both . if i had to choose i would not be able to  ;D . not many rabbits were i hunt sadly .
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Re: Which One Makes Better Table Fare...?
« Reply #12 on: October 28, 2010, 03:45:48 PM »
Quote from: matthew_h on October 28, 2010, 11:52:09 AM
i really enjoy both . if i had to choose i would not be able to  ;D . not many rabbits were i hunt sadly .

I did not think there were many either. Set a few rabbit box traps and
you may be pleasantly surprised.
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Re: Which One Makes Better Table Fare...?
« Reply #13 on: November 01, 2010, 02:09:22 PM »
I prefer squirrel!

I like it hot and with biscuits, other than that it doesn't much matter to me! I will be going Sat. morning to kill a mess just cause this flung a craving on me!

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Re: Which One Makes Better Table Fare...?
« Reply #14 on: November 06, 2010, 07:22:50 AM »
It's been so long since I killed a rabbit I can barely remember what they taste like.  As for squirrels, we've been making pot pies.  Good stuff!
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Re: Which One Makes Better Table Fare...?
« Reply #15 on: November 10, 2010, 11:03:25 AM »
 Rabbit..... Cooked all night in a crock pot with veggies.
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Re: Which One Makes Better Table Fare...?
« Reply #16 on: November 10, 2010, 11:17:49 AM »
Squirrel--stewed,fried or roasted.
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Re: Which One Makes Better Table Fare...?
« Reply #17 on: February 05, 2011, 07:22:20 PM »
Both clean rabbit and squril take squrill stuff with garlic andpeppers then stuff squirrel into rabbit and line with carrots,onion and potatos with a side dish of homemad brn. gravy and buttermilk biscuts, cover and back till tender.
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Re: Which One Makes Better Table Fare...?
« Reply #18 on: February 07, 2011, 05:13:19 AM »
If I had to pick one, it would be squirrel.

Properely prepared, both are excellent. My wife has several rabbit and squirrel dishes that are fantastic. But, for me, the squirrel is just overall better. Squirrel gravy, buttermilk squooze biscuits, white soft fried taters, and fried green tomatoes, it dont get no better. Fried squirrel, BBQ squirel, oven baked squirel basted with apricot preserves and apricot brandy, and the list oges on....
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Re: Which One Makes Better Table Fare...?
« Reply #19 on: February 07, 2011, 06:02:15 AM »
I like both, but rabbit is my favorite domestic or wild.

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Re: Which One Makes Better Table Fare...?
« Reply #20 on: February 08, 2011, 03:04:52 AM »
Rabbit for me. They are bigger,lots easier to clean neatly. You can clean one without a knife.There are lots more squirrels in my area than rabbits,so I am tickled to get a few. Prefer them to be rifle shot(head). My folks in Va. say to make a real brunswick stew,you needed at least one tree rat.
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Re: Which One Makes Better Table Fare...?
« Reply #21 on: March 06, 2011, 07:32:45 AM »
Amen on rabbits easier to clean. Plus one rabbit can easily feed two people. And one rabbit in stew can feed a family.
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Re: Which One Makes Better Table Fare...?
« Reply #22 on: May 24, 2011, 09:55:42 AM »
Quail.   But out of the other two squirrel.   ;)
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Re: Which One Makes Better Table Fare...?
« Reply #23 on: May 24, 2011, 11:39:48 AM »
In Maine we have a very good recipe for snowshoe hare. We take one rabbit and boil it with one baseball sized rock. (Hard to find in winter.) When the meat falls off the bones, drain the pot remove the meat and serve the rock. It is the best tasting part of rabbit up here! After running beagles for many years the only way I can stand them is in a pie covered in enough molasses to mask the taste.
Squirrels plus one!
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Re: Which One Makes Better Table Fare...?
« Reply #24 on: May 24, 2011, 06:51:40 PM »
It is squirrels for me!!
Three quarter grown fox squirrels or full grown cat squirrels skinned salt and pepper, rolled in flour browned on both sides in peanut oil in cast iron skillet, then take and put in electric skillet with a small amount of water and put covered electric skillet on simmer and let squirrels simmer for about 45 minutes. Meat usually is ready to fall off the bones and is tender.Full grown fox squirrels go through same browning steps except instead of electric skillet place in a pressure cooker under about 12-15 lbs of pressure for 8-10 minutes and meat will be tender and about to fall of the bone! Serve with carrot/cabbage coleslaw, smashed taters, ice tea, rolls or biscuits and milk gravy made from drippings, and fresh sliced tomatoes!!
In other words" Put some south in your mouth"!!
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Re: Which One Makes Better Table Fare...?
« Reply #25 on: July 04, 2011, 06:47:59 AM »
Why would I want to choose? They both are "Larripin Good Lickins" as my Dad is wont to say.
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Re: Which One Makes Better Table Fare...?
« Reply #26 on: July 17, 2011, 11:33:43 AM »
Squirrels are my favorite game meat. Rabbits taste OK when they are eating my vegtables.
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