Squirrels are Toast

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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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I was a vegetarian for a while too, but gave up because I really missed meat. I was brought up eating all kinds of meat, from free range animals that led some kind of "humane" existence before being put down. And having worked with nutritionists for almost two years, I heard plenty of arguments as to why meat is good for us. But, in relation to the article, I think the British are too set in their ways, already used to various options that are not squirrel-based. Maybe a few people would start eating squirrel if Jamie Oliver endorsed it, but they would do it more as a novelty thing than as an attempt to inject something new into their diet.