Squirrels are Toast

[dotinthesky]

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

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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?

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[juego.livejournal.com]

My father used to eat squirrel when he was a child. I've always scruched my nose at the idea.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Did he eat it because he enjoyed it, or out of necessity?

[juego.livejournal.com]

I'm under the impression that it was just because he could. I don't think his family was ever struggling to eat - and he knew "some hippies on the corner, with an open door, and bowls of stew." ahaha.

Though I'm not so sure he'd eat them now.