You know you are "Country" when...

[Daethen]

Got a squirrel the other day in the tree that we hang all the bird feeders in. About 25 feet from the front door. Shot it right from the window. Head shot so no meat was ruined. Now I just need a few more to go with it.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Many years ago before I married my husband he had a jar in his refrigerator of what he said was pickled squirrel, I'm not that country but I still married him.

 

[TBirdsTheWord33]

Squirrel is delicious! Only a country person would know.

I've heard groundhog and coon aren't bad, either, but I've never tried them.

 

[shortgrass]

Let the weirdness shine!!!

I'm actually a rather serious person, but this thread does something to me...

Me too... Lol likeca mullet, business in the front, party in the "country" thread in the back

After a long day of chasing birds, hollering at kids, cattle, and my folks, then bills and discussions on culling or working harder to feed, I need a break from the "business", and a reminder of why I do this slave driver work

Got a squirrel the other day in the tree that we hang all the bird feeders in.  About 25 feet from the front door.  Shot it right from the window.  Head shot so no meat was ruined.  Now I just need a few more to go with it.

Fun stuff like THAT. I think that's illegal in towns ha-ha

I would think a "thank you" note or something, for repayment for pest control, not a jail term

Many years ago before I married my husband he had a jar in his refrigerator of what he said was pickled squirrel, I'm not that country but I still married him.

HE'S country

Surprised he hasn't gotten youvto try it yet

Squirrel is delicious! Only a country person would know.

I've heard groundhog and coon aren't bad, either, but I've never tried them.

I would totally try coon if we could actually get one all full and fluffy and not with buckshot in them lol... Rattlesnake is pretty good over a fire with some onion and baked beans!

 

[Daethen]

Surprised he hasn't gotten youvto try it yet

I would totally try coon if we could actually get one all full and fluffy and not with buckshot in them lol... Rattlesnake is pretty good over a fire with some onion and baked beans!

I have gotten and skinned my fair share of rattlers, but haven't tried one yet. Never tried coon, they are soooo greasy. Skinned a lot of them for their fur though. We live a couple blocks out of the "city" limits and right along side the river/dnr land. Lots of us are target practicing in our back yards here. Guess we are just hicks in the sticks.

 

[TBirdsTheWord33]

Me too... Lol likeca mullet, business in the front, party in the "country" thread in the back

After a long day of chasing birds, hollering at kids, cattle, and my folks, then bills and discussions on culling or working harder to feed, I need a break from the "business", and a reminder of why I do this slave driver work

Fun stuff like THAT. I think that's illegal in towns ha-ha

I would think a "thank you" note or something, for repayment for pest control, not a jail term

HE'S country

Surprised he hasn't gotten youvto try it yet

I would totally try coon if we could actually get one all full and fluffy and not with buckshot in them lol... Rattlesnake is pretty good over a fire with some onion and baked beans!
I'll save the next one for ya...that is, instead of feeding it to the eagles!

Your rattlesnake campfire meal sounds really good, actually!

I've just got to ask, "Does it taste like chicken???" Hahaha! Years ago, my husband ate iguana on a trip to El Salvador and LOVED it. I've had some pretty unusual foods, myself...octopus tostadas, carne apache (raw beef mixed with pico de gallo), tacos de lengua (cow tongue tacos), etc. I'm pretty sure I'm missing something...

 

[shortgrass]

You know you're country when you see a horse saddled up and tied to a light post at Walmart.... This one has a back story


Years ago... I spotted a horse tied up at our local Walmart... Of course I knew whose horse it was; everybody in town knew whose horse it was... And if you went into the store, you could hear the faint jangling of spurs on tile... I'm not going to say his name lol but he was a local cowboy, like, slept-in-his-spurs-and-eats-rattlesnakes kind of cowboy lol

We always joked about him and his horses in town; the guy got bit TWICE trying to catch rattlers....

I married his cousin


You know you're country when you can remember this weird hick from back in the day that never took off his spurs... And you married his cousin

Watch who you're teasing, or you might become one of them!


(Yep, @TBirdsTheWord33 lol, they taste like chicken, only sweeter )

 

[TBirdsTheWord33]

You know you're country when you eat "soup beans." It's that glorious concoction of white beans and ham cooked in ham broth. Everyone in the civilized world calls it "bean soup," but no...YOUR hick family calls it "soup beans"!

 

[chiques chicks]

You know you're country when you see a horse saddled up and tied to a light post at Walmart. .

Lots of places around here have hitching posts, even around the city, Walmart, Costco, banks, grocery stores...

Large Amish population.

 

[Chaos18]

I've shot many a groundhog out the kitchen window that was looking for a free lunch in my garden. I love living in the sticks.