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    World Champion squirrel cook-off

    Coming Soon, up here in Springdale Arkansas in a couple of weeks. Plenty of competitions,shooting, squirrel cleaning, and the cook-off. Come one come All...
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    https://www.facebook.com/squirrelcoo...ibextid=ZbWKwL

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    And if you think that is sumtin, take a look at this.

    https://fb.watch/mTkubfcTmA/?mibextid=Nif5oz

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    Amazing! I had no idea squirrels could cook.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Thumbcocker View Post
    Amazing! I had no idea squirrels could cook.
    Hahaha. I got a mental image.
    I was think more like cooking a grenade. Yank it’s tail and chuck it at a combatant foe.

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    Looks like a great time.
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    Well it's in Arkansas which makes a little sense. But here in Oklahoma it's a staple.

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    Having eaten them a fair amount when I was a kid, cause I had to and did not like them then, I believe I will skip this event. For me there is no way to make squirrel taste good.

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    Whee doggies, would lobe to go to that cookoff! Out !muzzle loading club had a squirrel hunt and feed every year till the late 90s. I miss it.

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    World Champion squirrel cook-off

    Quote Originally Posted by KCSO View Post
    Whee doggies, would lobe to go to that cookoff! Out !muzzle loading club had a squirrel hunt and feed every year till the late 90s. I miss it.
    I could go for that! That was my reason for getting into them in the first place!

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    Squirrel stew! I love tree rats! Used to make it at least twice a week during hunting season. Some biscuits on the side... good eats!

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    My sister, from Tennessee, is here for vacation.
    Had a dinner with her last night.
    Got to taking about cooking, and I asked her about eating squirrel.
    She never tried it.
    A while ago, I remember asking her if she pick up some and bring it for me.
    She said she's not seen it in stores.
    People just shoot their own.
    I didn't know there was a squirrel season.
    I've always wanted to try squirrel and nutria.
    Do they both taste like chicken???

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    Quote Originally Posted by abunaitoo View Post
    My sister, from Tennessee, is here for vacation.
    Had a dinner with her last night.
    Got to taking about cooking, and I asked her about eating squirrel.
    She never tried it.
    A while ago, I remember asking her if she pick up some and bring it for me.
    She said she's not seen it in stores.
    People just shoot their own.
    I didn't know there was a squirrel season.
    I've always wanted to try squirrel and nutria.
    Do they both taste like chicken???
    Not really ... Nutria taste more like Armadillo than chicken !
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    I just had a squirrel jump on to my transformer, knocked out our power for a bit and looks like the squirrel was cooked before it hit the ground.

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    World Champion squirrel cook-off

    Quote Originally Posted by gwpercle View Post
    Not really ... Nutria taste more like Armadillo than chicken !
    Gary
    Rat tastes like beef. Dog tastes like a cross between turkey and chicken. Rattlesnake tastes like chicken. Monkey’s good eating too!
    Last edited by fiberoptik; 10-07-2023 at 04:00 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ioon44 View Post
    I just had a squirrel jump on to my transformer, knocked out our power for a bit and looks like the squirrel was cooked before it hit the ground.
    Had one do that at a farmhouse I was renting. Got home from work to half the grove on fire... and a crispy fried squirrel laying in burned dead leaves at the base of the pole and the fuse blown!

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    "Not really ... Nutria taste more like Armadillo than chicken !
    Gary"

    Not much help.
    We don't have those here either.
    Never ate rat, dog, cat, I've had snake once.
    Nothing special.

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    Quote Originally Posted by abunaitoo View Post
    My sister, from Tennessee, is here for vacation.
    Had a dinner with her last night.
    Got to taking about cooking, and I asked her about eating squirrel.
    She never tried it.
    A while ago, I remember asking her if she pick up some and bring it for me.
    She said she's not seen it in stores.
    People just shoot their own.
    I didn't know there was a squirrel season.
    I've always wanted to try squirrel and nutria.
    Do they both taste like chicken???
    Never had nutria but squirrel tastes like squirrel for lack of a better comparison. It depends mostly on how it's handled after you shoot them and prep before cooking. My grandmother used to fry it like chicken after soaking it for a few hours in salt water and then buttermilk. Fried squirrel with biscuits and gravy is hard to beat if you're hungry. Several years ago a man that was from the Louisiana swamps that worked for me brined his squirrels in pineapple and orange juice then smoked them over different hardwoods. His favorite part was the brains (not for me) but the squirrel was excellent.

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    Squack and gravy with dumplins best you ever had.

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    Bet it tastes like chicken…
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