recipe help please.?

Question

My friends parents are coming over from malaysia and i'm told that hedgehog is some what of a delicasy,i have managed to trap one over night but have no idea how to cook it or what to cook with it.

This is a serious question so no smart answers thanks.

Answer 1

this is funny not rascist

Answer 2

what surprises me more than you wanting to cook a hedge hog,Is the violent reactions your question illicited.Rasist? am i missing something?
(we dont have them here) but we aren,t opposed to eating Gods little wild critters,squirrel ,rabbit, racoons.opossum. we have whole cook books on how to cook such things.rule of thumb is when in doubt,STEW! drop your critter (cleaned and skinned into a pot with chicken stock, onions, and garlic.cook untill the meat falls off the bone,and discard them.add vegetables of choice.serve over rice.
but really now I have a better idea.Keep the hedgehog as a pet or let him go and make this instead.it,s less messy and maybe those angry people will go away.

.Meat "Hedgehogs"

_Ingredients_

1 lb (500 gm) minced meat (beef)
1 onion chopped fine
1 cup boiled rice
salt
ground black pepper to taste

_Way of cooking_
mix precooked rice (cooled) with the minced meat, chopped onion, salt, pepper,
mix well, shape into balls, roll in the flour, slightly brown in butter (or
oil), put into a sauce-pan, and pour 3cups beef broth over all,cover with a lid
stand in an oven for 20 -30minutes.
remove the hedgehogs and thicken the broth with corn starch mixed with water.after thickening add 1 cup sour cream and replace the hedgehogs.
Serve the "hedgehogs"
with fried potatoes, pickled cucumbers, cauliflower and canned green peas.
good luck><>

Answer 3

Great here's what you do

cover it in mud and bake on an open fire, I recon for about 45,mins should do but check a survial manual for more info or ask the parents.(you cover it over with hot coals) when you break off the mud (clay for preference) the spines come off et voila baked hedgehog.

Enjoy

As a side note though, hedgehogs keep the slugs etc down are you sure you want to kill it.

Answer 4

I dont think that you should..but..a method of preparation that has been used since ancient times is to cover a hedgehog with clay and bake it. The hedgehog is then removed and the clay cracked open, taking the spikes of the hedgehog with it

Answer 5

They probably get enough hedgehog in their country, I would think they will want to try good old American food. Make a nice barbeque with all the fixing. Hot dogs, cheeseburgers, potato salad, corn on the cob and baked beans, and watermelon! Don't forget the iced tea with lemon.

Answer 6

They are eaten both in Africa and in parts of England and Europe. The most common method for cooking hedgehog is to roll them in clay, bake them in a fire and then remove the hardened clay, taking the spines with it.

Answer 7

The recipes you have already are correct because someone on a recent chat show was talking about it and i thought they were joking but they were not. wait till you make a visit to them to try this out, im sure they will expect a local delicacy from your neck of the woods. let the poor thing go and cook british grub.

Answer 8

Have you tried asking the same question in AskJeeves.com? You are bound to find a recipe there, although personally I think you try and give your guests some local cuisine!

Answer 9

i may be wrong but Hugh Fearnly Eatsitall cooked hedgehog once.

Try one of his books

Answer 10

You cannot eat hedgehog gypsys use to eat it a long time ago and i know how to cook it but i aint telling you i think its disgusting someone phone the rspca

Answer 11

I opened this question intending to help so I'm taking the 2 pts.