To feed the kids rabbit...

[ReallyTired]

Cost of food is soring so as an experiment I have bought a rabbit. The meat is cheaper than other meats and I think the welfare standards are higher. The animal has been shot in the hertfordshire countryside so has had a better life than many farm animals.

Dh thinks I am wierd to eat rabbit. He thinks its like eating a pet rabbit. My children are completely carnivorous and seem fairly happy to eat rabbit.

The only dilema is what the best way is to cook rabbit.

[Scholes34]

Wrapped in Parma ham and baked in the oven.

[FromGirders]

Rabbit is tasty :)
I cook it like chicken.
It's not a pet unless it had a name. I don't eat things I've named.

[squoosh]

YANBU.

Rabbit is delicious and up until the 1940s would have been a very common meat source for most of us. Same with mutton. They're out of fashion, doesn't mean they aren't delicious.

Would much rather eat a hunted rabbit than a miserable battery chicken.

[RiotsNotDiets]

It'd be cheaper and more ethical to go veggie.... just saying.

[squoosh]

Nigel Slater has a lovely rabbit and tarragon recipe.

[rabbitlady]

can't say i'm impressed!

soak it first, its too strong.

and...

i'll feed my rabbits some kids. that'll be fair.

[ItsAllGoingToBeFine]

YANBU - if you are going to eat meat it makes no difference what the meat is sheep, cow, rabbit, dog....

[HollyBerryBush]

I saw rabbit in the butchers today, although I didn't clock the price. How much is it?

[Dawndonna]

I like a nice rabbit pie. I'm over 50 and remember rabbit being common on menus.

[Flojobunny]

Your DH is the one BU. Poor cows and chickens that he's discriminated against. Meat is meat. I agree the welfare of animals is the only issue.

[cory]

Dumplings and a tomatoe and onion stew.

[rabbitlady]

and it will give you something to complain to the school about... i was wondering where you'd find something.

[Wheresmycaffeinedrip]

I couldn't cos I have two. Wouldn't feel right

But hey, whatever you fancy it's up to you :)

[burberryqueen]

yes there is a lovely Italian casserole recipe with olives...
roadkill rabbit was the best meat I ever ate...
as long as your children do not have pet rabbits themselves.
Once my nephew left his pet rabbit at his granny's house and she ate it

[EleanorFarjeon]

I've never eaten it, but why not?

I find this squeamishness about some meat but not others slightly strange.

And if it's a wild rabbit that's been shot, that's about as ethical as you can get as a meat eater.

[ReallyTired]

I paid £4.99 for a whole rabbit. It was a wild rabbit shot on a farm near Sarrat. The animal's body has been gutted and cleaned.

Prehaps its not quite as cheap as the tesco value battery chickens, but there is quite a bit of meat on it. I imagine that it will feed my family for several meals.

I'm thinking of trying this recipe

allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/19871/rabbit-stew.aspx

[HollyBerryBush]

honest-food.net/wild-game/rabbit-hare-squirrel-recipes/

[Wishiwasanheiress]

I'm with Riot. Pets have names. Gonna eat it don't name it :)

[HollyBerryBush]

if you are hungry enough, you'll eat anything.

eyeing up the pensioner next door< //grin

[OhYouBadBadKitten]

We make rabbit stew. It's yummy. Keep any stock for risottos and the such like.

[5Foot5]

Nice casseroled with rosemary and garlic and a bit of white wine.

Or a pie defo.

[5Foot5]

Oh meant to say. There can be a lot of little bones so warn the kids or cut up carefully.

[toboldlygo]

£4.99 I get them in the skins for free or £2.00 for a cleaned and gutted one.

They're for the dogs in this house though - nowt wrong with them, I just don't like the taste and texture.

[NettoSuperstar]

I did it for Christmas dinner a couple of years back, stuffed it, then wrapped in prosciutto and roasted.
Delicious.