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.

[ElizaDoLots]

We ate rabbit growing up. Not sure I could now the children have a bunny in the garage [sad git]

[Glittertwins]

I don't mind it although the bones are a nightmare. The DTs love it though as does DH who cooks it similar to beef bourguignon.

[Branleuse]

ive never had it. I might buy one next time im at the butchers. and a duck as I think ducks are morally corrupt

[VBisme]

The rabbit in our local butchers isn't what I 'd call cheap - £8 each, and you need at least 2 for a family of 4.

Perhaps I'm going to the wrong butchers.

[Iteotwawki]

Rabbit is delicious - casserole it with red wine and bacon :) shot rabbit is completely different to pet rabbit. We have chickens for eggs but when they stop laying they'll be slow cooked.

[AwkwardSquad]

I ate wild rabbit when I was a kid. None of the children (five or six or more of us, several families) had a problem with it. Though the shot was a tad crunchy.

[HenryIV]

Ah, what a difference an apostrophe can make. Thought you were going to starve a family pet but now I see that you are grammatically and gastronomically correct.

[HesterShaw]

Why would that be unreasonable?

[GoblinGranny]

Rabbit is good and very lean, but do make sure you add carbohydrates or fats to the meal. It won't cause a problem in the short term at all, but my father got ill as a teenager because he lived on a diet of rabbit for months, that and fish.
The protein overloads your system unless you balance it out.

[cathers]

I love rabbit and as a family we eat it a fair bit in season. Local butcher charges £2.99 a rabbit but we are in the country.

I either portion it and wrap in pancetta, or sometimes breadcrumb the joints. Or if going out, slow cook it with tomatoes, olives, rosemary, baby turnips and shallot to make a lovely Italian ish stew.

Oh, and we have pet rabbits. Doesn't seem to affect dcs. I would rather they ate wild rabbit than battery / intensively farmed meats.

[EleanorFarjeon]

'Protein overloads your system'

[GoblinGranny]

Snigger all you like Eleanor. I'm not objecting to anyone eating rabbit, but my father can't any more as it now makes him violently ill.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_starvation

[VBisme]

Goblin Granny is absolutely right

[Montybojangles]

www.jamieoliver.com/magazine/recipes-view.php?title=12-hour-rabbit-bolognese
Yummy

[Wolfcub]

Braised with onions. Delicious

[pigletmania]

In Malta rabbit s a staple

[SizzleSazz]

Dh shoots rabbits so we have it quite often - curried, or in a casserole with cider and confit legs.

Older ones can be tough I agree, but if you have a young rabbit and soak it overnight, it's lovely

[maninawomansworld]

Rabbit is lovely, we have it all the time.
Do cook it slow and low for 3 or 4 hours though, it really makes it melt in the mouth and the meat just flakes off the bones.