Pan Fried/Oven Finished Squirrel

[ChileRelleno]

Yesterday I was watching our usual plethora of bird feeder thieves, and decided to off one for general purposes.  
Put a .22 pellet through her shoulders and she scampered 10' before falling to the ground.
I let her sit out there for awhile and her friends definitely took note, but alas, they'll be back.

Not ones to let anything we kill go to waste, little Ms. Nutkin was skinned, gutted and butchered.  
My son laid claim for his lunch and today I cooked it up for him.

Pan Fried & Oven Finished Squirrel
1- however many squirrels for however many people.
Generally 3 squirrels per adult is a hearty serving.
Flour
Salt
Bacon Grease

Normally I would fry some onion with it and add some other spices, but my youngest boy is kind'a picky, so plain it was.

Cut up squirrel, dredge in flour, brown in skillet, wrap in foil, bake at 350' for 30-45 minutes.

[Dominick]

Chile I am one of those guys that will eat most anything.  I once tried squirrel but I could not get by the look on the plate.  So good for you for eating your kill but I will pass on squirrel.  Dominick

[ChileRelleno]

Chile I am one of those guys that will eat most anything.  I once tried squirrel but I could not get by the look on the plate.  So good for you for eating your kill but I will pass on squirrel.  Dominick

Dominick,
just close your eyes and eat, if it was cooked right, you'd be happy you did.
I could cook it, take it off bone and serve it shredded over mashed potatos-n-gravy, you'd just think my chicken tasted a bit funny.
Same way with dumplings-n-gravy.

[anglingarchitect]

 :)Just don't eat the brain or spinal column, you can get mad squirrel disease.

No joke

[ChileRelleno]

Never heard of it.
I know lots of crazy rednecks to whom squirrel brains are a delicacy. 
Oh man, maybe thats why they're crazy

[Shark Hunter]

Squirrel head dumplings.
Seriously

[thorhammer]

Squirrel head dumplings.
Seriously

"Pass" on heads. Though pork tongue off a pigcooker is nice after a Maker's or three while cooking.

[sdlehr]

Squirrel head dumplings.
Seriously

No way. Where is this, Appalachia?

[Dominick]

Squirrel head dumplings.
Seriously

No way. Where is this, Appalachia?

Sounds like it.  Daron knows some serious redneck stuff.  Dominick 

[Shark Hunter]

I've never ate squirrel, but I have heard guys that hunt them would save the heads for people that would make squirrel head dumplings and gnaw the meat of their little skulls.
Yes, I am from Kentucky.

[Tightlines667]

I love me some squirrel.  Been quite a few years though since I'very cooked one up.  Incidentally, I remember making some pretty good jerky too.  I liked the corn-fattened Red Fox Squirrelso the best, followed by your typical Acorn fed Grey.

[humboldtdan]

funny.  Used to eat a ton of Michigan squirrels.  Sold the tails to Mepps for their spinners and such.  Last night I cooked a fat rabbit the same way.  Browned in pan, couple cans of mushroom soup and into the oven at 350 for 2 hours.  Yukon gold potatoes mashed for the gravy.

[ChileRelleno]

funny.  Used to eat a ton of Michigan squirrels.  Sold the tails to Mepps for their spinners and such.  Last night I cooked a fat rabbit the same way.  Browned in pan, couple cans of mushroom soup and into the oven at 350 for 2 hours.  Yukon gold potatoes mashed for the gravy.

That sounds great 

[ChileRelleno]

Yes, I am from Kentucky.

Queue up the 'Dueling Banjos'...  "He got a real pretty mouth, ain't he"

[Shark Hunter]

 
That movie was actually filmed in Georgia on the Chattooga River. Also South Carolina.
That is still funny.
I just don't shoot squirrels out of the birdfeeder and eat them.
Maybe I should start. My neighbors dog barks at them all Damn Day!