The Observation Deck

Don....your Vegan bias is showing....

I was a vegetarian for 10 years... I do not know how I did it.

The average squirrel will die beneath the wheels of a car before it is two years old. Strong adaptations for out maneuvering predators are not suited for crossing the street. If they're going to die anyways, it may as well result in a good meal. My experience has proven Disney never had any talking squirrel cartoon characters.

ryan costa wrote:The average squirrel will die beneath the wheels of a car before it is two years old. Strong adaptations for out maneuvering predators are not suited for crossing the street. If they're going to die anyways, it may as well result in a good meal. My experience has proven Disney never had any talking squirrel cartoon characters.

FWIW "Higglytown Heroes" has a talking squirrel named Fran. My boys love this show. I look for the car.

ryan costa wrote:The average squirrel will die beneath the wheels of a car before it is two years old. Strong adaptations for out maneuvering predators are not suited for crossing the street. If they're going to die anyways, it may as well result in a good meal. My experience has proven Disney never had any talking squirrel cartoon characters.

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My experience has proven Disney never had any talking squirrel cartoon characters.

Who needs to Disney ?

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squirrel melts

I hope that these are on the menu for Sunday...

I think I get it. DL had said before the reason she has more problems with dog fighting than eating beef is that she has a dog that sleeps on her bed.

I think most of us in Lakewood have made pets of squirrels. In fact we had to make a deal when we bought our first house that we would continue to feed the squirrels. The squirrels actually came and knocked on the door when they wanted a nut. Okay, maybe not knocked - but they banged on the door somehow and made themselves known. They were definately pets. Although since we moved, the cats haven't really encouraged squirrels to knock - I love to watch them play in the yard.

The area of the city I came from didn't have squirrels so I thought they were one of the coolest things when I moved to NE Ohio. Of course I was also enthused by pigeon which we didn't have. My first letters home were about both of them.

On the other hand, we really aren't talking game when we discuss eatting squirrel - this is more along the lines of the Beverly Hillbillies. Possum, Coon, Squirrel and Road kill - all possible albiet questionable nutrition for someone who is starving - but I doubt at any time that he was.

I did have a popcorn popper that my brother bought me when I went to college because it was allowed and it could heat up more than popcorn. I remember him telling me that - but I really don't remember ever cooking anything more on it

If Huckabees Presidential aspirations don't pan out he can always revive sales of the George Foreman Grill. He could make a 150 million dollars and finance his next presidential run.

The weakness of the George Foreman grill is that the melted fat drips away too fast. Hot fat or oil leads to a faster cooking time and less electricity use. And it helps the food retain calories and nutrients. If biofuels for cars and powerplants ever take off, calories and nutrients will be harder to obtain.

The Huckabee Grill will feed more orphans, dogs, dorms, and households than the George Foreman grill. One or two large rodents could be portioned out to a few pounds of rice or potatoes and feed 6 people.

The George Foreman blender rocks!

Lynn Farris wrote:I think I get it. DL had said before the reason she has more problems with dog fighting than eating beef is that she has a dog that sleeps on her bed.

I think most of us in Lakewood have made pets of squirrels. In fact we had to make a deal when we bought our first house that we would continue to feed the squirrels. The squirrels actually came and knocked on the door when they wanted a nut. Okay, maybe not knocked - but they banged on the door somehow and made themselves known. They were definately pets. Although since we moved, the cats haven't really encouraged squirrels to knock - I love to watch them play in the yard.

The area of the city I came from didn't have squirrels so I thought they were one of the coolest things when I moved to NE Ohio. Of course I was also enthused by pigeon which we didn't have. My first letters home were about both of them.

On the other hand, we really aren't talking game when we discuss eatting squirrel - this is more along the lines of the Beverly Hillbillies. Possum, Coon, Squirrel and Road kill - all possible albiet questionable nutrition for someone who is starving - but I doubt at any time that he was.

I did have a popcorn popper that my brother bought me when I went to college because it was allowed and it could heat up more than popcorn. I remember him telling me that - but I really don't remember ever cooking anything more on it

Squirrel is game! And while Don and Lynn have personal relationships with squirrels, I don't! They are rodents with good PR! And they have ruined some of my strawberry crops by sitting around and taking one bite out of each berry. So in my mind, no problem eating those rodents with strawberry sauce!

Our culture dictates much of what we do and do not eat. My great grandparents came to this country and ate a variety of foods that would hold a really high "ick" factor by most Americans at this time. My grammy had me eating old-style from the time I was born, so I knew where food came from and how to utilize all parts of an animal in cooking. Squirrel wasn't part of our ethnic heritage, but outside of cities, wherever critters are running free, you're going to find people eating them. Different people, different delicacies.

I used to go to the "Housewives' Market" in Oakland, kind of an Asian farmer's market, and they used to have skinned raccoons hanging above the counter on one side and ducks hanging by their feet on the other. I didn't know how to cook raccoon, nor did know anyone who did, but I would have probably tried it had it been offered, just as I ordered Czarna Polewka from a Polish restaurant I visited the other day. That's duck blood soup and it was delicious.

I fully support the Farris's decision to be vegetarians as I support the culinary traditions of others. I can see being squeamish about eating different things - pets would rank pretty high on that list, for instance, but so are Lima Beans.

And the popcorn popper I had was just like an electric wok with no temperature control, so many meals were created. It was my first stir fryer.