I'm doing research about 'wild food' in Britain (i.e. stuff you're not going to see on the supermarket shelves). Has anyone ever heard of people cooking and eating wild animals? I've heard of a restaurant that serve squirrel (they call it tree rabbit), but wonder if you've heard of people cooking badgers, foxes, hedgehogs or any other of our native species (apart from pheasant, guinea fowl and rabbit etc).
2006-08-14 11:42:13 · 12 answers · asked by StoryGirl 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
i do....theres nothing tastier than tucking into a nice freshly run over badger....it tastes just like chicken.....
fox is a little tougher but tastes just like chicken
hedgehog is a pain in the **** but it tastes just like chicken
never managed to catch an otter ..but apparently its supposed to tase ...just like chicken
2006-08-14 12:10:12 · answer #1 · answered by toni lee 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have never heard of anyone cooking a squirrel....don't think us English would do that.... it's a rat with a bushy tail ! Hedgehogs were cooked years ago I understand but badgers etc ....no way !... In Africa they eat anything that moves.... it's bush meat but they are a lot more hungrier than us English !!
2006-08-14 19:04:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Apparently some people cook hedgehogs in clay and Hugh Fernly-Whittingstal (River cottage) lists recipes for 'flightless pigeons' (squirrels) in his books.
Badgers and foxes don't tend to be eaten, but I think Hugh Fernlegh-Whittingstal may be the place to start your research.
2006-08-14 18:54:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was stationed in England for 3 years and found several Pubs that had squirrel and rabbit on the menu all the time. yummy. Taste like chicken :-)
2006-08-16 23:55:54 · answer #4 · answered by comcamav8r 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
English country folk used to eat hedgehog. They covered it in mud then baked it slowly in an open fire; when cooked the prickles came away with the dry mud casing - I've never tried it myself, but it was supposedly very tasty. (Not to be confused with modern day hedgehog flavoured crisps!)
2006-08-14 18:49:48 · answer #5 · answered by Purple 8 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Their was this chap on TV last year who picks up road kill and cooks them. His freezer was full of Badgers, Hedgehogs, Birds frogs etc
2006-08-14 18:50:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've had pigeon in a Morrocan, I think, restuarant in London a couple of years ago. I was very nice, as long as you don't imagine it being one of the disease bags that fly around the city.
2006-08-14 18:55:13 · answer #7 · answered by pgarfunkle 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hedgehogs are a delicacy, supposed to be an old gypsy recipe.
They are wrapped in clay and baked in an open fire.
2006-08-14 18:54:55 · answer #8 · answered by David 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
never heard of it
2006-08-14 18:48:27 · answer #9 · answered by whispernikki 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I wouldn't touch it due diseases
2006-08-15 03:09:36 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