"Daytime Rats." I read that term in a Stephen King book once, and it has stuck with me. After reading that, I've never looked at squirrels as cute, furry little creatures...I think of them as rats with fluffy tails.

Well they are. but cooked right ok.

Comment about eatin' 'em and it's not even an IOTD? What is The Cellar coming to??

But you really can eat them in this case. Gordon Ramsey cooked & served squirrel in his resturant. Bearing in mind many farmers & landowners trap, shoot or poison them for the damage they do to trees, I think it's more reasonable for them to end up in bellies than on bonfires.

Then again, I'd try pretty much anything if it was cooked for me.

I have been reminded by more than a few people who grew up hunting them that you never eat any squirrel which did not live in a cold-winter climate. Apparently with the inexorable march of suburban development, this population has picked up many diseases and parasites which were not formerly indemic and are no longer safe to eat although they may look fat and sassy. And any urban squirrel has been eating out of trash cans and dog bowls and are about as safe to eat as pigeons, which EVERYBODY has more sense than to do :yelsick: