[Sca-cooks] hare vs rabbit

[Phlip]

> My big-ass (as my son would say) dictionary was of no help, so I will ask
you guys.... what is the differance between a hare and a rabbit. And which
one is a *cony*? The dictionary only said that a rabbit was a small hare.
Is that it?

Well, they're two different species, although very similar in appearance.
Hares tend to be a bit bigger and tougher than rabbits, and one is from
England, the other from the Americas- can never remember which is which.
Coney is another name for the English rabbit, and it got transposed down to
Oz.

> Thanks!
> Phillipa
> ps... what does rabbit and/or hare taste like? and don't say chicken!!

Unfortunately, that's about as close as you're going to get ;-) You can use
rabbit and chicken recipes almost completely interchangeably, keeping in
mind that you won't have the skin on the rabbit to retain moisture, as you
need to do in some chicken recipes.

Phlip