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steelhead31 22-10-2007, 10:10 In the absence of the cooking group...
Does anybody have any good recipes for Rabbit stew, I used to enjoy a good stew when I was younger, and had gainful employment controlling the pests for local farmers... so Im looking for some good traditional recipes or interesting variations..
Cheers
Scott
Agent Orange 22-10-2007, 10:15 You need a good sized pot to boil the bunny in :D
BasilRathbon 22-10-2007, 10:16 If you're vegetarian, how about trying my Rabbit Surprise recipe?
steelhead31 22-10-2007, 10:19 Is the surprise theres no rabbit? :D
A good stew on these cold winter nights... nothing better.. obviously the thought of warm food is great when your in a frozen tent somewhere in Derbyshire :hihi:
alchresearch 22-10-2007, 10:22 There were some great rabbit recipes in Saturday's Guardian, including "Bunny Burgers"!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,,2194120,00.html
Agent Orange 22-10-2007, 10:41 Why not just get yourself a bunny boiler, see below:
http://www.preview.nl/images/screenshots/3100.jpg
steelhead31 22-10-2007, 10:45 There were some great rabbit recipes in Saturday's Guardian, including "Bunny Burgers"!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,,2194120,00.html
Thanks for that link... Im going to whip up a batch of bunny burgers.. and the leek and cider stew sounds pretty good too.
Alastair 22-10-2007, 11:07 Why don't the supermarkets sell rabbit?
And why doesn't SF have a cookery/food group??
bunnykins 22-10-2007, 11:14 no,no,no its wrong dont do it
rabbits are great pets and thats it dont eat a poor little bunny crying to be loved awwwwwww dont do it:(
Rough recipe is;
3 carrots roughly chopped
2 onions roughly chopped
1/2lb of bacon bits ( I like smoked)
sweat the above in a little oil for five minutes. Add the jointed rabbit and cook for another 5 minutes. Add stock and bouquet garni and simmer for approximately 2 hours or until the rabbit is beginning to fall from the bones. Add a glass of port and simmer for a further 10 minutes. Thicken stock and its ready to serve.
Serve with mashed potatoe and swede and season pudding.
Lightly dust the rabbit portions in seasoned flour and brown. Set aside. Using the same pan soften and lightly brown 1 large chopped onion.
Using any remaining flour and the juices in the pan, add some water and vegetable stock, bring to the boil and simmer. Add slices of carrot and cubes of potato.
Season with salt & pepper, thyme and bay leaves.
Return the rabbit and onion to the pan and simmer. Or put in a casserole dish in the oven and cook slowly. Depending on how much you make, allow a few hours. Stir in a little creme fraiche at the end of cooking time for a creamy stew.
Make up some herby dumplings, cook and enjoy.
bubbly_bird8 22-10-2007, 11:45 NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO you can't eat a bunny, thats just WRONG!
theripsaw 22-10-2007, 11:50 Why don't the supermarkets sell rabbit?
And why doesn't SF have a cookery/food group??
Waitrose sells the meat of the rabbit
bubbly_bird8 22-10-2007, 11:56 stop engouraging!!!
http://www.thenaturetrail.com/photogallery/KirstenHeadTurned.jpg
How could you eat that? :(
pleathwood 22-10-2007, 12:08 well it is a bit small, i'd go for one of these
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/01/12/wrabbit12.xml
Alastair 22-10-2007, 12:09 stop engouraging!!!
http://www.thenaturetrail.com/photogallery/KirstenHeadTurned.jpg
How could you eat that? :(
Mmm, a nice tender one, wouldn't need much cooking...
These two come oven ready with their own herbs:
http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/2006/07/debauchery_frid.html
Why don't the supermarkets sell rabbit?
Because they'd get a lot of ...
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO you can't eat a bunny, thats just WRONG!
... complaints :)
bubbly_bird8 22-10-2007, 12:10 well it is a bit small, i'd go for one of these
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/01/12/wrabbit12.xml
ohhhhhhhhh its sooooo cruel..
turtles123 22-10-2007, 12:10 Rabbits are pets not food!!!!
Rabbits are pets not food!!!!
