squirrel casserole

[stickleback]

Or rather, a casserole on the squirrel. I made one last night, Christmas eve, on the top of the morso squirrel and it worked brilliantly. It cooked far faster than I had expected, so from now on I anticipate saving a lot of gas in the winter months. It also roasted chestnuts perfectly and warmed up sausage rolls and mince pies. I'll see if I can boil carrots and sprouts on it this evening. The joys of solid fuel!

 

Stickleback

[Old Grumpy]

More things to do with a squirrel Click here

 

Happy Xmas

[ChrisPy]

More things to do with a squirrel Click here

 

Happy Xmas

yukk!

 

do you realise they are only rats with bushy tails? merry christmas !

[stickleback]

yukk!

 

do you realise they are only rats with bushy tails? merry christmas !

 

No they aren"t!!!! They are vegetarian, live above ground (loft living really) and have really good omega 3 counts (the nuts they eat I believe). And they are supposed to be delicious - if only my local butcher sold them! Not sewer living vermin like rats. I'd only eat rat in dire circumstance - rabbit,squirrel, deer etc (furred game) I love. And dormouse is supposed to be a delicacy- shame it's an endangered species!

 

Merry Christmas!

 

Stickleback

[jeb]

No they aren"t!!!! They are vegetarian,

Merry Christmas!

 

Stickleback

 

 

Sorry to dissapoint you stickleback but I am afraid they are not. They will happily eat insects, bird eggs, young birds and other small rodents.

[ditchcrawler]

Sorry to dissapoint you stickleback but I am afraid they are not. They will happily eat insects, bird eggs, young birds and other small rodents.

True, but they still tast good.

[Big Steve]

Funny how dormice are an endangered species, but were introduced by the the Romans , but squirrels, introduced recently are pests?

 

Don't get me wrong here, my garden is full of grey squirrels which cause havoc with the local birdlife, but they look cute. I can't bring myself to shoot the little bastards.

 

Mind you, I think that must be old age, a few years ago I would have shot anything legal and eaten it, but not any more.

[ChrisPy]

Funny how dormice are an endangered species, but were introduced by the the Romans , but squirrels, introduced recently are pests?

 

Don't get me wrong here, my garden is full of grey squirrels which cause havoc with the local birdlife, but they look cute. I can't bring myself to shoot the little bastards.

 

Mind you, I think that must be old age, a few years ago I would have shot anything legal and eaten it, but not any more.

I can easily bring myself to shoot them, and magpies; trouble is that new ones move into the vacant territory within a day or so. No, I would not shoot the badgers, foxes and deer that also frequent our city garden.

 

........ I've reconsidered my position on squirrels - they are worse than rats with bushy tails, cos the rats (so far) respect my territory and stay out of my way.

 

....... however my brother who lives in a cottage situated on a rocky ledge just above the high tide level in the entrance to the River Dart woke up to find a rat on his bed last week. Yes, he killed it and it was certainly not a wee moose.