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Loved the video. I live 20 minutes from lodge cast iron manufacturing plant in Tennessee, so I can go to the discount store by there. I have many already! Have you ever tried Kentucky Kernel flower? It's pretty dang good to flour squirrel, rabbit, and deer backstraps with. I always add a little extra spice myself. Will definitely look up the swap seasonings! Thanks
Stop eating them animals, God created them to plant the trees in the ground. How do you think you have all them trees in your back yard. God is gonna curse you from doing this evil sin to his creation, people always wonder why they family members are hit and killed by cars because they kill animals. The Bibles says you reap what you sow and you sr. shell reap from posting this nasty video....
Man. I was the first grand baby, 1978, Yankee born in Sacramento California. The rest of my mom's blood were raised rebel like. My grandparents had custody of me in Louisiana from 7-11 years of age. Got me in tears here. Brought me back SO HARD... THANK YOU FOR THIS! God bless you.
Way back when I was a youngster, say 1962, my mom sent me out back in the woods to bring home a mess of squirrels for her to make a squirrel pot pie. I came home about 3 hours later with six grey squirrels. Mom told me that her recipe called for 9 squirrels. I told her that the daily limit was only six and she told me that she didn't care what the dang limit was her recipe called for 9. "Now Go Get Me Three More Boy". I did what my mom told me, and I went back out and brought hunting home two more grey squirrels and a red squirrel. It was the best squirrel pot pie I ever ate.
Damn Skippy! Gotta do what mamma says. Country living is the only life for me. I wish I could've grown up when you did. I was born in 86 but I spirit is much older. Still cut firewood for the winter and don't have AC. Best believe Im trying to raise my kids the old way... Very little TV
Awesome Story! I’m a city boy from New York City who never experienced anything like this. yet, your story touched me! Family is Family where ever you go and regardless of perceived limits…. Mom can ALWAYS get you through!🎁🎶😇 Bless your Entire family!
The red squirrel was the native to Britain, got overrun by the greys apparently. Funny how animals look the same, without their fur coats, and bushy tails?. (Like my dear mamma squirrel used to say; “six feet of dirt, makes us all the same size”.
I’m not going to lie this was hard to watch but I clicked on the video for a reason. This is a skill I do not have and I feel it is a skill that we all need to know just in case. You broke it down in simple steps. Thank you
I've been shooting squirrels as a nuisance, and I'm pretty darn young. My dad isnt a hunter but I really wanted this life skill. Started doing research and recently caught a squirrel and gave this my first try lol.
@@FarabiOrhan why are a lot of American's shy about seeing their meat butchered? it should be a must to see how their meet is processed, maybe they will actually give thanks to what they are about to eat. just saying.
The road to hell was paved with...peanuts!! I knew all those 'free' peanuts would do me in one day! Eat the free peanuts they say! All you can eat they say! It'll be fun they say!!
Accidentally ended up here when looking up "friend squirrel" but I missed the n and I searched for "fried squirrel" instead and here I am after watching a whole series of the cute adventures of a family of squirrels, actually watching a full video in how to cook them
My Grandmom was from Southrrn Maryland, and growing up we ate all kinds of wild meat at her house, including squirrel. We loved eating at her house because her food all tasted amazing. She prepared hers almost exactly like you do. Thanks for the good memories!!!
I am 68 and have lived most of my life in the Ozarks. Needless to say, ive eaten lots of squirrels. Nevertheless, I learned a lot from your video. Your skinning method is different and I want to try it. I never heard of aging them but sometimes ours are tough. I thought you were messing up when you put those perfect pieces in the gravy. After seeing how easily you pulled the meat back from the bone, I think it's worth a try.
“Here’s dinner”, perfect point. So few understand what it takes to actually “feed” themselves beyond pulling it out of the bin at the grocery store. Thank you sir. Be Safe out there. “Chicken of the tree,, haha, Tree chickens 😂 I have had many a squirrel years ago, loved rabbit even more. Was taught to use a 22 as a kid after my Dad let me hunt them with a 410 and I bit into a load of pellets that I miss getting out during the skin & clean. Miss those days…
For rabbit, we were always told by grandparents to wait until after the second snowfall to hunt them. I lived in Oklahoma and it had hot weather often into the fall. Rabbits can carry a disease called tularemia, aka “rabbit fever" which is deadly to humans who consume their meat. The rabbits that carry it fare ok in warm weather but the first snowfall kills most of those with it and the second snowfall kills what few live past the first snowfall. My friends all used shotguns but I had a semiautomatic 22 which I preferred. If I missed, it had a 14 round magazine and I would strafe them. Great fun and memories.
@@jongeddes09 the only issue with rabbit is that they’re so lean that they don’t give you enough calories. You can actually die of starvation if you try to survive off only rabbit.
Feel sorry for kids that don't get to experience living a life like that. We were taught to take care of ourselves, good morals and values. The taste of fresh harvested meat is like nothing else, especially with veggies out of the garden or the many different pickles we made from the garden.
I have buried 21 under my trees the past 3 months and they never seem to stop showing up for the free peanuts next door. I asked my neighbor to stop feeding them. They are a gardeners nightmare but good to know how to cook them if need be. I DL'ed this video just in case. Surprised its even on YT still.
@@NoNORADon911 I've been feeding them like a city boy would. A buddy told me to stop unless I want them living in my ceiling. But hey, maybe I am crazy like a fox lol - I'll be selling squirrel chops by next spring !
Love the comments from people who’ve only ever gotten their food from the grocery. The height of privilege is being able to look down your nose at those who live off the land. That squirrel wasn’t kept an an enclosure his entire life, barely bigger than him and force-fed hormones to make them yield more meat or taste a certain way. He lived as a squirrel until taken out by a predator for food. This is nature. It is people like us who will survive should the lights go out. People crying over a squirrel will starve in short order. Again, this is nature.
You know it. I would bet money that all the people saying that it's cruel and you are bad for killing it, all eat bacon ham steak and chicken. Bunch of absolute melts. Thanks for educating us on how to skin it and clean all the guts out. This will come in useful no doubt one day soon
@@matthewjdouglas6471 it's ashamed how many people don't know that it takes many many steps to get meat in the supermarket's, and by the time it gets to us prices increased. While smart ppl skinny a preparing there own food. Modern government have made us worthless, ignorant and lazy🧔
I'm 42 and have been hunting since I was 10...I can't believe no one ever showed me that method of skinning boy does that save a ton of time....people don't realize how good they are to eat....and there are several ways to cook them
yea :D the same here. I was just: f@k that squirrel is so cute damn :(.. but then I thought maybe one day a cute squirrel is going to be my only food and I want to cook it well
@@hunterrussell9984 yeah that is true my father is from central America he got a squirrel by using a rock then got it and cooked it like the way he did kind of
The Boston suburbs are LOADED with squirrels and rabbits. (we even have beaver, coyotes, wild turkeys) I have never seen them so plentiful and I have lived in this area for decades. The turkeys walk around like they own the place and cause traffic to stop. Just crazy....who would have thought it would get like this in a city suburb.
