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Title: Have you ever eaten rabbit?
Post by: greenthumbjan on December 28, 2013, 08:19:48 pm
My hubby wanted a rabbit for a pet.  I told him will have a rabbit but for livestock. He frowned, and said he never will eat a rabbit.  If he tasted it he would change his mind.  Do you have a recipe?
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Post by: jiuchan on December 28, 2013, 09:06:00 pm
Sorry, I do not eat rabbits.

I never heard of rabbits being eaten as regular food.
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Post by: adg35 on December 29, 2013, 04:33:56 am
I'm a vegetarian.
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Post by: myfreebees316 on December 29, 2013, 05:32:10 pm
Sorry but no. The thought of eating a rabbit kinda sickens me some (because i like the little fluffballs)
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Post by: countrygirl12 on December 29, 2013, 07:04:27 pm
Uh no.   :-\. I had the opportunity this summer but I just couldnt do it.  I know people use to eat rabbit all the time.  I don't think it's wrong unless it's your kids pet lol but I just don't think I could eat a cute little bunny.
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Post by: wccohn on December 29, 2013, 08:54:04 pm
No I can't say that I ever have eaten rabbit, at least not knowingly.
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Post by: rusgiftsaolcom on December 30, 2013, 07:30:46 pm
Nope! Can't say that I've eaten rabbit before. I guess if I new what it was before hand I don't think I would eat it.
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Post by: Nancy5 on December 30, 2013, 09:04:46 pm
No, I have never eaten a rabbit.  I have never even seen it on a menu, not that I would ever order it.
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Post by: rainman306 on December 30, 2013, 09:47:01 pm
No -- I use to have a rabbit as a pet.
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Post by: misi49 on December 30, 2013, 10:55:06 pm
I have never eaten rabbit and the thought of eating rabbit just makes me sick.  They are too cute and precious.
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Post by: moon29 on December 31, 2013, 05:49:11 am
i love rabbit haven't had it in a long time.  i grew up as a country girl and we would go and hunt our own pheasant, rabbits, and dear and would raise all of our livestock as food and not pets.  miss it a lot but my husband is a big city boy so its been very hard trying to get him to leave the city and transition to the country.  hers hoping that one day i get my big farm in the country again.
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Post by: junis57601 on December 31, 2013, 06:29:16 am
I've never eaten rabbit but some of my friends have. They say it's great!
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Post by: sdenimandlace1 on December 31, 2013, 07:21:38 am
I have not in a long time. We would fry it or add it to gumbo.
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Post by: rghvac69 on December 31, 2013, 07:45:31 am
I've eaten rabbit and I didn't like it. I don't think it was cooked right.
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Post by: ghunter on December 31, 2013, 09:34:29 am
I have a long time ago, but do not care for it, but my husband loves rabbit, it taste almost like chicken.
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Post by: nascar048 on December 31, 2013, 09:44:12 am
my grandma rised rabbits and chickens for eating, good ol days so yep good eating
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Post by: nannycoe1 on December 31, 2013, 10:06:13 am
When I was younger my grandma fixed rabbit and squirrel and a lot of other things. I grew up on a farm and we had deer meat and frogs legs. I don't eat it now, never really liked any of it but my brother still hunts and eats what he kills.
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Post by: pstovall on December 31, 2013, 10:21:23 am
One of my more vivid memories is going up the street to my friend's house as a little girl, and they invited me to eat supper with them.  We all sat at the supper table and ate fried rabbit.  I remember liking it. I had never eaten it before, and haven't since!
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Post by: elysee24 on December 31, 2013, 12:35:32 pm
No, I don't see them as food, they are more like pets to me!!
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Post by: donnitab on December 31, 2013, 03:35:37 pm
No I have never eaten rabbit.
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Post by: ernica96 on December 31, 2013, 05:37:34 pm
why eat a rabbit?
There are plenty of others animals that can be eaten  :(  They're too cute
but no i've never eaten rabbit and i never plan to
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Post by: camellia0 on December 31, 2013, 06:55:11 pm
I had a rabbit as a pet, so I would never eat one. But I was told that rabbit taste like chicken (and I don't want to find out).
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Post by: nickylanena on December 31, 2013, 08:45:02 pm
I haven't tried rabbit
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Post by: ShadeTree on December 31, 2013, 08:51:27 pm
NO! I have never eaten rabbit and I don't plan on ever doing so. I have had rabbits for pets before, and even before I had them I still never considered eating one.  :(
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Post by: oldbuddy on January 01, 2014, 08:20:31 am
Many times and it's good meat. All the squeamish replies here remind me that when you go to any of the border towns in Mexico, have you ever seen a cat? If you're too squeamish to eat rabbit, you might want to pass by the taco wagons while you are down there.
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Post by: bigfoot951 on January 01, 2014, 10:27:42 am
