[EatBugs]

I've just been forbidden to cook squirrel in the house! My housemates find the fact that there is cut up squirrel in the fridge disturbing and they detest the smell of cooking squirrel. I think it smells delicious. Why is it , if it doesn't smell like domestic meat products then it smells bad? :banghead:

Now what am I going to do? If I can't cook and eat squirrel then I feel bad about hunting them. But I love to squirrel hunt.

I'm going to cook lamb this weekend and see how they like that smell!:neener:

[Harve Curry]

Use olive oil !!

[41magsnub]

BBQ outdoors

[22-rimfire]

Hot Plate out on the deck, porch, or garage.

[Bob R]

One of these: http://www.volcanostoves.com/

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One of these: http://www.dutchovencookware.com/dutch-oven-campware.html

= Some pretty tasty squirrel stew.

bob

[eflatminor]

Tell your roommates to go spit! What does your rental agreement say? How about you tell them "No cooking popcorn" or anything else you might find offensive. Think they'd go for that? Screw 'em.

[achildofthesky]

Get new roommates, move, or better yet just cook more skwerlz, rabbits and whatever other game you pot...

Be safe and eat game
Patty

[salthouse]

Cook a ground hog. They'll beg you to go back to cooking squirrels.

[EatBugs]

why Olive oil? does that make it smell better or worse?

I'll have to put that volcano stove on my X-mas list!

I think that Lamb smells "earthy" when cooking, so that's why I plan to have some for dinner this weekend.

The funny thing about the house is . there are 4 of us living there. 2 gals and 2 guys. the other girl doesn't mind the smell because she is used to her boyfriends game cooking smells. The ones that have the problem are the two guys! they don't even like me coming in the house after a hunt because they can smell the squirrel on me. Ha! just wait till I come home after a successful deer hunt...

My hunting doesn't bother them... they are just squeamish when it comes to experiencing food that isn't prepackaged. They also hide in their rooms when they see me coming and going with my guns(I think they are afraid) And this is from 2 big navy guys. Now I know how husbands and boyfriends feel when the significant other doesn't like hunting. Kinda zaps some of the joy out of it.

[MCgunner]

I thought everybody had a camp stove. I just don't tell the wife what I'm cooking, not until after she eats it. :D I often stew squirrel in the crock pot. Meat's meat in the crock pot. What she don't know won't hurt her.

[Shawnee]

Cook and eat your squirrel.

:cool:

[jordan1948]

I have a remedy but you most likely wouldn't like it, I just don't eat squirrel, rabbit or any of those other rodent like animals(sorry but that's just how I see them) instead if I go hunting for them I try to go with someone who does and I just give the catch to the person/persons I went with

[Jst1mr]

Throw some bacon in with the squirrel - that should do it. If not, threaten them roommates with your trusty .243...God knows they can't run fast enough or far enough to escape its legendary lethality! ;);) Good luck! :D

[skinewmexico]

Wow. Is it an option to find some reality based roommates?

[brassdog]

Ha! :)
LOL, my wife was raised by her grandparents while her parents were at work during the day. To this day, all she said is that if God made it I probably ate it! It seems that her grandma had a wicked sense of humor and would serve her fried squirell or even squirell pie.
Now I hunt when I can but when I suggested that she try some of the venison she just gaqve me the "eye" and said "no thanks honey, I've had enough for a lifetime." Unfortunately, it seems that grandma wasn't a very good cook...:uhoh:
Those 2 male roommates need to grow a pair and just suck it up!

[armoredman]

Eat beans, and take revenge.

[Quoheleth]

Eat beans, and take revenge.

[/snort]

I need a recipie for cleaning up the Dr Pepper I just sprayed all over my keyboard....

Boil a pot of cabbage or cauliflower one evening. Hold your nose and wear a gas mask while doing so.

The next day, cook your squirrel. Use bacon and other savory flavors, and let the flavorful aromas waft through your apartment, tantalizing your neighbors and all passersby.

Then ask which was worse and promise to not cook cabbage or cauliflower again if they leave you alone about squirrel. If no promises, cook cabbage for a week.

Q

[brassdog]

Here's what I do.
Get a huge mess of garlic bulbs. Put them in a ovenproof casserole dish (after you peel them first) throw in some onions (I perfer vidallias, slice 3/4 through in a "X" fashion), a whole stick of butter, 2 tbs of olive oil and half of cup of beefstock. Cook at 350 for an hour or so. Either your roomies will leave or stick around for a bowl. That's when you start the negotiations.:D
Personally, I grill most of my meats outside.
Also, I love cabbage both boiled and sauteed.
I've got a really good braised cabbage recipe that makes my 5 year olds beggin for more.:)

[huntershooter]

Move.

[Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow]

You should familiarize them with the phrase "pound sand". :)

[Matt-J2]

And then familiarize yourself with the places that have the best cardboard boxes. Pissing off your roommates intentionally is a great way to end up homeless, or to give them incentive to make your life miserable. If it ain't your castle, don't lord over it as if it was.

[Sunray]

How are you cooking the tree rat? Are you soaking it in salted water for 24 hours first? Takes out the gaminess. Mind you, moving is a collassal PITA. Go buy one of those wee apartment size beer fridges. And a roasting pan. That'd be for the turkey you're going to cook for you, the other girl and her boyfriend, but not the Boat People.
"...they can smell the squirrel on me..." Quit rolling in the entrails. They're nuts, of course.
"...2 big navy guys..." Figures. Boat People!
"...after a successful deer hunt..." With 100 pounds or more of meat. Mind you, you won't be carrying an unprocessed deer carcass into the house. It'll be a whole bunch of wrapped packages. You'll need a freezer. They come in apartment sizes too.
"...a great way to end up homeless..." Nope. Guys who can cook(assuming EatBugs actually can) don't have any problems finding roomies. Mind you, living alone has a lot of adavantages.
"...What she don't know won't hurt her..." Yep. My ma swore up and down she couldn't eat anything with garlic or a lot of spices. Have beef stew recipe that uses a whole head of garlic and a bunch of spices. She hoovered it up like a teenager.