Squirrel?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is OP, and none of us who are the squirrel are sick.

ate the squirrel

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Considering most DC squirrels live on a partial diet of garbage and trash off the street, that fact that you're not ill is impressive. They are vermin.

I presume you don't eat any CAFO animal products and most definitly not pork! Do fucking way do you eat pork!

Nope. Don't eat pork.

No CAFO meat? And then ONLY CAFO chicken because free range chicken definitely eat garbage scraps. Chicken will eat anything, even each other.

[Anonymous]

Damn, now I want Brunswick stew.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is OP, and none of us who are the squirrel are sick.

ate the squirrel

OP, you are my all-time favorite DCUM poster. And your sister is pretty awesome too.

[Anonymous]

Locally sourced, sustainable, low carbon footprint, low fat, gluten free protein source.

Ha! Whole Foods will be selling it for 21.99 a pound next week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. My husband cleaned it for us.

There's more bone than meat so we're braising it. We'll let you know how it tastes in a few hours.

Is this some bad joke?

[Anonymous]

So are you going to give up buying meat at the store now lol?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is OP, and none of us who are the squirrel are sick.

It is too soon to know. Doesn't it take a while for rabies to develop?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is OP, and none of us who are the squirrel are sick.

It is too soon to know. Doesn't it take a while for rabies to develop?

Yes, but it is unlikely the squirrel had rabies. Small mammals like squirrels don't really carry rabies because they tend to die of injuries from a rabid predator before they have a chance to pass the disease on.

According to the CDC webpage:

Small mammals such as squirrels, rats, mice, hamsters, guinea pigs, gerbils, chipmunks, rabbits, and hares are almost never found to be infected with rabies and have not been known to cause rabies among humans in the United States.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is OP, and none of us who are the squirrel are sick.

It is too soon to know. Doesn't it take a while for rabies to develop?

Yes, but it is unlikely the squirrel had rabies. Small mammals like squirrels don't really carry rabies because they tend to die of injuries from a rabid predator before they have a chance to pass the disease on.

According to the CDC webpage:

Small mammals such as squirrels, rats, mice, hamsters, guinea pigs, gerbils, chipmunks, rabbits, and hares are almost never found to be infected with rabies and have not been known to cause rabies among humans in the United States.

The squirrel did not appear to have injuries from an attack by a rabid animal. We did not eat the brains, and we cooked the meat thoroughly. I think we're OK.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So are you going to give up buying meat at the store now lol?

Haha. No. Preparing one squirrel was an ordeal, and did not yield enough food to feed my family. As much as I like the idea of hunting your own meat (for economic and humane reasons), I don't live a lifestyle that allows me to do so.

[Anonymous]

This was how my grandpa survived the great depression. He said he'd eat 2-3 squirrels a day and kill them with sling shots and rocks. He liked to roast them over a fire or cook them in a stew. Lived past 90, so they can't be that bad for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This was how my grandpa survived the great depression. He said he'd eat 2-3 squirrels a day and kill them with sling shots and rocks. He liked to roast them over a fire or cook them in a stew. Lived past 90, so they can't be that bad for you.

I'll bet he walked six miles to school, uphill both ways, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Locally sourced, sustainable, low carbon footprint, low fat, gluten free protein source.

Ha! Whole Foods will be selling it for 21.99 a pound next week.

Don't forget humanely slaughtered.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This was how my grandpa survived the great depression. He said he'd eat 2-3 squirrels a day and kill them with sling shots and rocks. He liked to roast them over a fire or cook them in a stew. Lived past 90, so they can't be that bad for you.

My grandparents, too. If they were allowed to use a shotgun instead of a slingshot, their parents told them that they better bring back one squirrel or bird for every shot they took.