I was raised on squirrel and still love them . My dad hunted squirrels when I was a kid in the 40s and 50s . I started hunting squirrels at ten years old and still hunt them now at 73 years old . I’ve had them I suppose every way you can fix them . Fried with gravy over rice or biscuits with baked sweet potatoes is my favorite way to eat them . They have a very rich broth to make things like gumbo , and squirrel and dumplings . I’ve had many meals of squirrel and dumplings in my life . Watching that squirrel recipe being cooked brought back a lot of memories of days gone by . Thanks for sharing that with us .
Praise the rock radio . Growing up in the country here in the south , it was just part of life to hunt and cook and eat what you killed . We hunted squirrels, rabbits , ducks , deer , and fished the Bayou across the road from our house . We couldn’t just run up to the grocery store a buy anything you wanted to eat like we do today when you live 15 miles from the nearest store . We had chickens for meat and eggs , and raised hogs to butcher . Back in the 1940s , 50s and 60s we pretty well raised everything else we ate in a big garden . We raised big fields of corn for feed to feed the hogs . We were used to killing chickens for Sunday dinner occasionally, and butchering hogs to make home cured bacon , and ham . My dad made sausage and rendered out the lard from the fat to cook with . Wild meat was just part of our diet back then just like chicken is today . At 73 years of age I still live like I was raised . I still squirrel hunt but not like I did back then . I go a few times a year and maybe eat them four or five times a year now . I still deer hunt and take two or three deer a year . That’s about all me and my wife can eat in a year . We still fish for catfish , crappy , bream , and bass to put in the deep freeze and we have fish fries pretty often . I still raise a big garden every year . I’m still healthy as a horse at the age of 73 years old . I think that’s because I’ve never eaten processed foods very much . It’s always been fresh vegetables, and lots of wild meat and fish . There’s so many ways to cook squirrel and it’s all delicious . Hope this will explain to you why we in the south eat squirrel and other wild game meats . I wouldn’t live in the city because country life has always been the way of life for me . Have a blessed day my friend!!!
Mykee Wattz don’t knock it till you try it . I had never eaten shrimp or crab legs until I was a grown man . I went to a restaurant where they were on a buffet and thought I would try them . I didn’t know you had to peal the shrimp before you ate them 😝 and I thought how in the world do people eat these things lol 😂!!! So I watched some other people peal their shrimp and learned from them . Now I love them , and crab legs . Look what I would have missed all these years if I had never tried them . Squirrels eat nuts , acorns , and seeds , and they have a very unique taste . Cooked right they are very tasty . We have gray and fox squirrels here in our area and that’s all I’ve ever hunted and cooked . Their not good when their eating pine seeds though . They have a strong pine flavor but that’s usually in late July and August when their eating pine seeds and I don’t hunt them that time of year . As soon as the hickory nuts get mature they will move into them and then the acorns . That is in September and October when they get mature. That’s when they taste the best . It looks like I’m giving a history lesson on squirrels hunting and cooking . The best memories of my life was when my dad and I would go on a camping trip in the fall and go squirrel hunting and fishing . We would cook squirrel mulligan and have fish fries . Mulligan is like a gumbo with a lot more vegetables in it and hot peppers poured over rice . It’s very tasty . Try it you’ll like it . Have a blessed day my friend!!!!
As a professional chef, I love videos like this. Most people dont realize that the foundations of Modern Cuisines, are exactly what this dude is doing. Breading the meat correctly with the dry, wet, method. Infusing his cooking oil with aromatics. Using the remaining oil and drippings,making a perfect Roux and adding cold liquid to the hot roux. Honestly, this is foundational cooking and the kind of stuff you need to understand to make amazing food. Great job, id like to know what herbs ect you added, if any. But honestly you could add whatever to that dish and it would warm your heart and be amazing.
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You made me want to try squirrel the way you prepared it reminds me of my grandmother cooking 😢this is good old school country cooking man oh man i know the kitchen was smelling marvelous ❤❤
I live in Ohio but Growing up I had lots of extended family that worked the mines of southern Ohio and lots of family who lived in West Virginia and worked the mines there too. My brothers and I would go to West Virginia every summer and help our grandfather and others split wood for the coming winter. My grandmother cooked with nothing but cast iron. She made a barbecue squirrel and biscuit dinner to die for. Her cooking and those summers are something that I miss tremendously.
Who would have thought in 2021 this would be the most important video to watch with where the world is going today. Everybody better learn how to do this when the grocery stores close up. Great Video!!
The world going crazy is exactly why I am watching this. I don't fish or hunt. I have been researching all of this type of stuff just to be Familiar if it comes down to it.
That's why I'm here. I'm also researching bow hunting, cross bow hunting, next I'll be looking at airsoft rifle hunting. I want the bow/cross bow because that la returnable ammo in some cases. And alot easier to obtain than a gun in the state I live in. I know how to fish, I grew up doing that. I feel like I have wasted 15 years of my adult life not learning how to hunt... And now I feel like I don't have enough time to learn
@@kitomad7357 You're not alone. Thanks for the idea about the bow. I too live in a state that makes it hard to get a gun. We have time to learn. Stock up (hopefully you did already) on grocery foods now and keep watching videos. I looked up squirrel traps, not very expensive, and no gun needed. Not quite sure how I would kill it in the cage, lol. Ya, I'm like you, a lot of wasted time. Let's make up for it now!
My grandfather was a young boy during the great depression so he learned to hunt and trap squirrels and rabbits to help feed the family. He taught me a skinning method very similar to what you show here. His favorite dish was essentially a "pulled pork" style BBQ sandwich and I was one of a very small number of people that would eat it with him. Squirrel is actually very tasty but people have an aversion to it because they are "cute". My personal favoite is rabbit and he helped me get started with a rabbit pen for raising my own.
@@genoaoak im sure he eats chickens too.but the oil gravey though it keeps from wasting food, and calories, its not normally something id eat. Use it for a candle maybe? Lol.. im sure its nice and rich tasting.
