Cooking Rabbit

[Louise]

For some reason, I have the urge to cook bunny.
Anyone on here cooked it?
Well done, medium, rare?
Where to find it (shop brought only)
Tesco do diced rabbit, but id like to try nice slices, possibly even whole rabbit.
Ive had kangaroo - very strong, something id eat once in a blue moon (this was a roo burger in walkabout yonks ago.
Im also wanting to try pigeon
Not sure why - my dad would hang me if I cooked rabbit at home, so can only do when there away
What other meats are available thats not normally on a pub grub menu?
No fishy stuff tho - gross

[Ste]

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Getting into bunny boiler practice?

I've had rabbit in game pie. Rather annoying with all the small bones. As it was a mixture difficult to tell what flavours were which.

However, also had rabbit from this recipe.
Don't think it was followed exactly (I didn't cook it!, just ate) and don't ask me what any changes were but it was nice and different.

HTH
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[pinkyfloyd]

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Now do you want to eat one?
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[woll]

I shoot them , skin them and then eat them. Normally just do a stew with it, follow instructions for beef stew but then use rabbit instead (i don't use stock cubes) Or i get all the meat mince it, add some onion and herbs and make burgers
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[pinkyfloyd]

On a serious note, rabbit is a tough meat so the best way to cook it is to stew it. It tastes ok but I'd rather eat richer meats if I cook game. Pheasent is nice but very strong.

Another one to get if you can is osterich, Its very tasty, Had osterich burgers once and have spent ages trying to track more down.
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Teflon-Mike:I think I agree with just about all Pinky has said.

[Charlie]

It still looks tasty too me.

I broke my brace on one (when I was used to have braces), that was a BBQ'ed one. Ripped the mounting point on my front tooth straight off and broke the wire. Whoops.

Dad normal does them in a casserole. Pheasant is tasty also, wild duck is good too. I was really disappointed when I had duck from a restaurant once, was really really fatty from what I am used to it. I'd recommend buying game birds from a butcher or someone who is getting them from a shoot rather than a place that rears them for food (e.g. super market). Bit hit and miss with the quality of the meat (could be an old bird) but it is much less fatty and tastes, what I think, a proper game bird should taste of.
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[pinkyfloyd]

Found this. Might have to see about ordering some meat from them.

osterich steaks
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Teflon-Mike:I think I agree with just about all Pinky has said.

[The Artist]

[Louise]

Ive had Duck - first time was horrible (friend cooked it) so fatty it put me off for a long time.
I then cooked duck and poured hot water on the the skin.
Fat somewhat dissolved, and it was a far nicer meat.
I have no idea why I wanna get rabbit... I feel crule - but thats life.
Ive almost ate Horse - not by choise, but on a school trip many moons ago we were given sausages. Then was told what it was.
I draw the line at Horse/dog/cat

[The Artist]

I have had a horse burger. To me, there shouldn't be a barrier placed by society on what we can and can't eat.

I might not eat dog or cat but mainly because it isn't really available and if it was, I imagine it would be expensive and not get much meat.

I want to go to Vietnam some time because they have some crazy foods.

[Louise]

[The Artist]

Yeh but you get tasty soup at the end. It is a very nice flavour, probably my favourite soup anyway.

[pinkyfloyd]

Pheasent is lovely. We used it, rabbit and duck in a game pate we made once in a resturant I was head chef in for an xmas starter. One of the mains was grilled breast wrapped in bacon.

Only tiny little things but so full of flavour one is enough. Gotta watch out for shot tho. That can seriously kill teeth!
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Teflon-Mike:I think I agree with just about all Pinky has said.

[pepperami]

I shoot and eat rabbits all the time.

Once skinned and washed, try jointing them.
Then they are easier to brown the meat before a slow cook
I used chicken stock when making my pies or cassaroles as Rabbit stock is something I dont have a lot of .
I also find that they cook very well in cider .

It might not be the way to do it, but I brown my joints and then boil them for half an hour to fourtyfive minutes, then I bone them.
That leaves me with a nice pile of meat and a pan of meaty stock/water for topping up the cassarole.
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[Charlie]

Snipe on toast is nom. Woodcock is tasty shit also.
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[robs321]

Cook them slow in the oven wrapped in streaky bacon. They dont have any fat on them so can dry out easily. They make a good stew too!

[woll]

I know a lad that saw a pheasant get hit by a car, he got out picked it up and put it on a blanket in the back of his car. About 10-15 minutes later down the road (busy A road), he thought he heard something moving in his boot. Next thing he knows a pheasant is flapping around the back seats of his car .
He pulled over got some funny lucks off the woman behind him, he then had to get it out of his car. He managed it but the pheasant got away and he had a car full of feathers and blood.

Anyway back to the topic, rabbit isn't really that tough. Not in my mind anyway, i find that it's no way near as tough as when my mum cooks beef joint . It's all to do with the way you cook it.

Oh and you might find the smell from cooking the rabbit disgusting, i know a few people that are put off by the smell. I've not tried it but some people find that soaking/simmering the meat in milk gets rid of the stink.
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[Tonka]

Waitrose sells wild rabbit and it costs a bomb - I was seriously shocked! Best place to buy any game if you don't have a decent source is a good butchers - they buy them direct from the shoots or 'hunters' so all good and not farmed (obviously most phesants are 'reared' so technically farmed, but that's just semantics!)

I tend to cook my rabbit in a slow cooker with good quality chicken stock and various vegetables. There's not much meat on a wild rabbit and you will find quite a few fine bones, so be careful if you're sharing with your little'un and you may need a couple for a family dinner - 'tis tasty

Reminds me I have a couple lurking in the freezer somewhere along with a pheasant or two as well - my neighbours are brilliant and very kind to me!!
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[woll]

Chris if shot correctly no pellets/bullets need removing
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[N cee thirty]

if anyone wants any rabbits,there's a shitload on my fields


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[woll]

i'll take you up on that offer rob, boss' fields don't have many rabbits left after 4 years of shooting them
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Damaged spleen, damaged kindey, 2 popped lungs, 2 broken ribs, broken face, broken wrist and 5 back fractures... remember kids walls hurt

[N cee thirty]

haha whenever,was ment to have a gypo come and get some with a ferret but never turned up


would be best sniping them though
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[woll]

I have sniper


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[N cee thirty]