For Howie - "Saving a Squirrel by Eating One" (NY Times article)

[tommys67]

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/07/dining/07squirrel.html?_r=1

Some of the early paragraphs of the piece...


While some have difficulty with the cuteness versus deliciousness ratio â€" that adorable little face, those itty-bitty claws â€" many feel that eating squirrel is a way to do something good for the environment while enjoying a unique gastronomical experience.

With literally millions of squirrels rampaging throughout England, Scotland and Wales at any given time, squirrels need to be controlled by culls. This means that hunters, gamekeepers, trappers and the Forestry Commission (the British equivalent of forest rangers) provide a regular supply of the meat to British butchers, restaurants, pâté and pasty makers and so forth.

The situation is more than simply a matter of having too many squirrels. In fact, there is a war raging in Squirreltown: invading interlopers (gray squirrels introduced from North America over the past century or more) are crowding out a British icon, the indigenous red squirrel immortalized by Beatrix Potter and cherished by generations since. The grays take over the reds' habitat, eat voraciously and harbor a virus named squirrel parapox (harmless to humans) that does not harm grays but can devastate reds. (Reports indicate, though, that the reds are developing resistance.) 

Much more where that came from! 

[Grampa]

ginger squirrels must die

[pndwind]

Taste like chicken??

[the_Journeyman]

Many people in my neck of the woods would have gone hungry if it wasn't for squirrels ~

JM

[jdubbs32584]

Many people in my neck of the woods would have gone hungry if it wasn't for squirrels ~

JM

Have you seen the white squirrels in brevard, nc? Creepy.

[the_Journeyman]

Yea, those are weird.  While I was in Canada, I say a black squirrel too!  Didn't know about them!

JM

[TiNi]

we've got a family of reds that live in a large hemlock on our property...
(i call 'em rusty)

we've also got a bunch of overweight gray's...

i'm not that hungry...

[ducpainter]

They need more fishers.

[Porsche Monkey]

We have tons of black squirrels here in Texas. They live in the ground and can be quite a nuisance.  I have a name for them but it is politically incorrect and may be offensive.

[Slag]

Tasty, and a great substitute for chihuahua.

[TiNi]

i was watching Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations
... they had hamster for lunch on the way to Machu Picchu...

[Slag]

That would have to be one plump hamster

[pndwind]

I think they were guinea pigs.

[TiNi]

I think they were guinea pigs.

you're right 

[Mother]

damn Greys will take a .22 round center mass and keep on chittering

they are cybernetic