Thanks, your video was a memory. A reflection of my childhood years. Food was tight, and what garden products that my parents grow, that will be what we ate. We had small lagoons, streams ran through our lands and by some miracles we had fishes, crabs, shrimps and conks. Squirrels, wild pigeons and birds were the food for survival. I am now in a more affluent country and I would eat any vegetables but not the sorts of meats 65 years ago. Thank you. An eye-opener when it feels like the beginning of civilization. Despite all thge hard times it was a happy life.
MunsonMAN he also got the lodge cast set though. And with pellet guns trust me, you get what you paid for. If you won't spend as much on your pellet rifle as you might on a deer rifle or nice rimfire, then you are misisng out.
Laid Over I’ve killed dozens of squirrels with a 280fps red Ryder. My 750 FPS pump action pellet/bb had a near 100 pct kill rate and was more accurate than my friends fancy 1000fps break barrel single shot
Wow!!! So easy. My mom used to have red squirrel gravy..SO good would eat 3 bowls with rice. Its sad people think its bad, why because they are cute? They are good! This is better than I do with rabbits, gonna try the throat thing. THANK YOU.
This recipe looks ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL! ! I can't wait to try it! I live in the country in Florida and counted 11 squirrels in my front yard yesterday, after while watching this video. There's fixin' to only be 10 squirrels left, about 30 minutes from now... THANK YOU for such a detailed, descriptive video! I honestly can't see ANY WAY I can mess it up!
Fun fact, I used to live in Eastern Kentucky. I asked an old buddy of mine where all the squirrels were at. He simply said "we ate em all". Not many tree rats in Eastern Kentucky.
I live in the Midwest and never have and likely never will eat a squirrel. I just wanted to say that this is a really neat thing to see and have you pass onto people, especially as you were taught by your grandparents. Showing traditional methods of preparing food is a really personal and I think important part of life. Thanks for sharing. :)
@@dennislock9019 I've tried out a lot of unusual foods from all over (gator, balut, even some bugs prepared for a zoo exhibit showcasing insects). If I ever get the chance to try squirrel safely, I certainly will.
You have missed out they look cute sure you might think it’s gross or whatnot just because it’s a rodent but trust me you have missed out and you have more chance of getting sick or whatnot from packaged meat you bought at a store than one of them suckers eaten nuts for a living
I have an abundance of grey squirrels on my property South Central Indiana , The woods are overflowing , plus Turkeys and Dear . Purchased property 4 years ago , I'm a city boy well Old Man in my 70s but I'm definitely going to learn the ways of The Country Folk . Very informative and the meal looks great . Thanks for the information.
My dad used the same method when he would process his rabbits. And you cooked exactly like my mom would of when she made fried rabbit smothered in gravy. This video was kind of nostalgic.
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@@johneosmaniii3915 Yeah no of course, but heres the thing though. You prayed over a video of a squirrel being cooked, and yet it's still being consumed... so is that not proof enough to you that your god doesn't care? Because the videos still up and the squirrel is still getting eaten. So you have to ask yourself this, is your god unwilling, or is he not powerful enough to stop a simple video or natural useage of the animal food chain?
@@taht6791 See thats what gets me about you people. You believe that there is an almighty deity up there in the sky, and despite the fact that there are children starving all over the world, and something around 9 million people cant even get access to clean water, and yet you're so selfish that you want god at your beckoned call because a man cooked a squirrel, just shows what an ill-educated, god bothering, sensitive useless individual you really are. And it just speaks volumes about how much of a hypocrite you are as well, to be honest.
I live in Oakland, CA.and these critters have been attacking my garden and eating my chicken food. So I got a pellet gun and shot one a week ago. I followed your recipe and my goodness, it is delicious. Thank you. Free food and hopefully they won't decimate my peach tree that I have been fighting hard to protect from leaf curl and birds and squirrels. ! It looks like a tiny bit of meat, but actually, I couldn't finish it all by myself. Watch out for the small bones though! (I did cook the ribs).
Might wanna be careful here in Cali! Man idk what the law is but killing wild animals and eating them in the city may cause a little trouble lol good job tho!
So nice of you to help the squirrel take off his fur to stay cool, we need more people in the world that does this 🤣🤣🤣 i kid, my dad taught me the same way to cut back then and step on the tail. Love seeing videos like this especially with so many younger folk getting into hunting and don’t have anyone to teach them
Not sure why UA-cam would demonetize you I think this is a highly informative video and I appreciate you for showing us Americans how to be a little more self-reliant...
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UA-cam tends to be very sensitive about blood and guts in any context, mostly because they want advertisers to pay to advetise on the video, and if it's considered "offensive" advertisers will want to pull out. So they just blacklist the video. Shame tho, because their is a BUG difference between videos of people murdering and chopping up a person and a hunter cleaning and cooking his food.
New sub that sounds like the best recipe I've ever head of i cook mine the first half but now i got to try the gravy mix its squirrel season right now in my neck of the woods and you got my mouth watering for some of them squirrels i live in the woods and hunt them only with a pcp air rifle using 22 cal. With 26 grain pellets its a pass thru shot every time no cleaning pellets out done that when i was young I'm 67 now retired machinist and still love to eat squirrel thanks for sharing your recipe
I loved watching your video! Brought back memories of my youth growing up in north Louisiana. My grandmother would cook this meal after the morning hunt. This my first time hearing about the aging process. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience!
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hey mr.davis Question , how do you determine if a squirrell is safe to eat or not safe to eat??? im asking cause im scared of getting sick from a squirell cause they carry sickness , i have never ate squirrel before and i would like to try 1 squirrell to see how it taste
We taught all 7 of our kid's to hunt. Squirrel, rabbit, wild turkey, pheasant and deer. I'd dress out the first one then they'd do the next. Not all of them care to hunt but at least they have the knowledge. Great video.
Thank you so much sir. I appreciate the video. I just successfully went on my first squirrel hunt and you made the process alot easier for me. Definitely gonna be frying like you did too
I know I’m late to the party but I had to watch this in its entire glory. Never thought of eating those little critters- not very much meat. But seeing how much work you put into this, I can say I would love to try this with about half a dozen them! Thanks for this gem! Dan from NC
Coon is actually surprisingly good, haven't tried possum yet tho, never been a big fan of squirrel because of how tough it is but after watching this video, I think this guy found the solution
Good morning Florida native here of 56 years. Ain't had squirrel in a while. Awesome video for the recipe and how to prepare. But I'm picking up you and I have the same sheriff lol. The minute you said green swamp and The name of the seasoning gave it away lol. Have a good day. And I will be trying your recipe The wife has don't want to try squirrel so I think that's what we'll be having this weekend. It'll be our anniversary
This morning as I want to sleep in, my wife yelling those squirrels are destroying shit out back, OK Dear. Tonight my wife yells where are you?? I'm on utube learning how to clean squirrels honey , WHAT???
