Friday, November 18, 2011

A Post Of Diffrent Sorts

I'm still working on Tristen's post. Since the time change I haven't been able to get out to a picture of him since it gets dark so early. Its coming, I promise!

But first off, I wanted to write about a deep dark secret I have. Ok. *GULP*. Here goes.

I have eaten rabbit.

And I like it.


The show we went to last weekend is a favorite, for lots of reasons, but one is that we really enjoy the meals served. One of the woman always has some sort of rabbit dish. The past 2 years it has been rabbit enchiladas, and the year before that was the BEST rabbit and noodles EVER, complete with homemade noodles.

Basically, domestic rabbit tastes exactly like chicken, and you can not even tell a difference when it's in dishes such as the above.
And the honest truth, one that we try really hard not to talk about to our "non" rabbit friends, is this:  If you are going to raise and show rabbits, you have to have a good cull program. There is just NO way you can keep them all.
Some people sell them, some go to zoos to feed other animals, others pet them out, and some use them to feed their families. None are wrong and it's a personal choice, as long the animal is always respected.

Here are some facts about rabbit meat:

Rabbit is lower in % of fat than chicken, turkey, beef, and pork.

The office of home economics, state relations of the U S Department of Agriculture has made extensive test and have stated that domestic rabbit meat is the most nutritious meat known to man.

Rabbit meat is all white meat.

A doe rabbit that weighs 10 pounds can produce 320 pounds of meat in a year.



Other people are just more comfortable eating a monster sized plate of beef and bean nachos!  And that is ok too!! =)

3 comments:

Tonia said...

I like rabbit! I also like Beef!:D lol.. I have yet to butcher.. I have a deal worked out with my mom.. I raise them , feed them and she butchers them!! We split the meat!.. Works well for me.. Now I just need some meat rabbits.. they are in the works..

Melanie said...

Very interesting indeed!! Tristen looks very ornery in that last picture. .wondering what he was thinking!! I'll try anything once. .someday you can invite us over for a rabbit supper. .I'll bring dessert :-)

Rhonda said...

This was interesting! I ate rabbit once, a long time ago when I was a kid. An aunt and uncle had rabbits, and they gave us one dressed to eat. So Mom fried it, and it was good. Yes, it was like eating fried chicken, and I liked it. Haven't eaten any since, though. LOL That plate in the picture sure looked good! The enchiladas sound good.