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Can I make ice cream from shrews?

287 replies

Bwix · 08/08/2022 18:39

The cats need a treat on a day like this. My boy cat looks very hot and bothered. Girl cat has brought us 4 shrews already and I found a mouse corpse behind the bin, which smells relatively fresh.

Do you think the cats would like it if I froze them, perhaps mixed with a bit of cream? I know they can't taste sugar, so I was thinking of boiling cream and leaving the shrews to infuse at that stage, then making a sugar-free traditional custard (albeit shrew flavoured) and putting that in the ice cream maker.

The shrews are already dead so I'm assuming IANBU.

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snowmanshoes · 08/08/2022 21:56

My Good God 😁

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Bwix · 08/08/2022 21:55

I'm thinking about how to make a mouse mousse: clearly one would need to gut the mouse first, and after that I think the most sensible prep method would be slow cooking until the meat slides off the bones, and then perhaps mix the meat with equal quantities of butter and whizz in blender.

Meanwhile whisk the egg whites until stiff peaks form. Mix the egg yolks with the cooled butter and mouse meat blend until smooth and then fold in the egg whites a third at a time, being careful not to lose too much volume. Chill in the fridge until set.

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BibiBlocksberg · 08/08/2022 21:48

Mouse Mousse might just work here. <roots in bushes to retrieve latest deceased specimen evicted from under dining table this am>

LivingOnTheVeg · 08/08/2022 21:48

Thought this was another Jack Monroe thread. 🤣

KvotheTheBloodless · 08/08/2022 21:45

PolishingCandles · 08/08/2022 19:36

Am I the only one who has visions of the op coming home to find her DH ( if there is one ) sitting in the sun and tucking into a bowl of shrew ice cream, while commenting ' this is quite tasty, but could do with being a bit sweeter, where did you buy it?'

Naturally he will assume that it is some kind of artisan ice cream from Tebay Services.

ShrewIcecream · 08/08/2022 21:45

I can't cope with this thread 😂

B1rd · 08/08/2022 21:42

Don't even think about making them a B1rd lolly!

B1rd · 08/08/2022 21:40

I found that site too! Not once have either of my cats been slightly interested in a blue berry when my DD has knocked them out of the fridge, let them roll over the floor and not bothered cleaning them up. Pumpkin isn't the way either!
Maybe a Mousse is the way to go...

MagpiePi · 08/08/2022 21:38

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Clarabella77 · 08/08/2022 21:36

This is officially the weirdest thing I have ever read online. 😀

MagpiePi · 08/08/2022 21:36

OhWhatFuckeryIsThisNow · 08/08/2022 19:17

Ratonastick. 😟🤢

I was going to quote the recipe

'...put a stick up the...rat...'

(Paraphrasing nanny ogg)

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Bwix · 08/08/2022 21:36

Sorry to have disappeared: was experimenting in the kitchen.

So I've not done anything with the shrews, and after someone pointed out the mouse could've been poisoned I didn't want to take the risk. So it's all about pilchards and anchovies. I do have some tuna in springwater, but I find that the cats can be a bit on-and-off with tuna, so I've left that.

I have found some websites about cat ice cream (I did check it was ice cream for cats not literally cat ice cream) and got some ideas from this one:

excitedcats.com/cat-ice-cream-recipes/

Which has made me conclude that I'm not mad after all. I am confused by the blueberries though. I don't think my cats would eat blueberries but I will mix some up with the anchovies and see.

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Markedforsl · 08/08/2022 21:26

Cats don't eat shrews, so this idea is a non-starter.
Mice are more of an option. I recently had a mouse infestation and caught 27 mice alive. I suppose the Romans would have eaten them.

Soundofshuna · 08/08/2022 21:25

I open this ready to laugh at the typo…

LammasEve · 08/08/2022 21:25

You could make mice cream, definitely but cats don't seem to like eating shrews so I think your efforts with shrews would be wasted.

Mice popsicles sound like a good idea too. Ours will start to get ideas now.

debwong · 08/08/2022 21:23

This thread should have been titled: The Tasting of the Shrew

Riverlee · 08/08/2022 21:22

CHIRIBAYA · 08/08/2022 18:42

Shrewd move.

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Agapornis · 08/08/2022 21:15

None of my over 7 cats (over the years) have liked shrews, so they bring them to me like a recycled gifts! Use the mouse, by all means, but I'd just pop it in the fridge.

theclangersarecoming · 08/08/2022 21:06

We need to point the Op of the “moving to Shrewsbury” thread this way….

Bergamotte · 08/08/2022 21:06

If this is serious, please don't make an appetising concoction out of the random dead mouse from behind the bins. What if it had eaten rodent poison that a neighbour put down, and staggered to your bins before the poison took effect? Not a good thing to feed your cats.

Baystard · 08/08/2022 21:03

Are you mad OP? A good mumsnetter should be able at least 3 family meals from a shrew, not including 14 litres of stock for soup. A bit wasteful giving the cat a whole one Shock

theclangersarecoming · 08/08/2022 21:00

Laiste · 08/08/2022 18:56

Is that true?

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Yes - shrews don’t taste nice to cats! They kill them but then will largely leave them.

Mice-pops on the other hand… yum.

IcakethereforeIam · 08/08/2022 20:59

Af-frog-ato?

BrettAndersonscheekbones · 08/08/2022 20:58

Use water drained from tuna , dilute and put in ice cube trays and freeze. Ensure you label clearly.

SwishSwishBisch · 08/08/2022 20:57

This site is truly a gift sometimes 😂