longcruise
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Yeah...... that and squirrels!
2024/2025 Squirrel Hunting Thread...........
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I love squirrels Cruiser. Fried, and sitting next to the smashed taters and gravyYeah...... that and squirrels!
May try my wife's Instant Pot to tenderize 'em before frying next time... Whaddya think?I love squirrels Cruiser. Fried, and sitting next to the smashed taters and gravy
I use a small pressure cooker on the old tough ones. About 10 minutes then dredge and fry. Fork tender. Never used a insta pot. Me thinks you should run some experiments and let us know.
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Only twice a year......Heretic !
Well there’s a good reason why I only watch that movie twice a year. Ya see, Henry Frapp’s cantankerous attitude has such an influence on me that I pick it up and it sticks with me for a while. Every time that happens, things get real ugly around here and I just about have to find another place to live.
If only it were as easy now as it was back then……trade a horse or a few blankets for a new wife.
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Vacuum pack a few squirrels and put them in the freezer. After you have quite a few, thaw out, marinate and put in a smoker. Squirrels are flat out awesome that way.
I can't say that I eat squirrel brains, but I remember my Grandpa Chubb cooking them, cracking open the skull with the back of a spoon and eating them.
My grandma used to eat them. When I was a stupid kid I always thought grandad's gun shot low. He shot tons of squirrels in the neck. And dad taught us to take head shots. Glad I never opened my big dumb mouth way back when. I guess grandad was a crack shot. I did watch him bark a squirrel with a S&W model 10 once.
Oh, and a Happy Easter to you and yours Gents!
I will try this...
But first I have to shoot some squirrels.
longcruise
70 Cal.
Just a new and improved fancy shmancy pressure cooker. Work pretty good.
I C. My Little pressure works pretty good. I bought it years ago just for squirrels when someone showed me the trick.
Making jerky always disappointing to me. You trim up and marinate a 5 gallon bucket of meat, and when it's finished, you have a sandwich bag of jerky. 24 hours, and 3 beers later it's all gone.
Lol. It doesn’t last long for sure!
Ed, I’ve never tried smoked squirrel and don’t have a smoker. Are they dried out or tough? I like smoked meat. How do they come out. I’m interested and would get a smoker. I’ve heard wild turkey breast is great smoked too.
I grilled some squirrel one time. Tough as nails. Only did it once. I bought a pressure cooker and 15 minutes in there, debone and add barbecue sauce. Pulled squirrel sandwiches!
The smoked squirrel has me interested!
Frying first, then baking at 250° for an hour was how I've cooked snapping turtle. That should work for squirrels. Substitute the instapot for baking and good to go.
longcruise
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I am going to do a batch of deer jerky later this week. What is your marinade?
I'm doing a back pack elk hunt with a grandson come September (if I'm still able
) I'm going to be working on a pemmican recipe for that hunt.Low and slow on indirect heat. Spritz with apple juice regularly. You can do it on a Webber kettle if you have one of those Jim.
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