I have never eaten rabbit and surely don't plan on it.  But I do know plenty of people who eat it and it is pretty common some places.
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Post by: bleyd on January 01, 2014, 11:52:22 am
NO have never eaten a rabbit. My dad and his brothers grew up on eating rabbits. My hubby has tried it but he says too many small bones and not worth it. But they do like it.
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Post by: bigedshult on January 01, 2014, 12:00:01 pm
I've had rabbits to and rabbit fried rabbit is use rabbit is like any other meat like chicken make chicken of rabbits everything is he rabbit broiler fried or boil using you a fried or bake it just rost like a r  up to me broiler or grill!
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Post by: swkstudent on January 01, 2014, 12:14:02 pm
No and I never plan on it.
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Post by: yaayme on January 01, 2014, 12:20:28 pm
Yes, my mother cooked a rabbit one day and out of curiosity I ate some but didn't really like.
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Post by: almorin on January 01, 2014, 12:31:12 pm
I have eaten rabbit on a few occasions.  I agree rabbit like squirrel and other small creatures taste a little like chicken.  I actually prefer the rabbit or squirrel over chicken.  I don't recall if I have ever tried frog legs but I love chicken legs and I have heard that frog legs tastes like chicken as well.
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Post by: dkanofsky on January 01, 2014, 01:01:05 pm
Glad to say that I've never eaten rabbit.  But I bet it taste like fried chicken.
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Post by: vickysue on January 01, 2014, 03:29:16 pm
Oh yes, i wish i could get some and have it for dinner, but it is so expansive to buy. Grandma raised them for sale when i was a kid and we were always eating rabbit. i was raised a country girl. We ate, deer, antalope, elk, rabbit, quail . I have also had frog legs and gator. I tried coon and squirrel and thought they were a little greasy.  Just will not eat bugs and worms not that can turn your tummy.
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Post by: rpse1927 on January 01, 2014, 03:41:43 pm
rabit is glld in spegetti sauce.
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Post by: ljrjess69 on January 01, 2014, 03:50:37 pm
I had 1 bite and that was it,,,,not for me!!!! :star:
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Post by: moonangel on January 01, 2014, 04:40:38 pm
yummy skinn carefully making sure not to get fur fibers on meat very hard to wash off anyhoo fry like you do chicken make gravy  ...pretty good  can roast with potatoes and onions  never grilled one so I don't know about that but their pretty tasty my daughter in law her family has them for pets ..son has tried to trick her but she knew better we also raise them for food
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Post by: SweetApril74 on January 01, 2014, 04:49:12 pm
Yes i had once, when i was very little kid. It was yummy, little bit harder than chicken meat.
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Post by: msmoneybags48 on January 01, 2014, 05:58:46 pm
My late grandmother had eaten rabbit, but I never have.  It was the idea of it not being a very appetizing meal for me.  Good luck to you and your husband. :bad: :bad: :bad: :rainbow: :rainbow: :rainbow:
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Post by: waterbearer94 on January 02, 2014, 06:49:51 am
nope never ever eaten a rabbit
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Post by: melissaotto1982 on January 02, 2014, 08:27:42 am
Im sure it taste good but I think because I view them as cut fluffy things I couldnt eat it.
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Post by: carolhall1031 on January 02, 2014, 10:00:04 am
Yes, I have eaten rabbit.  Believe it or not, it is very good - especially the gravy!
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Post by: mrisha on January 02, 2014, 10:55:45 am
When growing up on a farm, yes we often ate rabbit.  It's a great taste.
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Post by: gaylasue on January 02, 2014, 12:37:53 pm
Fry it like southern fried chicken.  It is very tasty.  Kind of ironic to your story, my husband tried to buy some rabbits to eat but the guy wouldn't sell them to him if he was going to eat them!
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Post by: smithjcsdfw on January 02, 2014, 02:24:30 pm
I have had rabbit and you cook it just like any other meat.  You can stew it, roast it, BBQ it, Fry it just about any way you can eat a chicken.  When I was growing up we would hunt them in the desert for their meat and skin them to sell their fur to the boot companies around El Paso for lining for their boots and gloves.
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Post by: madeara on January 02, 2014, 02:30:03 pm
No, I have never eaten rabbit.  I love rabbits.  I would not care to eat rabbit.
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Post by: crisstar on January 02, 2014, 03:11:02 pm
I've had rabbit before as a kid and in my humble opinion they make better pets than a meal. :-X
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Post by: lguzman1 on January 03, 2014, 11:45:22 am
I have eaten rabbit before, of course there is a story behind this. I went to Mexico to fix papers for my husband. Little that I know one day his mother made some good meat, it tasted like chicken. There at the table in front of everybody they told me it was rabbit. If I had known it was rabbit I wouldn't have tasted it or eaten it. I love those furry little creature. I haven't eaten rabbit since, even though it tasted good.
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Post by: Mikena on January 03, 2014, 12:44:47 pm
Sorry, I do not eat rabbits.

