Question on cleaning and cooking Rabbit
 

Noshing the Bun-Rabs

Let's say Mr. MacGregor had actually caught Peter Rabbit but he didn't have time to skin and gut him right at the moment because Mrs. MacGregor and the kids were just returning from a swim at the lake.

So Mr. MacGregor popped Peter into a platic bag and put him in the chest freezer in the basement. Then a few weeks passes and Mr. MacGregor thaws Peter, case skins him, then guts and cleans him. Would it be OK to cook and eat Peter even though he was frozen for a while before gutting, or would the guts some how spoil the meat? Peter was promptly frozen within minutes of shuffling off this mortal coil.

Inquiring minds want to know.

:lol:



I have no idea. I think maybe Mr MacGregor should Suck it and See..... and post pics ...if he lives

Can one make bunny bacon?

Mr MacGregor
Can you not smell your rabbit
To see if it's 'turned'?

I don't know, but with hamburger, E-coli contamination only matters when you don't cook it properly. Otherwise, it's just more protein.

I have no idea, my initial reaction is that the meat is spoiled or contaminated..
Depending upon where it was shot, the bullet could have caused issues by carrying the nasty into parts of the meat. Other parts may be OK.

For what meat a single rabbit will give - take the fur if you want it and toss the rest.
I wouldn't chance it.

I'd chance it. Frozen on the day it died? That's what they do to whole fish after all.
And you're going to cook it. In a programme I saw about a man in the UK who ate roadkill, I'm 99% sure I remember him having some furry critters in his freezer. But then that was his lifestyle, so maybe he had an iron constitution.

Classic has a point that it might not be worth the amount of meat if you have doubts yourself.

Mr. MacGregor is up the creek it seems,
according to these folks

Most of the other wild game prep pages I found all call for bleeding out (though some prefer birds with necks wrung) and immediate gutting. They also say that letting the hair touch the meat taints it. I didn't want it as much as my neighbor did, she likes to eat the rabbits. I am only want the furs.

Mr McG should NOT eat the Bunny , Kill em Clean em , freeze em
in that order

It's a learning curve for sure.

Silhouette match this Saturday.

He should not, could not, eat the rabbit
Should not eat it in a bowl
should not eat it part or whole
could not eat it tail or paw
would not eat it cooked or raw
He should not eat that dodgy rabbit
lest it become a risky habit


Srsly, thorough cooking should kill germs and you *should* be safe, but as said, it is a significant risk for a minimal reward.

Why not stick the #%&$er's head on a stake as a warning to all the other critturs. And children. On Halloween.

Of course they do. So does a friend of a friend.

A man after my own heart.

More than you know. :yum:

Fixed that for me.

Another glass of chianti?

Get a room.

A kitchen. ;)

I wouldn't eat it. The stomach acids would very likely start to break down the flesh as it defrost, particularly if any of those internal organs were ruptured prior to or during the freezing process, which might not harm you if you fully cook it, but it probably wouldn't taste too good, and the texture might be a bit odd too.

I suspect it'd be pretty gamey too if it hadn't been bled and all that dead blood was allowed to remain in the body.

bunny biofuel
 

Save your frozen rabbits until the time comes when you can get an energy credit for them here.

You really should consult Elmer Fudd or Samwise Gamgee.

You're so lucky, I can barely get my rabbit to take out the trash.:rolleyes:

Besides, I am not handling your frozen-unfrozen-dead-undead rabbit, no matter how many rum n cokes I have been drinking. Sorry buddy.

snorted out loud

Thanks!

Do you reckon the technique is the same for American rabbits? ;)

Was that a Welsh Rabbit?

:lol: I think that is the only kind the English hunt.

My 11th birthday present was a baby rabbit.
No surprise, I had already picked her out.
But she came with a Rabbit Keeping book.
Aaaaaah, lovely, I was an avid reader even then.

Except the centre section was Rabbit Keeping for Food and Profit (or something like that).
My 11 year old mind was scarred by black and white step by step pictures undressing my pet and preparing her for the pot.
I wonder if that's the reason for my lack of sentimentality towards animals these days...?

Apart from penguins.