"Fancy a squirrel, boy?"

[Newt]

Well Terry - looks like it's just the pair of us who know how good a dish the little critters make.

[Alan Stubbs]

I live close to a National Trust red squirrel reserve. My girlfriend and her daughter keep encouraging me to wear a grey squirrel suit and visit the reserve. Apparently they shoot greys on sight. Do you think they're trying to tell me something?

[Wordbender]

Newt:

Well Terry - looks like it's just the pair of us who know how good a dish the little critters make.

Let 'em eat cake, Newt!

[chevin]

We don't have squirrels here, but we do have a dish that shocks visiting friends. Parrot stuffed with almonds. Very tasty! The parrots even stuff themselves with almonds off my tree! It is the only way I ever get to eat any of them! :mad: :mad:

[Geo]

 

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This guy is a regular visitor to my garden..

 

Geo..

 

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[ 08. June 2005, 02:56 PM: Message edited by: Newt ]

[Guest PhilB]

That's a tasty looking squirrel there, Geo! Keep on fattening him up and he'll be ready for Xmas!

 

My eldest brother made a game casserole a couple of years ago. It had pigeon, duck, pheasant and yes, you guessed it - squirrel. After the family had eaten it for Sunday lunch, and said how nice it had been, he told them what was in it! Needless to say, he was off the team for a while - but every cloud has a silver lining, the mother-in-law has never been back since!

[Tony U]

Hey Frantic, where did he get that lot, Leases Park or the Game butcher in the Grainger Market?

[Newt]

Excellent. An air rifle doesn't pack enough punch but a .22 round into the wood where I've placed the X will get you supper.

 

[Tony U]

Newt getting a licence for a .22 rimfire here is a bit hard, a full power air rifle is a lot easier to obtain.

[Newt]

Tony - that's a real shame because I can't think of any good way to bag one with an air rifle that doesn't waste some meat. Barking puts splinters into the gut but you would discard that anyway. For the most part, it gives you a concussive kill.

 

Ah well.