[Sca-cooks] OT-Squirrelly Issues

[Stefan li Rous]

Helena asked:
<<< Any suggestions from anyone with experience on how to keep the  
squirrels out
of my strawberry patch?  The berries are just starting to ripen and  
every
time one gets close, one of those furry little buggers sneaks in and  
snags
it!  Of course, I'd like something non-toxic (to both me and the
squirrels)... >>>

Yes. Cook them. And if you are going to do this, using something non- 
toxic to get them is preferred. :-)

 >>>
Date: Sun, 3 Aug 1997 02:17:47 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Sharon L. Harrett" <afn24101 at afn.org>
Subject: Re: SC - Squirrel

On Thu, 31 Jul 1997 Uduido at aol.com wrote:
 > << There are European squirrels, right? >>
 >
 > Yes, indeed. And , joy of joys, you can procure the European  
variety of
 > squirrel right here in the US of A. :-)
 >
 > The red squirrel was introduced from Europe. Even tho' it is  
smaller and
 > kills and eats more birds (about 200 per year per squirrel) than  
our native
 > grey squirrel, it is edible. And the more of them people  
kill...er, I mean
 > eat the sooner this vicious little pest will be gone!
 >> Lord Ras

Greetings from Ceridwen,
       May I quote from Le Menagier? "Squirrels are singed, gutted,  
trussed
like rabbits,roasted or put in pastry; eat with cameline sauce or in  
pastry
with wild duck sauce." Let's see what we can do with this one folks!
*grin*
<<<

See more squirrel recipes in:
exotic-meats-msg  (96K)  6/11/06    Period and SCA exotic meats.  
Swans, ostrich,
                                        crawfish, dormice, cat.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-MEATS/exotic-meats-msg.html

Stefan
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