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Bunny in the oven?

I don't mean to alarm any vegetarians or vegans, but does anyone enjoy old fashioned rabbit stew any more? I made it a couple of months ago trying to wean my husband off too much red meat. I was hoping he would like it and didn't expect too much but, hand down, it was the most scrumptious thing he had eaten. Mind you, he comes from London and used to eat pig's trotters his mother used to cook, jellied eels, and pie and mash, but never had rabbit. It's a good flavour and I want to try cooking it again soon, especially for a visit from his brother and his wife.

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BittersweetPotato · 31-35, F

Rabbits are very popular in Egypt. They are made with a recipe called Moloukhia.

Ive never tried them though as my Egyptian mother wasn't a fan of them. I hear they taste like chicken or similar to that.

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Really · 80-89, M

@Teileach In Scotland (and England?) take-out fish'n chips etc were traditionally wrapped in newspaper and could be eaten walking down the street. I seem to recall the swankier places used brown paper 😆 - Probably healthier than Styrofoam cartons and the like. Even here in Canada paper wrapping was still normal untill maybe 30 years ago.

Barny52 · 56-60, M

@Teileach fish n chips in newspapers was the best way to eat them back in the day, they had a layer of clean paper inside newspaper

Elessar · 26-30, M

@BittersweetPotato They taste different than chicken, but the cooked meat looks and feels like it a bit (consistency wise, at least)

Strawberrry · F

love rabbit cooked in red wine with onions and potatoes

beermeplease · M

i've only ever eaten rabbit once and that was over 40 years ago. i remember liking it. i had it at my friends house whose parents were scottish....tasted much better than the haggis and black pudding they would occasionally serve 🤢

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beermeplease · M

@Longleggedlady if they have great scotch there (and i'm sure they do) i'll give it a whirl 😋

Longleggedlady · 31-35, F

@beermeplease Skibo has many very fine Single Malts available the drams are no so wee either

Longleggedlady · 31-35, F

@Longleggedlady Cèilidh there is wonderful too there is even an Ode to the Haggis as well

WillaKissing · 56-60

I have, fried rabbit too that was better than chicken, I definitely like it.

TheLush · 26-30, F

My Brother lives in Birmingham and he has a shotgun licence. Once a week he goes to a farmer's field and spends an hour or two "clearing out" rabbits which the farmer considers to be a pest, vermin. They all get eaten at his dinner table. Wild rabbit has a great flavour. It's neither white meat nor red, it's game and it tastes of the land.

wildbill83 · 36-40, M

was never overly fond of rabbit and/or grew tired of it at a young age (both grandmothers made rabbit stew all the time)

I still think pheasant is the best white meat there is (tender & nutritious, tastes sorta like a mix between poultry and venison)

Manneeds

@wildbill83 pheasant is good eating if it is cooked right and the person actually knows what they are doing !

soar2newhighs

I enjoy cooking and quite honestly when I do or discuss it, the least of my concerns is who gets offended. I don’t cook to offend. I cook to eat and if I can, serve others.
Glad to hear your husband liked it. I had some in the military. It was ok.

PoetryNEmotion · F

Too dry for me. Ugh. My dad would hunt them. My mom occasionally cooked them. We raised rabbits to sell mostly as pets. None of us ate rabbit ever.

SeaGlass · F

@PoetryNEmotion If your dad hunted them and your mom cooked them, then who ate them? The people who didn't buy them for pets? Dinner and/or a pet stand, maybe?

PoetryNEmotion · F

@SeaGlass My parents ate them. You can jump off a cliff. We were kids. Enjoy the splash.

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nevergiveup · M

I go shooting and sometimes get a rabbit. When i was a meat eater i liked it but the smell when gutting them is so bad i had to do it outside so as not to stink the house out LOL

TexChik · F

Fried cottontail is always good. But in Texas rabbits carry over 100 parasites. If you cut yourself while cleaning one you can get seriously ill.

bugeye · 26-30, F

Dad took me hunting once n i got a bunny. we cooked it up and yeah it was nice, he made them crisp fried with breadcrumbs and herbs. Had it with mayo. Was sooooo yummy