I never heard of rabbits being eaten as regular food.
I LOVE rabbit! It is one of my favorite meats. Years ago, I had a self reliant farm and one of the animals I raised for meat was rabbit. My favorite way to cook it is to slow roast it over an open fire and dab a little BBQ sauce on it after it is cooked. YUM YUM!!! If you are not the type to be a finicky eater; I suggest trying it. People say it taste like chicken but it doesn't. The meat has the texture of a chicken breast but it is way better than chicken! :heart:
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Post by: sfreeman8 on January 03, 2014, 12:51:02 pm
My hubby wanted a rabbit for a pet.  I told him will have a rabbit but for livestock. He frowned, and said he never will eat a rabbit.  If he tasted it he would change his mind.  Do you have a recipe?

I grew up with hunting just like another poster. We used to eat pheasant (now a delicacy in fancy restaurants), rabbit, and deer (which hubby and kids still hunt) and we make jerky, sausage, ring bologna, summer sausage, snack sticks, etc. The boys and hubby don't hunt pheasant or rabbit, but my foster son hunts everything, even squirrel.

Anyway, for rabbit, we just dipped it in egg and seasoned flour and fried it. I haven't had it in years, so I can't remember any seasonings.
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Post by: kimmy29 on January 03, 2014, 01:01:52 pm
Sorry, I do not eat rabbits.

I never heard of rabbits being eaten as regular food.  oh  hello no
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Post by: alice44 on January 03, 2014, 02:07:21 pm
I can't imagine eating rabbit either.  Too close to a pet.
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Post by: monnee on January 03, 2014, 02:53:50 pm
I wouldn't even think about eating a pet.
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Post by: jcalexis on January 03, 2014, 04:05:16 pm
 :-X NO!! How does it taste? Please let us know.
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Post by: babyturtles23 on January 03, 2014, 04:53:28 pm
Nope! But I had a pet rabbit. lol
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Post by: reiddb on January 03, 2014, 05:15:48 pm
No, I have never eaten it...but I wouldn't mind it, I think
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Post by: CharmedPhoenix on January 03, 2014, 05:21:05 pm
I won't eat anything with paws.  :P