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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Why would that be unreasonable?

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.

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.

'Protein overloads your system'

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

Goblin Granny is absolutely right

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

Braised with onions. Delicious

In Malta rabbit s a staple

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

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.