Squirrels are Toast

[dotinthesky]

Celebrity chefs like Jamie Oliver are being urged to feature grey squirrel on their menus.

Full story here

I don't know if this could ever come to pass in Britain. Maybe squirrel meat tastes good, but would I ever actively choose it from a menu if there were other options? Have any of you ever eaten squirrel meat? What does it taste like?

Comments

[hunterjr.livejournal.com]

oh, poor squirrels... I wouldn't eat them :(

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Even if it meant saving the red squirrels?

[greenteablack.livejournal.com]

Hey, if you guys ever run out of red squirrels you can come over here and get some of ours. We have TONS and because of them our chipmunk population has all but vanished in the city :(

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I remember reading a story about a park in Vancouver where people couldn't walk through anymore at the peril of being jumped on by squirrels! They had become so bold that they would jump onto people's backpacks and try to stick their little paws in there in search of food. I wonder if it was a made up story.

[hunterjr.livejournal.com]

And how exactly am I supposed to save red squirrels by eating them? *confused*

[hunterjr.livejournal.com]

Ok, now I read the whole text and I can answer a big NO for it. It's so simple, just stop eating red/grey squirrels.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

How did you catch them? Are city squirrels easier to catch than countryside ones?

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Why did you resort to hunting and eating them? Were you camping in the wild?

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

It's terrible that you had to resort to that instead of being able to fall back on soup kitchens, or similar types of charity/government sponsoured places that serve food. Makes me wonder how many people today are starving in this country.

[hunterjr.livejournal.com]

How could you? LOL
I wouldn't eat rabbits too! They're too fluffy to be eaten XD
bad wolf, bad wolf, bad wolf...

[hunterjr.livejournal.com]

Yes, you're right. Wolves are acting according to nature, but humans should stop eating fluffy animals.

[hunterjr.livejournal.com]

LOL Mr. Wolf, you're taking it too seriously! My point is I don't have guts to eat fluffy animals! That's all LOL
And I did notice humans have canine teeth, I have pretty sharp ones, I eat meat and I'm not vegetarian. Happy? Now shut up before I cook your "wolfy" ass.