Squirrel recipes needed

i have a ton of game recipes so i'll see what i can come up with. send me a pm tomorrow and remind me. i have the memory of a drunk walrus lately.

 

I posted this on Squirreldog.com:

I feel I must tell you how to really cook these critters...cajun style.

I guesstimate 1 squirrel per person. I'll use 4 for this recipe, ideally equal sized.

Cut up the squirrels like you would a chicken (2 hind legs, 2 front legs, and 2 backs (ribs optional).

Marinate, at least an hour (the longer the better) in a bowl with a little vinegar, salt, black pepper, garlic powder and (optional) cayenne pepper.

Dice up 2 onions, and a bell pepper.

Pour a little oil into a heavy pot (cast iron, magnalite, etc) and heat.

Brown every piece of meat and remove from pot.

Add diced vegetables and saute, adding a little water as they stick, over and over until the onions/peppers become "mushy" and develop a brown color.

Return the meat to the pot and stir with the onions, again adding a little water as the meat and onions begin to stick (again over and over) until you have a semi thick gravy.

Once you like the looks of the gravy, add a cup or two of water and simmer, covered, until the,meat comes easily off the bones.

Serve with rice and a side of field peas.

 

The old "Routille" (sp?) :thumb:

When I was at LSU in 1973, (The year it snowed in January) I saw a Flannel shirt, Blue Jean, Cowboy boot wearing student pull a pellet pistol out of his knapsack...shoot a squirrel right there in the quad one spring. He scooped up the squirrel, stuck his hands in the knapsack, reloaded, pumped up the gun in his knapsack, moved to another bench, scattered a few peanuts next to him waited and repeated the process.

I saw that guy make a block around the quad and pick off about seven or eight squirrels that day.

Later on in life, I made a dove hunt and didn't even get to squeeze off one shot because there were no doves around. I thought of that guy when I was driving home after the hunt and started trying to roll over all the doves in the streets of Gentilly with my truck.

 

Batter Fry them. A buddy did it that way. He would cut them up head separate. Delious, had me try the head. You kinda tap out the skull. Kinda taste like liver. Really fried squirrel is very good. Quarter them.:thumb:

 

Squirrel gumbo eaten at a fishing camp is sublime.

(Crawfish heads arent the only ones you're supposed to suck)



Note to Nootch and Cajunsensation : I know the way you all are thinking...Please don't" !!! :rofl:.

 

This sharpshooter that you speak of sounds like a guy I used to work with. His name was John McKinnon, ran track at LSU '69-'73 He told me many stories of killing birds and squirrels around campus with a bow and arrow, and on occasion pellet guns. He's the kind of guy who instead of shooting a squirrel he could shoot the tree and let the bark knock the rodent out of the tree and disorient it, then break its neck. That way it didn't tear up any meat. He's a hilarious character. He was elected to the Shreveport Sports hall of fame about 10 years ago.

 

They had better be young squirrels.