One of those plinking air rifles should be sufficent if you got a few hours on your hands. Alloy pellets in .177. Strong enough to kill, too weak to go through your fence
I actually appreciate the tutorial on how to clean, prepare and cool a squirrel. My cat is always bringing squirrels that he’s hunted back to the cabin and I’ve been telling my wife that we should try cooking one up. I didn’t realize that it would’ve this easy. Thanks friend! ✌🏼
@@lex3729 I would never eat a cat unless I was starving to death. I've had cats my whole life they appreciate comfort and I appreciate them. But when push comes to shove you just might need to eat Sylvester with a little sage and garlic powder
My dad uses to take me squirrel hunting. He taught me a very similar way to process the meat. The hide really does slip off like a tight shirt ,and takes very few cuts to accomplish this But, yeah, dip those in flour, fry. and serve with biscuits and white gravy. That's a hard breakfast to beat on a winter morning before school. Man, I'm glad he raised me like he did. Also, I'm going to try this recipe. It is more elaborate than how I was introduced to it.
when i was growing up, my dad and 2 brothers would hunt squirrels and rabbits in there season. it was interesting to wwatch them clean them.. my mother would fry them after they soaked in salt water a day or two.. she would make Lipton's onion soup to pour over the fryed squirrel and place it in pan and put it oven 300 degrees , cover and cook about 45 min. this took out the wild taste.. squirrel meat is very tasty!
Love squirrel! Been about a year since we ate all the ones in our neighborhood but they are starting to come back and I'm ordering a new trap soon. That video made my mouth water! Good job!
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nice set of pans you have there BGC and this is as organic as you get - less harmful than intensive farming... respect for the land take what you need .. will try it next time in the us. Good helpful vid, thanks
Thank you for the very informative video! I took my first squirrel yesterday with a blowgun I think I did okay cleaning it but I think next time will be much better
Growing up in the Piney Woods of East Texas, we all ate squirrels...a lot and often. It was a staple meat for a whole lot of folks where I grew up. I think it's better than most varmints, better than rabbit or raccoon, in my opinion. We didn't eat them because Morton's wasn't taking reservations either. We ate them because they were meat, and they were abundant, tasty, and most of all, affordable. We also fished and grew vegetables all year long. We canned food from spring and summer crops to eat throughout the year. We planted winter gardens of greens and cabbage, and we shared with our nearest neighbors who were down the way. We saved bacon grease from the hogs we killed, many of whom we captured in the wild. We raised our own cattle and consumed the milk from milk cows and took young heifers and steers to the local locker plant to have beef to eat. That's something a lot of y'all don't understand. That's fine. We all didn't grow up in places like Los Angeles, Seattle, and New York City. We had to hunt, fish, and farm to live. I'm thankful for it because if/when the economy collapses, me and mine will be okay while you and yours will be begging for scraps or eating your dead in order to survive. What are you going to do when the supermarket shelves are completely empty, the utility companies are no longer functioning, and your neighbors are just as hungry and desperate to feed their children's hungry mouths as you are to feed yours? Seriously? What are you going to do? Have you even thought about that, or do you just assume that your local supermarket will always magically be stocked with everything you need? Some of y'all who are being so negative about this are obvious products of this new, pussyfied, internet generation who've never had to eat beans and cornbread or else go hungry because you don't have much money. Only those who have rested their heads on the down of plenty feel free to criticize those of us who haven't. How ironic. How arrogant. How hypocritical. A lot of y'all are perfectly content, however, with going to the local supermarket and picking up a steak someone else butchered. Never mind the conditions in which the steer met his end, and never mind the whole mess involved in the beef processing industry. Out of sight, out of mind, right? You'll eat chickens that are pumped so full of hormones and chemicals that they're so morbidly obese by the time they're adolescents they cannot move. They just sit there in their own feces and grow plump for their cellophane wrapped packages nestled in your neighborhood supermarket poultry aisle....but eating a squirrel is appalling to you? Give me a break! Put down your phone and go do some work. Spend the night outdoors in the middle of nowhere. Spend a day working cows or hauling hay in the heat of the summer, and then you can criticize, maybe. If you don't want to eat squirrels, fine. Don't freaking eat them. Go back to your tofu, hummus, and soy lattes, and mind your own damn business with what the rest of us do. Why the heck are y'all tuning into a channel that shows you how to clean and cook squirrels if you're such a squeamish wussy you cannot handle it? Do you need to find a safe space? You don't see us bashing you for wearing your rainbow laden unicorn tshirts as you burn incense and chant mantras to Greta Thornberg and Rachel Maddow's spirit animals. In fact, most normal people don't entertain themselves by seeking out things they dislike to concern themselves and spend their time on. In short, if you aren't into eating squirrels, then don't eat them. I don't eat tofu, but I don't spend any time trolling tofu videos to bash tofu eaters. I don't even have a problem with tofu. I just don't like it. You see how easy that is?
I didn't see the before action that generated this response. But in after action... it's all true. I'll eat a coons butt if I have to do it to live. I'll know in another week, if I like the aged squirrel. Ever put a garlic clove in its butt before the vacuum seal? If you never had to axe a hot roosters neck, then you might be too far away from your proteins. When your meat was mean in the first place, it makes it taste better.
Never knew you could make something that good out of squirrel. Over here they have only been hunted for meat during times of crisis - my grandfather told stories about hunting squirrels, badgers etc during the war. Really interesting to see
Thanks for the video. I will be extremely grateful to possess this knowledge should I ever need it in a survival situation. As a chef I've had to butcher a wide variety of animals for consumption, but squirrel has never been on the menu😋
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Loved the video. I live 20 minutes from lodge cast iron manufacturing plant in Tennessee, so I can go to the discount store by there. I have many already! Have you ever tried Kentucky Kernel flower? It's pretty dang good to flour squirrel, rabbit, and deer backstraps with. I always add a little extra spice myself. Will definitely look up the swap seasonings! Thanks
Thank you I will most definitely check it out thank you
Stop eating them animals, God created them to plant the trees in the ground. How do you think you have all them trees in your back yard. God is gonna curse you from doing this evil sin to his creation, people always wonder why they family members are hit and killed by cars because they kill animals. The Bibles says you reap what you sow and you sr. shell reap from posting this nasty video....
Backwoods Gourmet Channel never will but on toy store. Cheers !
That is nasty 🤢
My wife was literally in tears. Your cooking skills must’ve really impressed her, well done
lmao
i wanna throw up
lmao
You sure it cause of impressive 😂,check if she still cry in bedroom.
@@muhammadnazerinsaripin1925 insane english
Squirrels near my place have been real quiet since this video.
