Squirrel: Delicious and Nutritious. Gah.
People make a lot of jokes about folks from the South. They say they don’t have any teeth, that they’re all inbred, that they wear overalls, play the jug, and drink moonshine. They also say they eat squirrel. And guess what? They do.
What a white trash, thing-of-nightmares hors d’oeuvre. I especially enjoyed the little dig she gave the skinned, poached, and shredded squirrel when she mixed the pecans in with it. “You know how squirrels like nuts.” Mocking the dead and soon to be eaten.
Now what’s so bad about eating squirrels? Meat is meat, right? In fact, squirrel meat apparently earned a B+ grade of meat evaluation from some website I found in Google, so it can’t be that terrible, right?
I had a squirrel that visited our window ledge in college quite often, and let me tell you this: squirrels are rats with fluffy butts. They scratchy little claws and dead black eyes. You don’t eat squirrels. Especially not mixed with pecans, mayonnaise, and shredded cheese on an English muffin. If you’re going to eat vermin, at least class it up a bit, woman!
HT: 100% Injury Rate
How did you make a connection between the video and “folks from the South”?
Was it the confederate flag hanging over the oven?
Was it the long sleeved sweater worn by the show’s host? People in the South simply adore sweaters.
Perhaps it was the English muffin? Authentic southern cuisine usually includes your choice of biscuit or English muffin, right?
She obviously not from the south. Her accent is Great Lakes, plus she appears to have all her teeth.
Heidi Wilson is from Michigan.
Now the case for squirrel:
1) Organic. No growth hormones.
Safe to eat unless you live near a toxic waste dump site in New Jersey http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=32574
2) Lean. See any fat on that squirrel? Low in cholesterol
3) Tasty. My favorite method of preparation is squirrels and rice, followed by Brunswick stew.
OMAR
September 26, 2007 at 2:58 pm
Wow.
A thoughtful, well-organized, DOCUMENTED case arguing the merits of eating squirrel. I never thought I’d see the day. Do you know if they have any trans fat?
Also, my apologies to any Southerners that were offended by my mistaken characterization of them as slack-jawed squirrel consommes.
I would have been more accurate if I had simply attributed the behavior to the particular group of people that exist nationwide. The ones that live too far away from major urban centers to know how most of civilization lives, and ends up doing things like eating squirrels and joining militias.
Pete
September 26, 2007 at 3:08 pm