[VFB] Squirrel & Dumplings

[Jimmy D. Moore]

When I was in college at Miss. State U in the 60's six of my hunting 
friends and I took all our squirrels from our fall hunting trips to 
Momma Tee's Restaurant.  She cleaned them and froze them.  At the end of 
the season, she'd fix a big mess of Squirrel and Dumplings, homemade 
biscuits, gravy and all the trimmings.  Was quite a feast.  She charged 
us $2.50 each for all her efforts.  Of course we ate a lot of other 
meals at Momma Tee's.  The squirrel deal was just good marketing for her 
restaurant.

JIMMY  D

Steve Brettell wrote:

Actually, they taste like chicken, as they say.  Squirrels are good to eat.  I usually stew them, with a little bacon grease and chopped up bacon bits - all the other stew stuff.  They're small enough that you have to leave the bones in, and I only use the bigger bits - legs etc.  The rest can be browned in the oven and turned into stock.

Fox squirrels are MUCH bigger than grey squirrels, and a bit tougher.

My father liked them fried.  They come out much like rabbit.

---
Steve,
In Maryland


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