“Wild rabbit or young hare used to be extremely popular in this country. But with the coming of progress, the spread of townships and cities, the recent bout of myxomatosis which decimated the rabbit population of our hedgerows, young rabbit is as rare on our tables today as it is in America. Is it because we regard fluffy young tame bunnies as household pets? Or is it just that we tend to limit ourselves more and more to quail, guinea fowl, grouse, partridge and pheasant when we think of cooking with game?

pain master said:

“Wild rabbit or young hare used to be extremely popular in this country. But with the coming of progress, the spread of townships and cities, the recent bout of myxomatosis which decimated the rabbit population of our hedgerows, young rabbit is as rare on our tables today as it is in America. Is it because we regard fluffy young tame bunnies as household pets? Or is it just that we tend to limit ourselves more and more to quail, guinea fowl, grouse, partridge and pheasant when we think of cooking with game?

oh yes, definitely the latter… NOT!

bluegreen said:

pain master said:

“Wild rabbit or young hare used to be extremely popular in this country. But with the coming of progress, the spread of townships and cities, the recent bout of myxomatosis which decimated the rabbit population of our hedgerows, young rabbit is as rare on our tables today as it is in America. Is it because we regard fluffy young tame bunnies as household pets? Or is it just that we tend to limit ourselves more and more to quail, guinea fowl, grouse, partridge and pheasant when we think of cooking with game?

oh yes, definitely the latter… NOT!

says her who ate deep fried quail earlier…. LOL!

pain master said:

bluegreen said:

pain master said:

“Wild rabbit or young hare used to be extremely popular in this country. But with the coming of progress, the spread of townships and cities, the recent bout of myxomatosis which decimated the rabbit population of our hedgerows, young rabbit is as rare on our tables today as it is in America. Is it because we regard fluffy young tame bunnies as household pets? Or is it just that we tend to limit ourselves more and more to quail, guinea fowl, grouse, partridge and pheasant when we think of cooking with game?

oh yes, definitely the latter… NOT!

says her who ate deep fried quail earlier…. LOL!

hee, hee. I have been known to cook the odd rabbit too. Not for a long time now though…

pain master said:

“Wild rabbit or young hare used to be extremely popular in this country. But with the coming of progress, the spread of townships and cities, the recent bout of myxomatosis which decimated the rabbit population of our hedgerows, young rabbit is as rare on our tables today as it is in America. Is it because we regard fluffy young tame bunnies as household pets? Or is it just that we tend to limit ourselves more and more to quail, guinea fowl, grouse, partridge and pheasant when we think of cooking with game?

I dislike rabbit , very much! The game birds I never see.

Great Boiled Dishes

The title of this lesson is something of a misnomer, for “boiling” as such plays little or no part in the dishes that follow. In some cases one does boil, but only for a carefully limited time, in order to force out scum.

pain master said:

Great Boiled Dishes

The title of this lesson is something of a misnomer, for “boiling” as such plays little or no part in the dishes that follow. In some cases one does boil, but only for a carefully limited time, in order to force out scum.

To make it easier to test the various meats for doneness, tie a string around each piece, leaving one end long enough to hang over the side of the pot so that you can draw out any piece you wish to test without trouble.

pain master said:

“Wild rabbit or young hare used to be extremely popular in this country. But with the coming of progress, the spread of townships and cities, the recent bout of myxomatosis which decimated the rabbit population of our hedgerows, young rabbit is as rare on our tables today as it is in America. Is it because we regard fluffy young tame bunnies as household pets? Or is it just that we tend to limit ourselves more and more to quail, guinea fowl, grouse, partridge and pheasant when we think of cooking with game?

Littlemiss is a wannabe vegetarian so who (at her mother’s house) has “fluffy young tame bunnies as household pets”. So Christmas 2008 when the neighbours, who bred rabbits for the table on a large scale (dressing 3-4 per week for household use – rather extensive breeding program etc) presented us with our Christmas gift of a jointed bunny, Littlemiss had tinned spaghetti while we feasted!

Mr Y is working on a duck cage, we’re inheriting the neighbours’ ducks on Tuesday. I helped a friend kill, dress and cook a drake one afternoon, a couple of years ago. That was enough to make me consider a vegetarian lifestyle. Eggs and goats’ milk would do me if I had to be responsible for putting protein on the table myself!

pain master said:

“Wild rabbit or young hare used to be extremely popular in this country. But with the coming of progress, the spread of townships and cities, the recent bout of myxomatosis which decimated the rabbit population of our hedgerows, young rabbit is as rare on our tables today as it is in America. Is it because we regard fluffy young tame bunnies as household pets? Or is it just that we tend to limit ourselves more and more to quail, guinea fowl, grouse, partridge and pheasant when we think of cooking with game?

