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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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Athenajm80 · 08/08/2022 19:41

I made tuna ice cubes for my tribe a couple of weeks ago. I bought tuna in spring water, mashed it up with some extra water, put it into ice cube trays and then into the freezer. They did eat them but weren't as enthusiastic about them as they are about Dreamies. Ungrateful bastards.

Bootsandcat · 08/08/2022 19:40

Lol what??? I think if they’ve left it then they probably don’t want to eat it. Mine will just eat the guts and left the rest

MistressoftheDarkSide · 08/08/2022 19:40

OP I think you’ve made my month with this thread - thank you 🙏

Love it ! Absolutely love it!!

(Fellow felinophile here obviously)

I think you might even have a solid side hustle here…..

Tigertigertigertiger · 08/08/2022 19:39

No you can’t. There’s an enzyme in the shrew’s spleen that will stop the mixture from freezing .
a bit like The enzyme in pineapples stopping jelly setting

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?'

category12 · 08/08/2022 19:35

I'm pretty sure cats only kill shrews for shits & giggles, they never seem to eat them. I don't think they like their taste.

Mouse ice cream, maybe, but I don't think shrew icecream will be worth the (bizarre) effort.

MotherOfPuffling · 08/08/2022 19:35

I do freeze lick-e-licks for FatCat, and make tuna popsicles!

Boxowine · 08/08/2022 19:35

Well, they brought the shrews for you because clearly you can't catch your own. I doubt that they are interested in eating anymore beyond the ones they already indulged in that you haven't seen.

When my cats bring us their household contributions, my DH feeds them to the crows. He's hoping they will repay him in bottle caps but all they do is poop on my car.

Antarcticant · 08/08/2022 19:35

Congratulation, OP - you've now made it onto the 'worst foods' thread!

MotherOfPuffling · 08/08/2022 19:34

Do not ask me how I know, but trust me, cooking mouse corpses STINKS, and there is a fair chance the same goes for shrews. I would just chop, mince, and give raw albeit cold.

jaundicedoutlook · 08/08/2022 19:33

Just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should…

And I’m not sure I’d be wanting any of the next batch of vanilla that came out of that ice cream maker…

007DoubleOSeven · 08/08/2022 19:32

🤢

TonTonMacoute · 08/08/2022 19:31

WorstBJever · 08/08/2022 18:58

I just opened this thread to see what the op meant cos surely shrew was a typo? But no, I am actually reading a thread about freezing shrews fml

Yup, we have accessed a whole new level of Mumsnet weirdness Hmm

Chilesstanton · 08/08/2022 19:30

ConfusedConfusedConfused

mintlimerum · 08/08/2022 19:30

Also, ice cream makers can be a faff to clean OP. If you have a blender and a few ice cubes, it's literally seconds to whip up a fresh shrewthie. Keep it simple in the heat.

KezzabellaB · 08/08/2022 19:29

Jubaju · 08/08/2022 18:41

Like micepops 😂

GrinGrinGrin

Eeksteek · 08/08/2022 19:29

Antarcticant · 08/08/2022 18:43

Mice-cream. Like it.

Love it. I don’t care if OP is serious or not, I’m off to tell DD12 my new Mum-joke! She may dislocate her eyes, rolling them at it, though!!!

Riapia · 08/08/2022 19:29

If you had a rat you could make a three rodent roast.
Stuff the mouse in the rat and the shrew would tuck nicely inside the mouse.. nom nom.

WiddlinDiddlin · 08/08/2022 19:28

Shrews are purely for entertainment value and then as a decorative item, they're not edible.

Consider voles, mice, rats or if you want to get really exotic, glis-glis (edible dormouse, not be confused with our native Hazel Dormouse which are protected and must not be made into sorbets, icecreams or any other confection).

EarringsandLipstick · 08/08/2022 19:28

butterpuffed · 08/08/2022 19:18

Make them a tasty tiramashrew instead , less fiddly .

👏👏👏👏 bravo!

EarringsandLipstick · 08/08/2022 19:27

And therefore might not appreciate a food they weren't keen on that was boiled, blended, frozen and served up as a summer treat?

😂😂
The comments are just brilliant!

bare · 08/08/2022 19:26

Please warn your family if you put it in the freezer <<visions of bird seed fat balls being eaten as a scotch egg >> Shock

EarringsandLipstick · 08/08/2022 19:25

I thought I had all the ingredients for shrew ice cream in the house already

Sentences I never thought I'd read on MN ...

takingmytimeonmyride · 08/08/2022 19:25

What about pigeon? My cat eats them. Not much left, apart from feathers, after he's got hold of one. Which is why I don't have a cat flap.
Nice pigeon ice cream.

EarringsandLipstick · 08/08/2022 19:24

CHIRIBAYA · 08/08/2022 18:42

Shrewd move.

Oh brilliant.