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Paymaster

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I fried up some rabbitt tonite. Here is my plate right before it disappeared.:chef:

Rabbitt,Gravy and potatoes,corn and early peas with pearl onions.
 

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Now that looks good! I’m assuming that you photographed only one plate because that one is yours…..so scoot over since I’m ready to eat!


Nice job! Very nice looking plate!
 
Uncle Bob said:
So Paymaster, ya been head lighten again I see:LOL:

:rolleyes: :LOL: :LOL:
Naw I am a law abid'n citizen. The wild rabbitt was given to me by a friend and I bought one pen/farm raised to go with it. I ate the wild one and my son in law ate the bought one. Sure was good.:)
 
I used to hunt them here. Now they are scarce. Too mnay fire ants, coyotes, etc. Also I used to raise the domestic ones but got tired of cleaning the darn things. Really good eating though!
 
I enjoy rabbit, but Buck can't stomach it. I made it for him one time when we were first dating. Didn't tell him what it was. He was enjoying it until he asked me what it was. I told him.

All he could say was, "Thumper!!!!!"

That was the last time we've had rabbit in this house. Although, I've been tempted to try again under a different disguise. The only problem is that it's difficult to get here. Go figure.
 
That plate sure looks good, Dad use to hunt rabbits and squirrels. Mom would fry em' up , nice memories. Thanks for sharing - yum !
 
Can you folks provide a recipe or two? That gravy looks real good. Cottontails around here are dark meat while the domestic seem to be white meat. Unfortunately we don't have any hare. Only hare I ever ate was one I shot with a hunting companion from Britanny while I was in Italy. He baked it and surprisingly it was darned good. I say surprisingly cause it took him a few hours to make it and he was drinking lots of champagne throughout the cooking process.

For the past few weeks the bunnies and deer around here have been enjoying a bumper crop of wild black cherries.

Fortunately they can't get to the one's in the trees so I've been able to get a few quarts of them that I've soaked in some 90 proof with a little sugar (pint of cherries to a pint of kirshwasser + 2 teaspoons of sugar)
 
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Uncle Bob, rabbitts are not real scarce here but due to deer season being from September to January rabbitt hunters have a difficult time. Land is leased up by deer hunters. So finding a suitable rabbitt area is tough. I am not complaining because I prefer to hunt deer but I understand the plight of small game hunters in this area.

The recipe is easy and straight foward. Par boil the rabbitt and then dredge, batter and fry. Gravy is made by browning flour in the pan that you finish the rabbitt in and adding water to your satisfaction.You'll note all the clumps in the gravy. These are pieces of the batter that remained in the pan.Season to suit your taste. In my case salt and fresh ground black pepper.:chef:
 
The one I made was farm raised. The tenderloin/back piece was good, I just didn't really care for the taste of the rest. I was really happy with the breading... I was just wishing it was on chicken instead ;)

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That looks good. Did you ever try cooking the liver from domesticated rabbitt. Now that some good stuff. I don't nornally like liver, but fried rabbitt liver is awsome.
 
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I do not like liver at all!!! Except as Paymaster says, domestic rabbit liver is awesome! It is so clean and pure! When I used to raise the critters nobody got the liver but me! It is delicious!!
 
That's why it's best to hunt rabbits in cold weather, and also why you wear rubber gloves to clean them. We have lots of wild rabbits around here, in spite of the cayotes, dogs and cats. I have a pair of red-tailed hawks here that are fond of them, too.
Uncle Bob's method of cooking rabbit is right on...just the way my grandma fixed it. If you don't braise it, it can be tough and dry.
Personally, I prefer the wild rabbit to the tame, but I haven't been able to get either for a long time.
 
I've never cooked rabbit myself, but have enjoyed it in restaurants. Husband would rather eat worms & die - lol!!!!

One of the very best rabbit dishes I ever had in a restaurant was a "Duck & Rabbit Stew", which consisted of a nice-size piece of rabbit & a duck leg/thigh piece in a brown wine gravy with mushrooms, tiny baby carrots, & tiny baby turnips served over a mound of cheese grits. The combo may sound strange, but boy was it plate-scraping good!!!
 
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