Homesteaders

[Beekissed]

Rabbit is wonderful! You'll like it...tastes much like chicken but a good sized meat rabbit has much more meat on it than a regular back yard chicken will. Makes wonderful soup, casseroles, stews, gravy, etc.

 

[Raech]

Hubby says he wont eat rabbit, that is why i plan on hiding it in other foods. Plus the kids wont know what it is until they have tried it, so a win win all the way around.

 

[Beekissed]

Hubby says he wont eat rabbit, that is why i plan on hiding it in other foods. Plus the kids wont know what it is until they have tried it, so a win win all the way around.

A GUY who won't eat bunny??? I'm used to it being the other way around, but I thought guys pretty much eat any meat that moves!

Meat is good.... be it bunny, chicken, beef or pig to most men.

 

[Raech]

Hubby only like bacon and sausage from pig, he doesn't like pork either. He is weird, I will admit this. But give the man spam and he acts like i just handed him gold.

 

[lazy gardener]

I broke open one of the Blue Hubbard squashes today. It was 18.5#. I filled my turkey roasting pan, gave the guts to the chickens, saved a hand full of seeds for next season, and sent 2 huge hunks of it home with a neighbor. I have so far given away 4 of similar size, and have 4 more. Two of them are absolutely monstrous. All grown from a little section of HK mound. Can't wait to see what that mound produces next year. I will have about 3 x as much mound planted next season.

 

[FoodFreedomNow]

I have been considering meat rabbits since getting my flock about 4 years ago.  The hold back on getting rabbits is that I'm not sure how much I'd like rabbit meat.  Have not tasted it in over 30 years.  Also not sure how well I'd do processing a rabbit.  Just started doing my own culling/processing of chickens about 2 years ago, though I've been involved in the processing process for about 35 years or better, just never "owned" the start to finish of it all by myself till recently.   Hubby bought me a book on bee keeping!     

I think you'd like rabbit meat, too...as would most people who could get past the "cute" factor. Rabbits are easy to keep and quicker/easier to process than chickens. If you like liver, rabbit liver is incredible - mild and creamy. If you do decide to go the meat rabbit route, I recommend getting specialized equipment like the Rabbit Wringer to ensure a quick dispatch. And if you're crafty, you'll have lovely pelts to tan and turn into works of art.

Good luck with the bees! I'd like to get some of those, too.

 

[Raech]

My friend has a person who disbatches the bunnies, and will do the same for me. He takes the cute bunnies and brings back a couple less wrapped packages. I will still need to debone the bunnies, i don't like bone in for a lot of my meats. Plus it will be easier to do ground bunny if i get them deboned, just debone then grind at the same time.

 

[FoodFreedomNow]

My friend has a person who disbatches the bunnies, and will do the same for me. He takes the cute bunnies and brings back a couple less wrapped packages. I will still need to debone the bunnies, i don't like bone in for a lot of my meats. Plus it will be easier to do ground bunny if i get them deboned, just debone then grind at the same time.

Do you make stock or broth with the bones? I imagine that roasting the bones, then putting them in a pot with vinegar, carrots/celery/onions, and water would result in nice bone broth.

 

[Molpet]

Hubby only like bacon and sausage from pig, he doesn't like pork either. He is weird, I will admit this. But give the man spam and he acts like i just handed him gold.

SPAM!!!!

the original mystery meat, LOL

ETA you could make spam and add some rabbit
http://www.cupcakeproject.com/2012/06/homemade-spam-recipe.html

 

[Raech]

Do you make stock or broth with the bones? I imagine that roasting the bones, then putting them in a pot with vinegar, carrots/celery/onions, and water would result in nice bone broth.

I never have with the other animals we have gotten, and I dont imagine I will with the bunnies. It will just go to feed the wild cats at my Dads house. I have never used bone broth for anything, it has always been veggie, chicken and beef broth.