OMG!

>I dislike rabbit , very much! The game birds I never see.

But with rabbit you get four drum sticks!

CollieWA said:

>I dislike rabbit , very much! The game birds I never see.

But with rabbit you get four drum sticks!

I may have told this story already, I can’t remember, but once when I was a child of somewhere around 10ish (I think) I was staying at a farm for the holidays and they suggested we go spotlighting bunnies. Being the little innocent that I was, I believed this meant shine the spotlight on them to make them stop doe-eyed in the light and go “Oh aren’t they cute”.

Kaboom! Bit of an awakening. So I was crying my little eyes out and it was cut short due to the hysterical child on the back of the ute.

Mrs farmer made a chicken casserole for dinner and half way through dinner someone asked me how I liked my rabbit stew. I barely made it out the door in time to throw it all up off the verandah. I don’t really think it would surprise anyone to know that I haven’t eaten rabbit since.

Always hated eating rabbit myself. I’m just not into gutting and skinning things, I’d rather peel an apple .. Besides they don’t have to be cooked.

Nothing wrong with a bit of under ground mutton :)

hortfurball said:

CollieWA said:

>I dislike rabbit , very much! The game birds I never see.

But with rabbit you get four drum sticks!

I may have told this story already, I can’t remember, but once when I was a child of somewhere around 10ish (I think) I was staying at a farm for the holidays and they suggested we go spotlighting bunnies. Being the little innocent that I was, I believed this meant shine the spotlight on them to make them stop doe-eyed in the light and go “Oh aren’t they cute”.

Kaboom! Bit of an awakening. So I was crying my little eyes out and it was cut short due to the hysterical child on the back of the ute.

Mrs farmer made a chicken casserole for dinner and half way through dinner someone asked me how I liked my rabbit stew. I barely made it out the door in time to throw it all up off the verandah. I don’t really think it would surprise anyone to know that I haven’t eaten rabbit since.

I’ve never eaten rabbit. Not that I’m adverse to it, it just has never been very common up here.

hortfurball said:

Mrs farmer made a chicken casserole for dinner and half way through dinner someone asked me how I liked my rabbit stew. I barely made it out the door in time to throw it all up off the verandah. I don’t really think it would surprise anyone to know that I haven’t eaten rabbit since.

Yeh, that would put me off for life too. I’m easily traumatised!

bubba louie said:

hortfurball said:

CollieWA said:

>I dislike rabbit , very much! The game birds I never see.

But with rabbit you get four drum sticks!

I may have told this story already, I can’t remember, but once when I was a child of somewhere around 10ish (I think) I was staying at a farm for the holidays and they suggested we go spotlighting bunnies. Being the little innocent that I was, I believed this meant shine the spotlight on them to make them stop doe-eyed in the light and go “Oh aren’t they cute”.

Kaboom! Bit of an awakening. So I was crying my little eyes out and it was cut short due to the hysterical child on the back of the ute.

Mrs farmer made a chicken casserole for dinner and half way through dinner someone asked me how I liked my rabbit stew. I barely made it out the door in time to throw it all up off the verandah. I don’t really think it would surprise anyone to know that I haven’t eaten rabbit since.

I’ve never eaten rabbit. Not that I’m adverse to it, it just has never been very common up here.

If you want rabit up here you have to go to a continental deli and have it ordered in. Or at least that;s how it used to be done.

pomolo said:

bubba louie said:

hortfurball said:

I may have told this story already, I can’t remember, but once when I was a child of somewhere around 10ish (I think) I was staying at a farm for the holidays and they suggested we go spotlighting bunnies. Being the little innocent that I was, I believed this meant shine the spotlight on them to make them stop doe-eyed in the light and go “Oh aren’t they cute”.

Kaboom! Bit of an awakening. So I was crying my little eyes out and it was cut short due to the hysterical child on the back of the ute.

Mrs farmer made a chicken casserole for dinner and half way through dinner someone asked me how I liked my rabbit stew. I barely made it out the door in time to throw it all up off the verandah. I don’t really think it would surprise anyone to know that I haven’t eaten rabbit since.

I’ve never eaten rabbit. Not that I’m adverse to it, it just has never been very common up here.

