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canning caught up Friday

Post by bandit1250 » Tue Jan 10, 2017 12:25 pm

I had some squirrels from season in the freezer until I got a chance to cold pack them. I got around to doing them Friday. I had enough in the freezer to do a full canner of 4 quarts. It takes about 14 or so squirrels all cut up. I put no ribs in the jars to take up space and the ribs is a waste of time. The night time critters need to eat to. If every thing in the woods was as good as squirrel there wouldn't be any thing left to hunt. :o :)
Making me hungry just posting this. ;)
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Post by Deadwood Dutch » Tue Jan 10, 2017 12:33 pm

Very interesting. I never heard of canning squirrel, only freezing them. But they surely do taste good from the ones that I have eaten.

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Post by bandit1250 » Tue Jan 10, 2017 1:05 pm

Deadwood Dutch wrote:Very interesting. I never heard of canning squirrel, only freezing them. But they surely do taste good from the ones that I have eaten.
NEVER will you have a tough one once they have been in the jars in a pressure cooker for 90+ minutes. The canner I use is probably nearly a 100 years old. Belonged to my wife's Grandmother and she has been gone for thirty years and was 98 when she passed away. It is one that has a little cap on the top that rattles when it gets to a boil and leaves some of the pressure off. I also cold pack my rabbits.

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Post by Sir Henry » Tue Jan 10, 2017 6:49 pm

I don't think I could eat a squirrel. Aren't they just cute rats?
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Post by Deadwood Dutch » Tue Jan 10, 2017 7:08 pm

Sir Henry wrote:I don't think I could eat a squirrel. Aren't they just cute rats?
Ahh, but they're good, and muskrats are even better, I think.

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Post by BigAl52 » Tue Jan 10, 2017 10:45 pm

Wait let me guess they taste like chicken right.
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Post by daytime dave » Wed Jan 11, 2017 6:55 am

Nice work bandit. They look delicious.
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Post by Catherine » Thu Jan 12, 2017 2:11 am

What do they taste like? Serious question here.

I know several people who told me that they ate them and that they were good but I never had the opportunity to try one.

Frogs legs taste like chicken to me. I tried that when I was a kid.

I used to eat caviar on and off at the old Park Plaza in Baltimore, Maryland as a kid and young adult if I got to go to a special Friday night dinner.

I like chopped liver on crackers too.

I like herring, sardines and various types of fish too.

You did a good job canning and thanks for sharing.

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