I have not eaten them in years. My old friend Charlie, who died last summer at 93, loved squirrel and dumplings. Once I was visiting him when his nephew walked out of the woods with about 6-8 grey squirrels in a bag and handed them to Charlie as a gift. Charlie looked in the bag and handed them back to Eddie saying "They are all head shot, you ruined the best part".
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Squirrel was the first critter I ever hunted successfully, I was 14 and I ate the rodent and stretched it's little tiny hide.
I do understand there is a form of spongiform encephalopothy one can catch by eating squirrel brains, but the meat is not affected if cooked thoroughly. Stew em up and serve em in a pie crust!
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My wife cooks them off in the pressure cooker until the meat falls of the bones, then takes the broth and meat and makes a delicious white gravy. Add some home made biscuits and fried potatos and that's all anybody should need. As an aside, my kids and I hunt them with either a .22 rifle or T/C Contender in .22 magnum or .410, no big shotguns, too much shot in the meat. Bon appetite! (spelling???)
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I am only recently coming to understand that there are people in the world who have never eaten squirrel. Living in the southeastern U.S., I just took it for granted that everyone had at least tried it. If you've never had a fried tree rat with milk gravy and biscuits, I feel truly sorry for you.
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