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When I was a Boy over 55 years ago Squirrel and Bull Frogs kept my family from Starving--I still Love both of um...
@Brandon S >>Based on how you write.
That's not a complete sentence, Einstein.
@Mike Wilhelmson .....grammAr.
Frog legs are so good.
which is tastes better? bull frogs have more meat, am i right?
@Brandon S I have dyslexia and have problems wow I get hammered more by vegans than others about spelling and grammar
Man. I was the first grand baby, 1978, Yankee born in Sacramento California. The rest of my mom's blood were raised rebel like. My grandparents had custody of me in Louisiana from 7-11 years of age. Got me in tears here. Brought me back SO HARD... THANK YOU FOR THIS! God bless you.
Way back when I was a youngster, say 1962, my mom sent me out back in the woods to bring home a mess of squirrels for her to make a squirrel pot pie. I came home about 3 hours later with six grey squirrels. Mom told me that her recipe called for 9 squirrels. I told her that the daily limit was only six and she told me that she didn't care what the dang limit was her recipe called for 9. "Now Go Get Me Three More Boy". I did what my mom told me, and I went back out and brought hunting home two more grey squirrels and a red squirrel. It was the best squirrel pot pie I ever ate.
Boy, you are a poacher! lol
Damn Skippy! Gotta do what mamma says.
Country living is the only life for me. I wish I could've grown up when you did. I was born in 86 but I spirit is much older. Still cut firewood for the winter and don't have AC. Best believe Im trying to raise my kids the old way... Very little TV
Awesome Story! I’m a city boy from New York City who never experienced anything like this. yet, your story touched me! Family is Family where ever you go and regardless of perceived limits…. Mom can ALWAYS get you through!🎁🎶😇 Bless your Entire family!
Squirrel was a favorite of at least 3 US presidents back in the 1800's . I've had rabbit but I would like to try some Squirrel .
The red squirrel was the native to Britain, got overrun by the greys apparently. Funny how animals look the same, without their fur coats, and bushy tails?. (Like my dear mamma squirrel used to say; “six feet of dirt, makes us all the same size”.
I’m not going to lie this was hard to watch but I clicked on the video for a reason. This is a skill I do not have and I feel it is a skill that we all need to know just in case. You broke it down in simple steps. Thank you
In order to really have it as a skill you also need to do it a handful of times. Watching isn’t enough unfortunately. Give it a try.
I've been shooting squirrels as a nuisance, and I'm pretty darn young. My dad isnt a hunter but I really wanted this life skill. Started doing research and recently caught a squirrel and gave this my first try lol.
The exact and mere reason i came here. It was hard to watch though but i am aware that the chicken i eat don’t grow on trees.
@@FarabiOrhan why are a lot of American's shy about seeing their meat butchered? it should be a must to see how their meet is processed, maybe they will actually give thanks to what they are about to eat. just saying.
@@floofpug4251 how’d it go?
Those poor backyard squirrels are about to find out that all the free peanuts they've enjoyed were not exactly "free." Mmmmmm....
The road to hell was paved with...peanuts!!
I knew all those 'free' peanuts would do me in one day!
Eat the free peanuts they say! All you can eat they say! It'll be fun they say!!
Squirrel Socialism LOL
Payback for tearing up the old lady’s plants all summer long!
Lol
I wonder when all the “Useful Idiots” we have here in the US will realize that those “Free” stimulus checks were not free also!
Accidentally ended up here when looking up "friend squirrel" but I missed the n and I searched for "fried squirrel" instead and here I am after watching a whole series of the cute adventures of a family of squirrels, actually watching a full video in how to cook them
@@aveeporto 🤣🤣🤣
@aveeporto Tastey and dont cost 15$ a lb!
Well now you have a new survival skill to practice.
The circle of life
Real relevant this year
You are providing a service that could save lives in this economy UA-cam hands off
Uh no
@@ham7357 I hope you do know that when people can't afford food they die with no food.
@@crazywindows88 no body is hunting squirrels for survival
@@ham7357 so let’s forget how to cook game? Makes sense. Fuck dem squirrels.
@@tsvorbear3908 it’s called a grocery store
My Grandmom was from Southrrn Maryland, and growing up we ate all kinds of wild meat at her house, including squirrel. We loved eating at her house because her food all tasted amazing. She prepared hers almost exactly like you do. Thanks for the good memories!!!
With dumplings!
Local somd here this place is hreat
Yessir, reminds just like grandmas good cooking buddy, nothing better
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And cunce cry about other cultures eating other animals lol.
Too many cunce love playing the judge game
The squirrel's in my neighborhood better be on high alert after watching this video!!!
or anything that looks like a piece of meat...!!!...loll
Just get them away from my garden and we'll be frens
daniel jones bro hahaa I hope you’re kidding haha.
LOL! :-)
Lol
I am 68 and have lived most of my life in the Ozarks. Needless to say, ive eaten lots of squirrels. Nevertheless, I learned a lot from your video. Your skinning method is different and I want to try it. I never heard of aging
them but sometimes ours are tough. I thought you were messing up when you put those perfect pieces in the gravy. After seeing how easily you pulled the meat back from the bone, I think it's worth a try.
“Here’s dinner”, perfect point. So few understand what it takes to actually “feed” themselves beyond pulling it out of the bin at the grocery store. Thank you sir. Be Safe out there. “Chicken of the tree,, haha, Tree chickens 😂 I have had many a squirrel years ago, loved rabbit even more. Was taught to use a 22 as a kid after my Dad let me hunt them with a 410 and I bit into a load of pellets that I miss getting out during the skin & clean. Miss those days…
Rabbit is real good eating. Enough meat to really make it worth the effort to hunt and harvest them.
I'm surprised I definitely want without food
For rabbit, we were always told by grandparents to wait until after the second snowfall to hunt them. I lived in Oklahoma and it had hot weather often into the fall. Rabbits can carry a disease called tularemia, aka “rabbit fever" which is deadly to humans who consume their meat. The rabbits that carry it fare ok in warm weather but the first snowfall kills most of those with it and the second snowfall kills what few live past the first snowfall. My friends all used shotguns but I had a semiautomatic 22 which I preferred. If I missed, it had a 14 round magazine and I would strafe them. Great fun and memories.
@@jongeddes09 the only issue with rabbit is that they’re so lean that they don’t give you enough calories. You can actually die of starvation if you try to survive off only rabbit.
Feel sorry for kids that don't get to experience living a life like that. We were taught to take care of ourselves, good morals and values. The taste of fresh harvested meat is like nothing else, especially with veggies out of the garden or the many different pickles we made from the garden.
