World Champion squirrel cook-off

[Handloader109]

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...
More info at

https://www.facebook.com/squirrelcookoff?mibextid=ZbWKwL

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[Handloader109]

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

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

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[Thumbcocker]

Amazing! I had no idea squirrels could cook.

[Iron369]

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.

[stubshaft]

Looks like a great time.

[Tall]

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

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[Finster101]

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.

[KCSO]

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.

[snowwolfe]

Riveting topic:)

[fiberoptik]

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!

[MaryB]

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!

[abunaitoo]

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???

[gwpercle]

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 !
Gary

[ioon44]

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.

[fiberoptik]

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!

[MaryB]

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!

[abunaitoo]

"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.

[choctaw/creek]

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.

[DCB]

Squack and gravy with dumplins best you ever had.

[Sig556r]

Bet it tastes like chicken…

[gwpercle]

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!

Have had many a wonderful meal of Squirrel stew with the rich brown gravy and hot biscuits to sop it up with !

One question ...
...do you like them cooked with the heads left on ?

For those who don't know , squirrel brains are considered by some to be very tasty .
My brother would start a fist-fight if he weren't allowed his share , he relished sucking the brains out of the skull just like you would suck the head of a boiled crawfish ...
Talk about Good Eats :drinks:
Gary

[MaryB]

Have had many a wonderful meal of Squirrel stew with the rich brown gravy and hot biscuits to sop it up with !

One question ...
...do you like them cooked with the heads left on ?

For those who don't know , squirrel brains are considered by some to be very tasty .
My brother would start a fist-fight if he weren't allowed his share , he relished sucking the brains out of the skull just like you would suck the head of a boiled crawfish ...
Talk about Good Eats :drinks:
Gary


No on the brains... I seem to remember a story in the last year or so of someone getting a disease from eating them...

[shooterg]

60 years back my NaNa Dean insisted I shoot squirrels in the neck with my .22 so as not to ruin the brain . Never tried the brains, loved the fried squirrels and gravy w/biscuits.

[gwpercle]

60 years back my NaNa Dean insisted I shoot squirrels in the neck with my .22 so as not to ruin the brain . Never tried the brains, loved the fried squirrels and gravy w/biscuits.

:goodpost:
LIKE !

Your Nana knew how to fix em ... Neck shots only ... Awesome !
Sounds Just like what my Mom would tell us !

When it came to food , she didn't let much go to waste .
Gary

[BD]

I ate a lot of squirrel when I was younger. I'd sit in the oak grove and read a book until one showed, shoot it with the single shot .22 and go back to reading. If I didn't get up and move around pretty soon another one would turn up. I'd spend whole afternoons hunting that way. I'd clean them, skin them and soak them in the fridge in salt water overnight, then fry them on low heat in butter on a bed of vegetables using an electric skillet with a cover as my grandmother Shenck taught me.
When I was older and working in the paper mill I'd often take a cooked one in for lunch. We ate in a large lunch room with one wall of food dispensing machines that had crappy pre made sandwiches and burritos for the microwave. I'd heat my squirrel and veggies up in the microwave and when the secretaries at the next table would ask, "what's that!" , I'd say "cat", (like it was nothing unusual), and that would get a good reaction out of them.

[Gray Fox]

If my memory serves me correctly, squirrel was one of the main ingredients of true southern Brunswick stew.

[shooterg]

If my memory serves me correctly, squirrel was one of the main ingredients of true southern Brunswick stew.

Absolutely - squirrel and venison - just tell everyone it's beef and chicken !!