The main stay of an Ozark family's diet during hard times in the past has often been this small fellow. I have been greeted at the dinner table many times with squirrel and dumplings.
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- patsy
- born in arkansas, lived here all my life, 75 years old. keep chickens and I like to read.
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Hi Patsy, I have indulged in squirrel in the past but don't think I could eat one today. I watched someone skin one and without the skin it looked just like that E.T. in the movies or a rat. I have them in my yard and trees and they are fun to watch but I don't want to eat them anymore unless I am starving!
at least yours are plump red - ours are skinny, scrawny grey. between squirrels and frog legs, Daddy always thought he was in hog heaven
When I was a child my father used to kiull squirrels and mother would cook them. I had more trouble eating Quail, those tiny little drumsticks.
Seems like mother smothered the squirrel in a delicious gravy.
Squirrels in Oregon are gray and they're also nice and plump.
When I was young, I used to go squirrel hunting with my cousin and we ate the squirrels we shot. But I couldn't do it anymore.
The ones I have in my backyard look just like yours there but they are too cute to shoot and eat now.
Oh aren't they just so cute:D Couldn't eat a cute one......LOL
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