People think it is disgusting till one day when society collapses and they realize they can't get food in the store.
Totally Agrees.....We cooked in Mississippi when I was younger...👌🏾💯💯💯👌🏾
I'm already eyeing the ones in my neighbourhood for later.
I have buried 21 under my trees the past 3 months and they never seem to stop showing up for the free peanuts next door. I asked my neighbor to stop feeding them. They are a gardeners nightmare but good to know how to cook them if need be. I DL'ed this video just in case. Surprised its even on YT still.
@@NoNORADon911 I've been feeding them like a city boy would. A buddy told me to stop unless I want them living in my ceiling.
But hey, maybe I am crazy like a fox lol - I'll be selling squirrel chops by next spring !
Agree, needed bushcraft skills we all better learn, fast.
Love the comments from people who’ve only ever gotten their food from the grocery. The height of privilege is being able to look down your nose at those who live off the land. That squirrel wasn’t kept an an enclosure his entire life, barely bigger than him and force-fed hormones to make them yield more meat or taste a certain way. He lived as a squirrel until taken out by a predator for food. This is nature. It is people like us who will survive should the lights go out. People crying over a squirrel will starve in short order. Again, this is nature.
I'm from the west Indies, and am with you all the way. Bro
You know it. I would bet money that all the people saying that it's cruel and you are bad for killing it, all eat bacon ham steak and chicken. Bunch of absolute melts. Thanks for educating us on how to skin it and clean all the guts out. This will come in useful no doubt one day soon
@@matthewjdouglas6471 it's ashamed how many people don't know that it takes many many steps to get meat in the supermarket's, and by the time it gets to us prices increased. While smart ppl skinny a preparing there own food. Modern government have made us worthless, ignorant and lazy🧔
And the smart ones know to hunt your meat the furtherest from the house you can because sooner or later it won't be too wise to venture too far away.
Chris Wallace,Biggie would flip out in his grave if he wrote the posts
Glad I stayed throughout the video I’ve truly learned how to clean and cook squirrels I can’t wait to try this ❤
I'm 42 and have been hunting since I was 10...I can't believe no one ever showed me that method of skinning boy does that save a ton of time....people don't realize how good they are to eat....and there are several ways to cook them
Jesus Christ why is this in my recommendations? I ... i mean im gonna watch tho..
Joshua Tiberi 24 look up oh yeah yeah lol its a old meme now
i have no idea man
you probably told someone on the Net that you were hungry...They're watching you...!!!...lollll
Right
yea :D the same here. I was just: f@k that squirrel is so cute damn :(.. but then I thought maybe one day a cute squirrel is going to be my only food and I want to cook it well
God bless Southern people. They are the real backbone of our country and we wouldn’t be a great nation without them. 🇺🇸 👍
based
Thats not true there are plenty othe country folk that would do that its not just the south
@@hunterrussell9984 wrong thats Nasty and wrong.. Poor critters, Id rather see one of youall eat 1 another...;)
@@hunterrussell9984 yeah that is true my father is from central America he got a squirrel by using a rock then got it and cooked it like the way he did kind of
100 % percent agree. Tough people
Great info. My husband has always cleaned the squirrels but I like to go when he’s at work so I needed to learn how to clean one. I surprised him!
Who else watching incase they gotta eat during the quarantine and the stores all closed 😂
The Boston suburbs are LOADED with squirrels and rabbits. (we even have beaver, coyotes, wild turkeys)
I have never seen them so plentiful and I have lived in this area for decades. The turkeys walk around like they own the place and cause traffic to stop. Just crazy....who would have thought it would get like this in a city suburb.
Do you people know that nearly all land animals have corona virus? Including squirrels...
@@deduzz But if you are cooking it at 350 degrees+ and well done......wouldn't that kill the virus?
@@inkey2 yep! Plus your gastric acids will kill the virus. Preparing any animal you should always wash up before and after.
@@inkey2 How do you know everyone will cook it at 350 degrees? All it takes is one dude who didnt cook it right.
I was raised on squirrel and still love them . My dad hunted squirrels when I was a kid in the 40s and 50s . I started hunting squirrels at ten years old and still hunt them now at 73 years old . I’ve had them I suppose every way you can fix them . Fried with gravy over rice or biscuits with baked sweet potatoes is my favorite way to eat them . They have a very rich broth to make things like gumbo , and squirrel and dumplings . I’ve had many meals of squirrel and dumplings in my life . Watching that squirrel recipe being cooked brought back a lot of memories of days gone by . Thanks for sharing that with us .
I'm 37 and my most treasured memories are of me squirrel hunting with my grandpa and dad.
That'd be like shooting Bambi to me! :( I wonder why he wanted to age it a week before cooking?
Praise the rock radio . Growing up in the country here in the south , it was just part of life to hunt and cook and eat what you killed . We hunted squirrels, rabbits , ducks , deer , and fished the Bayou across the road from our house . We couldn’t just run up to the grocery store a buy anything you wanted to eat like we do today when you live 15 miles from the nearest store . We had chickens for meat and eggs , and raised hogs to butcher . Back in the 1940s , 50s and 60s we pretty well raised everything else we ate in a big garden . We raised big fields of corn for feed to feed the hogs . We were used to killing chickens for Sunday dinner occasionally, and butchering hogs to make home cured bacon , and ham . My dad made sausage and rendered out the lard from the fat to cook with . Wild meat was just part of our diet back then just like chicken is today . At 73 years of age I still live like I was raised . I still squirrel hunt but not like I did back then . I go a few times a year and maybe eat them four or five times a year now . I still deer hunt and take two or three deer a year . That’s about all me and my wife can eat in a year . We still fish for catfish , crappy , bream , and bass to put in the deep freeze and we have fish fries pretty often . I still raise a big garden every year . I’m still healthy as a horse at the age of 73 years old . I think that’s because I’ve never eaten processed foods very much . It’s always been fresh vegetables, and lots of wild meat and fish . There’s so many ways to cook squirrel and it’s all delicious . Hope this will explain to you why we in the south eat squirrel and other wild game meats . I wouldn’t live in the city because country life has always been the way of life for me . Have a blessed day my friend!!!
