does anyone here eat rabbit?

[nailpolish]

are rabbits farmed? in the same way chickens/sheep etc are

Yes they are farmed in little cages, more in France than here.

i thought in this country it is normally wild rabbit sold in butchers?
It's bloody tasty, but no one else here likes it, so I only get to eat it once in a blue moon.

I spend all the time in the summer trying not to run them over on the windy road from my house toi the town lol
I've never eaten it and seem to not want to eat 'cut' things like rabbit and duck lol

obvioulsy I meant 'cute'

sometimes they are farmed but as chopster says, you can also buy wild rabbit

I don't know anythig about the conditions of rabbits on large farms, but we are planning to start keeping them for meat this year and we plan to make a large cage which is both rabbit-proof and means they can 'romp' around outside.

well i want to start eating it but only if its not farmed

i shall ask the butcher

In my old town we have a purveyor of game, and the rabbits would be hung outside the shop - all wild, local rabbits. Never had them, though. They looked too much like my dog. Not squeamish, but for some reason couldn't eat rabbit or Alligator (and yes, Alligator is a fairly common local food in my part of the US)

trinity i think cows are mega-cute - they have gorgeous long eyelashes and big wet noses - i love cows - thats why i only eat cows that have been prancing round meadows in the sunshine. same applies to all meat i eat. thats why i think rabbit would be ok, and dh says its delicious

Pleas e don't anyone from this thread enquire here!!

shock

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you can always buy online here

I'm trying to get hold of ostrich, but the local ostrich farm doesn't have a shop atm.

oops

meant

you could also try farm shops, if you have any around there. Farmers often allow people on their land to control the rabbits population and they may then sell the killed rabbits in their farm shops. Worth a try.

Rabbit meat is very tasty IMO. Don't overcook it though, it can go tough, especially wild rabbit. Stew is best, like sleepycat says.

lol now that is a good thread juxtaposition!!

...mmm.. tender...

actually nailpolish, I agree with you
I find cows scary and huge but chickens are gorgeous and I eat them but only free range
I love sheep too but I dont like the taste so I dont eat them lol

I had rabbit in garlic sauce in spain last year, heavenly. Half a rabbit, cooked on the bone in really strong garlic, really tender.

Jamie oliver does some intersting looking recipes too.

thanks chopster
id rather buy locally though

we DO have a farm shop nearby - i shall try there. ive seen wild boar burgers in their freezer

Nailpolish we had a Bad Experience with a rabbit from the farmers' market, which we attempted to cook according to a Jamie Oliver recipe.
The Jamie recipe involved somewhere between 10 and 20 minutes of cooking, but rabbit was tough as old leather and 2-3 hours would have been more appropriate.

We concluded from this that Jamie was assuming you would be getting tender young rabbits, maybe farmed. (The ones my parents get from French supermarkets are always farmed and would be fine with a very quick cooking.) Just something to be aware of if you get a wild one - I guess a good butcher or game dealer would have some idea of the age from looking at teeth etc.

When we were children my dad used to shoot them and then we would have them for dinner. My mum would make rabbit stew often with a bit of lamb too (from the butcher not shot by Dad) As children we all were very reluctant and sat around the table chewing very slowly, trying to swallow as little as possible without him noticing. Looking back it was actually really tasty but i didnt like eating it as it was round about the time watership down was out at the cinema.
I remember one time he chased a rabbit in the car, trying to run it over on the verge with the 4 of us in the back yelling our heads off - NOOOOOO DAAAADDDDD. He missed thank god, and we all let out a victorious cheer for the bunny!

oh god trinity i HATE chickens! am terrified of them and that scary red wobbly bit on their heads that wobbles around when they strutt and peck

argh!

i still wouldnt eat an unhappy one that ahd spent her days knee deep in own shit

and i dotn eat lambs - aka baby sheep

I don't think it is farmed, my dp shoots them and most rural communities do, you can get it from any rural butcher, you can get pigeon too .. I don't think they're farmed.

thanks kathy thats good to know

weeteeny id have to see the rabbit without fur or eyes or these cute little ears...or id go all squishy inside

you'll have to get one from the butcher then, and ask them to prep it for you, because I have only ever seen them sold 'intact'...eyes and all

Nailpolish, that was the worst thing - watching him skin and gut it. He often gave us the tail to play with ....euch!

I think it is mostly wild rabbit that is sold in the UK. I would eat it now strangely, despite childhood scarring

The gutting usually turned into a biology lesson too, my dad was a doctor and enjoyed grossing us out with post mortoms etc