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Edwina Lee
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 Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 8:18 pm Post subject: Eating the grey squirrel |
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Can chinese cookery cope with coooking squirrels?
According to the River Cottage Autumn cookery programme on Ch4 I'm watching now, the grey squirrel is a big problem in UK woodlands.
These invaders out compete with the red squirrel in breeding, and they destroy the bark of growing trees causing them to die.
There are tens of thousands of them in a wood, and the wood keeper has to cull them to prevent them damaging the trees.
Therefore, they are urging the public to eat squirrels. They can be got from game/forrestry keepers and restaurants which serve game. |
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chunxueping
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| Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 1:49 pm Post subject: |
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I eaten squirrel before, not very nice, bit chewy. Also need much spices to disguise "earthy" taste.
Not recommend. Duck or pigeon much better. |
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Edwina Lee
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| Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 8:38 pm Post subject: |
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| An innovative chef might be able to find the right ingredients to do something about the earthy taste. |
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Edwina Lee
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chunxueping
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| Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 11:50 am Post subject: |
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| Everybody love the red squirrels (Chinese?) but hate the Grey Squirrel (America?). So why not we genetically modify the grey so they are red then everybody be happy? |
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Edwina Lee
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| Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 8:58 pm Post subject: |
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Once there are too many red squirrels, they'll be wondering if they have made the wrong choice, for red doesn't really match the colour of the forests.
Why don't people scream colour discrimination? Especially the animal rights.  |
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chunxueping
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| Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 11:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Want GREEN squirrels? |
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Edwina Lee
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| Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 12:17 am Post subject: |
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| No good. The vegetarians would certainly condemn it as GREEN wash. |
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joybetluck
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Edwina Lee
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nancy
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| Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 2:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Is that really true that they make use of squirrels? |
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Edwina Lee
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| Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 2:21 pm Post subject: |
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| yeap. Eat the grey squirrels so that the red ones thrive. |
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