Never had them and not sure I would eat it and I eat almost everything
Mykee Wattz don’t knock it till you try it . I had never eaten shrimp or crab legs until I was a grown man . I went to a restaurant where they were on a buffet and thought I would try them . I didn’t know you had to peal the shrimp before you ate them 😝 and I thought how in the world do people eat these things lol 😂!!! So I watched some other people peal their shrimp and learned from them . Now I love them , and crab legs . Look what I would have missed all these years if I had never tried them . Squirrels eat nuts , acorns , and seeds , and they have a very unique taste . Cooked right they are very tasty . We have gray and fox squirrels here in our area and that’s all I’ve ever hunted and cooked . Their not good when their eating pine seeds though . They have a strong pine flavor but that’s usually in late July and August when their eating pine seeds and I don’t hunt them that time of year . As soon as the hickory nuts get mature they will move into them and then the acorns . That is in September and October when they get mature. That’s when they taste the best . It looks like I’m giving a history lesson on squirrels hunting and cooking . The best memories of my life was when my dad and I would go on a camping trip in the fall and go squirrel hunting and fishing . We would cook squirrel mulligan and have fish fries . Mulligan is like a gumbo with a lot more vegetables in it and hot peppers poured over rice . It’s very tasty . Try it you’ll like it . Have a blessed day my friend!!!!
As a professional chef, I love videos like this. Most people dont realize that the foundations of Modern Cuisines, are exactly what this dude is doing. Breading the meat correctly with the dry, wet, method. Infusing his cooking oil with aromatics. Using the remaining oil and drippings,making a perfect Roux and adding cold liquid to the hot roux. Honestly, this is foundational cooking and the kind of stuff you need to understand to make amazing food. Great job, id like to know what herbs ect you added, if any. But honestly you could add whatever to that dish and it would warm your heart and be amazing.
Deep fry the meat & then stew it in gravy?? That's not the foundation of ANY cuisine, LOL.
That’s how we make country style steak, here in the south!
@@4589scott Youre wrong about what he ment by foundation but pop off some more. Its funny.
Could you. Use lard instead of vegetable oils?.tia
@@4bennybear Your tia has diabetes i guess
This is the most effort I've seen put into cooking one squirrel in my entire life.
Four is my bare minimum, especially with the pathetic excuse for a squirrel he cooked up.🤠
@@mr.hanger he was just showing you monkeys how to do it genius
This is a MAN! Everyone REAL woman needs one- what a great helper.
You are correct!! No real man is interested in you.
@@JimboBaggins42 😂😭😂😭😂
JJ B Jesus 😂😂😂😂
Mark Rober: I built an obstacle course to stop squirrels from getting to my birdfeeder
This guy: Hold my beer
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It has a name. Its called a .22 LR
You made me want to try squirrel the way you prepared it reminds me of my grandmother cooking 😢this is good old school country cooking man oh man i know the kitchen was smelling marvelous ❤❤
I live in Ohio but Growing up I had lots of extended family that worked the mines of southern Ohio and lots of family who lived in West Virginia and worked the mines there too. My brothers and I would go to West Virginia every summer and help our grandfather and others split wood for the coming winter. My grandmother cooked with nothing but cast iron. She made a barbecue squirrel and biscuit dinner to die for. Her cooking and those summers are something that I miss tremendously.
I actually feed these things bread out of my hand in my back yard. If things get bad enough they'll be feeding me.
That's the deal free treats until your food
Just dont give them names. If you do, you'll never eat them,
Hopefully theyll be willing to share their bread too
LMAO 😂 I like your thinking
@@alexjohnson4406 aww, little snack just shared it's bread with jerky stix. Baww
Who would have thought in 2021 this would be the most important video to watch with where the world is going today. Everybody better learn how to do this when the grocery stores close up. Great Video!!
The world going crazy is exactly why I am watching this. I don't fish or hunt. I have been researching all of this type of stuff just to be Familiar if it comes down to it.
Shit, you're not kidding. Our local store is already out of freeze dried squirrels.
That's why I'm here. I'm also researching bow hunting, cross bow hunting, next I'll be looking at airsoft rifle hunting. I want the bow/cross bow because that la returnable ammo in some cases. And alot easier to obtain than a gun in the state I live in. I know how to fish, I grew up doing that. I feel like I have wasted 15 years of my adult life not learning how to hunt... And now I feel like I don't have enough time to learn
@@kitomad7357 You're not alone. Thanks for the idea about the bow. I too live in a state that makes it hard to get a gun. We have time to learn. Stock up (hopefully you did already) on grocery foods now and keep watching videos. I looked up squirrel traps, not very expensive, and no gun needed. Not quite sure how I would kill it in the cage, lol. Ya, I'm like you, a lot of wasted time. Let's make up for it now!
What a grim prediction. Sucks that it's probably true.
"Don't cut his head off until you take his pants off" 🤣
The Book of Judith is not in the King James Version...=.}
The squirrel gravy was just like my mother cooked it. Brought back a flood of memories...
My grandfather was a young boy during the great depression so he learned to hunt and trap squirrels and rabbits to help feed the family. He taught me a skinning method very similar to what you show here. His favorite dish was essentially a "pulled pork" style BBQ sandwich and I was one of a very small number of people that would eat it with him. Squirrel is actually very tasty but people have an aversion to it because they are "cute". My personal favoite is rabbit and he helped me get started with a rabbit pen for raising my own.
Yeah I have only just got into the idea of eating squirrel and this recipe is great, you should do vid of your pulledpork style!
What does squirrel taste like?
@@bonbonvegabon either chicken or pumpkin pie
No one:
Absolutely no one:
UA-cam Recommendation: How to cook squirrel.
Matthew Sherman you think he does deer videos?
@@NoOne-hs2ss 😂
Right lol
Matthew Sherman 😂😂😂😂😂💯
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"Chicken of the tree, I call em"
rookie teacher uncertified 😂
Why not just eat chicken?
@@genoaoak im sure he eats chickens too.but the oil gravey though it keeps from wasting food, and calories, its not normally something id eat. Use it for a candle maybe? Lol.. im sure its nice and rich tasting.
funniest shit ever
@chris carter or, Voila! (It's a borrowed French word, always mispronounced and nearly as often, misspelled). 🙂
My mother used to make squirrel and gravy the same way you made it, brought back good memories.
Thanks, your video was a memory. A reflection of my childhood years. Food was tight, and what garden products that my parents grow, that will be what we ate. We had small lagoons, streams ran through our lands and by some miracles we had fishes, crabs, shrimps and conks. Squirrels, wild pigeons and birds were the food for survival. I am now in a more affluent country and I would eat any vegetables but not the sorts of meats 65 years ago. Thank you. An eye-opener when it feels like the beginning of civilization. Despite all thge hard times it was a happy life.
Awesome story👍
Ima be honest, I deadass searched this up
Lol
I just shot one and wanted to eat it so here I am
lol, me too
I looked this up. Just in case.....
@@rhaokot6099 how’d it go?
I just spent 300$ on a pellet gun and a lodge cast iron set. All because I watched this video this morning. 👍
Jimmy Martin you overpaid. Can get a decent one for $75
MunsonMAN he also got the lodge cast set though.