If you want rabit up here you have to go to a continental deli and have it ordered in. Or at least that;s how it used to be done.

if you were born after 1953 in Australia there is little likelyhood that you ate wild rabbit.

Never paid for a rabbit, never will, well unless the old codger down the pub is flogging them, you know what I mean :)

The Estate said:

Never paid for a rabbit, never will, well unless the old codger down the pub is flogging them, you know what I mean :)

Trouble is you don’t know whether he is flogging cats .. as rabbits.

pomolo said:

If you want rabit up here you have to go to a continental deli and have it ordered in. Or at least that;s how it used to be done.

not easy to get these days.

roughbarked said:

if you were born after 1953 in Australia there is little likelyhood that you ate wild rabbit.

I was born after then but my dad used to shoot them on camping trips.

roughbarked said:

The Estate said:

Never paid for a rabbit, never will, well unless the old codger down the pub is flogging them, you know what I mean :)

Trouble is you don’t know whether he is flogging cats .. as rabbits.

Oh yuk!

roughbarked said:

The Estate said:

Never paid for a rabbit, never will, well unless the old codger down the pub is flogging them, you know what I mean :)

Trouble is you don’t know whether he is flogging cats .. as rabbits.

wabbits have got a short tail LOL, usually the old codger I got them from years ago was a friend from the local footy club, these days WHO KNOWS

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

if you were born after 1953 in Australia there is little likelyhood that you ate wild rabbit.

I was born after then but my dad used to shoot them on camping trips.

hey all had myxamitosis

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

if you were born after 1953 in Australia there is little likelyhood that you ate wild rabbit.

I was born after then but my dad used to shoot them on camping trips.

hey all had myxamitosis

it is only in my very earliest memories so I guess that is one of the reasons he stopped.

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

I was born after then but my dad used to shoot them on camping trips.

hey all had myxamitosis

it is only in my very earliest memories so I guess that is one of the reasons he stopped.

In my youuth we used to have to go out and set traps morning and night and skin the rabbits for income.

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

hey all had myxamitosis

it is only in my very earliest memories so I guess that is one of the reasons he stopped.

In my youuth we used to have to go out and set traps morning and night and skin the rabbits for income.

SAme here, well the old man did and we used ferrets, most went to SA for R & M Williams for hats etc………

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

hey all had myxamitosis

it is only in my very earliest memories so I guess that is one of the reasons he stopped.

In my youth we used to have to go out and set traps morning and night and skin the rabbits for income.

I think he did it more for pest control than eating, and got rid of the rifle when licensing laws came in.

pomolo said:

bubba louie said:

hortfurball said:

I may have told this story already, I can’t remember, but once when I was a child of somewhere around 10ish (I think) I was staying at a farm for the holidays and they suggested we go spotlighting bunnies. Being the little innocent that I was, I believed this meant shine the spotlight on them to make them stop doe-eyed in the light and go “Oh aren’t they cute”.

Kaboom! Bit of an awakening. So I was crying my little eyes out and it was cut short due to the hysterical child on the back of the ute.

Mrs farmer made a chicken casserole for dinner and half way through dinner someone asked me how I liked my rabbit stew. I barely made it out the door in time to throw it all up off the verandah. I don’t really think it would surprise anyone to know that I haven’t eaten rabbit since.

I’ve never eaten rabbit. Not that I’m adverse to it, it just has never been very common up here.

If you want rabit up here you have to go to a continental deli and have it ordered in. Or at least that;s how it used to be done.

The local butcher stocks it now, along with goat, but the rest of the family isn’t inclined to try it.

hortfurball said:

Kaboom!

:( Robert Carrier fills our lives with joy, not heartache…

roughbarked said:

pomolo said:

bubba louie said:

I’ve never eaten rabbit. Not that I’m adverse to it, it just has never been very common up here.

If you want rabit up here you have to go to a continental deli and have it ordered in. Or at least that;s how it used to be done.

if you were born after 1953 in Australia there is little likelyhood that you ate wild rabbit.

Well I was born well after 1953 and have consumed many an underground mutton… shot them myself I have…

In many homes, deep-frying is a thing of the past. Cooks are reluctant to attempt it on their home ground, knowing full well that without adequate ventilation the whole house is liable to reek of fat. Unless your kitchen is equipped with a powerful extractor or you can keep the kitchen door shut and the window wide open while you work, you may be forgiven if you don’t care to deep-fry when you’re all dressed up for a formal dinner party. But please don’t let this deter you from treating your family to crisp fritters and beignets, and nutty, home-made potato chips on less formal occasions.