Somebody Asked For A Recipe In The Small Game Section

[Felonious_Monk]

..And I figured I might as well put it here too. I know a lot of people don't eat squirrel, and just shoot them as a pest. Personally, I think they're pretty tasty. So here's a recipe for roasting them with an herb marinade. Of course the ratios can be adjusted in proportion for more or less, but I think this is the smallest you should go.

Roast squirrel a la Felonious

Makes 2 or 3 roast tree rat

1 - 2 medium cloves of garlic, chopped fine

1 large onion

1 large carrot

2 stalks celery

1 teaspoon kosher salt

1/4 teaspoon black pepper

1/4 teaspoon rosemary

1/4 teaspoon thyme

1/4 teaspoon sage

1/2 cup olive oil

Whole dried herbs preferably, pre-ground will do.

Grind salt and spices very fine. Add ground spices to chopped garlic and mix. Add enough of the olive oil to the spices and mix until a rough paste forms. Smear the seasoning paste inside and outside the squirrels, making sure to get it into all the nooks and crannies of the critter. Cover with plastic wrap and allow to marinate in the fridge at least 6 hours, overnight if possible. Peel onion and carrot, Chop the veggies small to medium, Preheat a cast iron pan in a moderate (350 - 375F) oven. Add any remaining seasoning paste to the olive oil and toss veggies in seasoned oil. Add veggies to preheated pan, they should sizzle when they hit the pan. Stir veggies until sizzling subsides, add marinated squirrels on top of veggies, place pan back in oven. Roast appx 25 minutes, or until desired doneness. I don't eat them any less than medium well.

Divide roasted root veggies among plates, add one roasted critter per plate, serve with a nice crusty French or Italian bread. I like a nice wheat beer with this dish myself.

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[Early]

With all due respect....I would starve before eating roasted tree rat...emphasis on RAT. A nice wheat beer?? (Is there such a thing?)...I would need Wild Turkey 101 to get roasted tree rat down.

[Fletch]

LOL early!! You do not know what you are missing!! I hunt a spot full of hickory nuts and the squirrels are fat and tasty!! You do not eat the ones with the straight hairless tail down there in that city!!

[papabear]

better then store bought meat

I love them in pot pies

papabear

[Paula]

yes the ones that get corn and nuts are soo good. you are missing out Early. stop think of them as tree rats, they are squirrels and them theres good meat..lol