Have you ever eaten rabbit?

[NeilYoungIsBack]

Often and it’s delicious. Wonderful Spanish, French, Italian, and Greek dishes. Never fully understood why it so fell out of favour in British cuisine.

I think Myxomatosis played a part.

I also remember my Nan saying that they had to eat a lot of rabbit during the war and got fed up of it.

 

[5 Hit Gibbon]

This thread reminds me of this from the Viz.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Bugs Bunny thinks you are a twat :)

We all think he is a twat.

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

Often and it’s delicious. Wonderful Spanish, French, Italian, and Greek dishes. Never fully understood why it so fell out of favour in British cuisine.

They are difficult to farm on a large scale due to their tendency to catch disease. People don't want to actually kill the animals they eat and that would be the only way to eat rabbit regularly I guess.

 

[bluethrunthru]

Been thinking that I used to like rabbit pie as a kid but you don't see them for sale in butchers anymore.

Have you tried rabbit and did you like it?

Yes and I have loved it. About four of five years ago I had rabbit curry in an Indian Restaurant - fantastic !!

I once met a guy who did rabbit control at Fylingdales early warning base - grass all round and nobody can go there so its full of the critters - he ate some - sold some to licensed game dealers but the rest were buried as there was no market for them. Always struck me as odd - an abundant, indigenous source of protein that was once loved now largely ignored for no real reason.

 

[mancity2012_eamo]

Had it when I was younger. myxomatosis probably got rid of it off the menu over here.
Had it over in France a couple of years ago just before Covid, for lunch, in a lovely provincial restaurant not far outside Lyon.A medieval town called Perouges.
It was lovely. Just enough for lunch.

 

[meeesh]

Had it when I was younger. myxomatosis probably got rid of it off the menu over here.
Had it over in France a couple of years ago just before Covid, for lunch, in a lovely provincial restaurant not far outside Lyon.A medieval town called Perouges.
It was lovely. Just enough for lunch.

With a bowl of chips and a barm surely

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

From memory it tasted like chewy chicken, but it was cooked by 14 year old boys on a fire on the field.

I worked at an outdoor activity center near Kendal 30 years ago and we took a group men from some company out for an over night trip (they didn't know they were kipping out under the stars)
We hiked to this one place and there were pots, water, potatoes, carrots and in another sack, 3 rabbits plus plastic sheets and sleeping bags waiting for us.
One of them had to skin it and then cut it up and cook it.
There were 14 of them and 3 staff. Only 4 of us ate it. The rest declined. As someone said above it was like a chewy chicken. I thought it was alright. I had a kidney too which was very good.

 

[metalblue]

Are we talking about the furry kind or the kind ladies use? It’s an important distinction before I answer the question.

 

[Blue Mist]

Brilliant lean meat, why it fell out if favour I have no idea . Butchers always had them but I haven't seen it for ages, as someone else said, the French and Spanish always have it.