Can be both.
Like chickens, some people keep them as pets. Also lambs, pigs (more extreme... spiders, scorps, rats are kept as pets and eaten but maybe not in UK ;) ).
pleathwood 22-10-2007, 12:15 those mini pigs are getting quite popular tho! I wants one
steelhead31 22-10-2007, 12:16 You wouldnt eat a pet rabbit anyway... wild rabbit is the only choice.. its usually well excercised and the meat is quite lean, I suspect pet rabbits wouldnt be half as nice.
Ginger_Kitty 22-10-2007, 12:20 You wouldnt eat a pet rabbit anyway... wild rabbit is the only choice.. its usually well excercised and the meat is quite lean...
and the ones I get tend to be preseasoned after eating half of the allotment first!!!!
LibertyBell 22-10-2007, 12:27 Why don't the supermarkets sell rabbit?
This can't be true or else the Chaz and Dave song "Rabbit" would be rendered meaningless.
bubbly_bird8 22-10-2007, 12:40 Rabbits are pets not food!!!!
i totally agree...
turtles123 22-10-2007, 14:01 Pet shops sell rabbits they dont sell pigs lambs etc. They are pets
slimsid2000 22-10-2007, 14:03 Quite seriously it was on today's Daily Politics (presented by the lovely Jenny Scott) that one Lord is campaging to have gray squirals eaten.
Pet shops sell rabbits they dont sell pigs lambs etc. They are pets
Pet shops don't sell all pets - eg cats/dogs.
Same goes for piggies/lambs etc
bettlebum 08-11-2007, 22:27 sick sick sick sick!
Ghostrider 09-11-2007, 00:25 Had a great rabbit stew last night - would tell you the receipe if I had cooked it...
andrewchase 09-11-2007, 01:00 Fry a couple of onions in your pot, chuck in your quartered bunny, fry for a couple of minutes each side until browned, in the meantime chop some carrots finely, once your bunny is browned then pour in a bottle of decent cider (morrisons the best is good) chuck in a handfull of mushrooms and the carrots, 3 bay leaves and a teaspoon of dried sage. Wack in the oven for an hour and a half at 150ish and in the meantime get some new poatoes ready when its finished. AT The death mix a couple of teaspoons of cornflour with cold water and when thouroughly mixed chuck them in the stew and get it on the hob at a medium heat and keep stirring like mad till thickened.
Then serve, and enjoy.
Jabberwocky 12-10-2008, 11:21 I was planning on starting a thread about this but thankfully I remembered this one.
So, my mother in law who is 68 was bemoaning the fact that she hasnt had a "Proper" rabbit stew since 1942. Actually she hasnt had a rabbit stew of any kind at all since then but I`m assuming that by "Proper" stew she means one made with the ingredients that were around at that time.
No peppers or "Posh" ingredients, just English veggies and what have you...
Does anyone know what a Wartime stew would contain and how to make one? I want to treat the old pirhana by surprising her with a stew that she`ll remember from her youth....
Grim Reaper 12-10-2008, 11:27 Pet shops sell rabbits they dont sell pigs lambs etc. They are pets
And make a tasty stew, the same as they have for hundreds of years.
Having just read through this thread and seen some responses I'd just like to say that rabbits were a staple until someone decided to domesticate them and make them cute.
There's some good eating on old bugs and his chums.
And as a cute little bunny tried to eat me as a child then I'm all for eating rabbits!
I took my daughter's round to my Mums a while back and my brother in law had shot her a rabbit ... she was in the process of skinning and preparing it. Han and Hols looked on in horror as she slit into the stomach and proceeded to pull out babies.
pattricia 12-10-2008, 17:31 The rabbits you see in butchers shops now are frozen, little skinny things. I dont fancy them at all .!! Imported from abroad I believe.
Annoni_mouse 12-10-2008, 18:12 Not strictly stew (in fact not stew at all), but my mum used to make the tastiest roast rabbit with stuffing.
I reckon with the C***** C***** threatening to bite hard, we might see a few of the less fashionable meats making a return to peoples meal plates.
And that aint such a bad thing:thumbsup:
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