Rabbit Killing Confession

[Annpan]

We shoot or trap rabbits constantly. And eat them. Same with pigeons. Delicious.

Downsides? Whenever I mention killing rabbits on my blog I get deluged with hate messages from bunny lovers.

Still, it means How to skin a rabbit has been the most popular post on my blog for five years now.

I looked at that post in detail a few months ago.... but I am just not ready to do it myself... and when I say myself, I mean, no-one else would have anything to do with it... I find it bad enough having to rinse out the inside of a bought in Turkey at Christmas.

I have never had rabbit before either, so even if I got right through the process I might not like the taste (or I wouldn't know if it tasted wrong)

At the in-laws, (where we are staying at the moment) I don't cook. An M+S ready to roast (simply remove to plastic lid) is put in the oven every night and served with mashed potatoes and frozen veg.

I really don't think they would look on me favourably if I turned up at the door with a carrot to peel, let alone a couple of rabbits to skin.

[JulieSherris]

At the in-laws, (where we are staying at the moment) I don't cook. An M+S ready to roast (simply remove to plastic lid) is put in the oven every night and served with mashed potatoes and frozen veg.

I really don't think they would look on me favourably if I turned up at the door with a carrot to peel, let alone a couple of rabbits to skin.

Oh, a complete nightmare!! And I know you're not in any position to take over the cooking either.
Whenever we've been to the MIL's place, we desperately try & take her out for a meal, or we end up with grilled gammon steaks (from a$da, vacuum packed) topped with tinned pineapple, frozen peas & tinned potatoes... you know, a nice 'posh meal', she says..... I made a sarky remark one time about arctic roll for dessert... and we got that the NEXT time!

Note: People over the age of 40something will 'get' this.... it's a '70's thing, & harks back to the days of the 'posh but simple' dinner party Oh yes, I watched my own mum prepare many a dinner of fat bacon & arctic roll

Andy spoke to his mum on the phone the other night & said that I'd been busy in the veg patch all day (which is why I hadn't answered the phone to her... ahem... ) She was mortified, saying 'I didn't realise you were still having to do all that! Do you need me to send you some money over, then you can just go & buy your food??'

[Annpan]

Ha, ha Julie.... that is about right

I shouldn't speak ill of the inlaws, I love them dearly and I really don't know what I would do without them (especially now) and besides M+S food is really tasty.... but.... last night E cried for pasta (staple diet in our house is pasta in a tomato sauce, with loads of veg) One night we were cooking for ourselves and there was not a knife in the drawer that would cut through an onion, not one.... I honestly don't know how people can live like that..... and oh lord, the amount of meat.... we usually have 2 or 3 meals a week with meat (organic/local naturally ) one night FIL served up mince AND sausages.... in the same meal, on the same plate my digestive system isn't coping particularly well

[the.fee.fairy]

Finlay caught a rabbit a couple of years ago. Nik skinned it, but we didn't eat it because we weren't sure how to tell whether it had mixy or not. Skinning it was quite easy, but a little stinky!