And with pellet guns trust me, you get what you paid for. If you won't spend as much on your pellet rifle as you might on a deer rifle or nice rimfire, then you are misisng out.
Laid Over I’ve killed dozens of squirrels with a 280fps red Ryder. My 750 FPS pump action pellet/bb had a near 100 pct kill rate and was more accurate than my friends fancy 1000fps break barrel single shot
@@Lestergreen77" you'll shoot your eye out kid" ;)
@@Lestergreen77 hope you ate all them squirrels and didn't just shoot em for fun. 😯
Probably the best squirrel cleaning video I've seen ever. Very useful info thank you. So much easier this way.
Let’s be honest....
You didn’t search for this video.
Im like wtf👀👀👀👀👀
No
I really didn't. My video was about a gas stove. Not cooking a animal I'm supposed to eat
I was looking up how to cook steak wtf
UA-cam's algorithm must be trying to tell us something.
UA-cam, completely out of the blue: Want to watch a guy skin squirrels?
Me: I guess so
Ha... Same here out of the blue. And I watched the whole thing. I don't think I ever seen a better biscuit in my whole life
Yup
😂
Trying to tell us something UA-cam?
Pretty much
In the beginning of the video I had my doubts. Now I want a piece 💯💯🍗🥘
Wow!!! So easy. My mom used to have red squirrel gravy..SO good would eat 3 bowls with rice. Its sad people think its bad, why because they are cute? They are good! This is better than I do with rabbits, gonna try the throat thing. THANK YOU.
This recipe looks ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL! ! I can't wait to try it! I live in the country in Florida and counted 11 squirrels in my front yard yesterday, after while watching this video. There's fixin' to only be 10 squirrels left, about 30 minutes from now... THANK YOU for such a detailed, descriptive video! I honestly can't see ANY WAY I can mess it up!
I live in Gainesville...in the city...but I totally understand.
I live in Polk county. Love some squirrel.
Squirrel is good meat rock on
Florida here too PCB
Im a vegetarian but fuck it today I’m learning how to cook squirrels just in case of the apocalypse. 🐿
always be ready
We got one back from the dark side lol
Man wont lie that squirrel lookn SLAPS!!!
You said "but fuck....."
Don't do that.
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Your video is a fantastically complete culinary evolution; from field to table. Thank you!!
Love squirrels I live in pa went out today and got 3 of them so much fun being out there they r delicouse
I’m Indian American and born and raised in NYC.
Thank you sir your insight to squirrel meat has inspired me to try it.
If you’re born and raised in NYC you’re just an American not an Indian American
Lol...
@@rangvald4036 True, but it's cool and admirable that he wants to maybe learn his people's culture imo.
@@rangvald4036 Why does it matter? If their family is from India then they're Indian-American.
@@Alaskan-Armadillo thats not how it works.
Teach a man to feed himself he raises generations
Cooking is simple, you said it like it’s building a spaceship for nasa 😂
@@twinkletwinkle4129 might as well be rocket science for some people the way they be cooking
Fun fact, I used to live in Eastern Kentucky. I asked an old buddy of mine where all the squirrels were at. He simply said "we ate em all". Not many tree rats in Eastern Kentucky.
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I been to Eastern Kentucky and I had some squirrel and they had a whole cauldron of beans I got to eat on too
God bless you, my man. I had squirrel pot pie at my wedding. People don't realize the resources that we have at our fingertips.
I live in the Midwest and never have and likely never will eat a squirrel. I just wanted to say that this is a really neat thing to see and have you pass onto people, especially as you were taught by your grandparents. Showing traditional methods of preparing food is a really personal and I think important part of life. Thanks for sharing. :)
Missing out on a good thing.
@@dennislock9019 I've tried out a lot of unusual foods from all over (gator, balut, even some bugs prepared for a zoo exhibit showcasing insects). If I ever get the chance to try squirrel safely, I certainly will.
@Jizz McButtpumper Not a rat different animal but yes Its good,maybe you'll find out someday.
Fellow Midwesterner here, I used to look down on eating rabbits and squirrels. I now prefer it over pheasant!
You have missed out they look cute sure you might think it’s gross or whatnot just because it’s a rodent but trust me you have missed out and you have more chance of getting sick or whatnot from packaged meat you bought at a store than one of them suckers eaten nuts for a living
Me: Watches and produces nothing but MMA and gaming content.
UA-cam: Want to watch how to gut a squirrel?
Me: Why not
@PoWeR ToKeR 420 lol well I hope he's happy now doing whatever he is doing. Thanks for sharing
I know this comment is 3 years old, but.
Put the skills into practice if you can, you may need them one day.
Hey the way things are now in 2020 I'll definitely catch and clean my dinner thanks ☺️
Hell yeah! Chicken of the Trees lmao
No kidding
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It's etheir that or turning tricks.. ill take a skunk burger anyday
I have an abundance of grey squirrels on my property South Central Indiana , The woods are overflowing , plus Turkeys and Dear . Purchased property 4 years ago , I'm a city boy well Old Man in my 70s but I'm definitely going to learn the ways of The Country Folk . Very informative and the meal looks great . Thanks for the information.
took me back to my teen years.. I survived on squirrel and rabbit.. awesome!
I've watched a lot of cooking shows and I have never wanted to try anything more then this.
Try it! My favorite is squirrel “buffalo wings”
@@Screamsoferida urfukd
For some reason watching this video made me feel disgusted I'm not vegan but I'm put off by meat now
My dad used the same method when he would process his rabbits. And you cooked exactly like my mom would of when she made fried rabbit smothered in gravy. This video was kind of nostalgic.
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@@johneosmaniii3915 Yeah no of course, but heres the thing though. You prayed over a video of a squirrel being cooked, and yet it's still being consumed... so is that not proof enough to you that your god doesn't care? Because the videos still up and the squirrel is still getting eaten. So you have to ask yourself this, is your god unwilling, or is he not powerful enough to stop a simple video or natural useage of the animal food chain?
@@taht6791 See thats what gets me about you people. You believe that there is an almighty deity up there in the sky, and despite the fact that there are children starving all over the world, and something around 9 million people cant even get access to clean water, and yet you're so selfish that you want god at your beckoned call because a man cooked a squirrel, just shows what an ill-educated, god bothering, sensitive useless individual you really are. And it just speaks volumes about how much of a hypocrite you are as well, to be honest.
Something about the way you do the delivery of your content is just very soothing and calm. Keep up the great work!
I live in Oakland, CA.and these critters have been attacking my garden and eating my chicken food. So I got a pellet gun and shot one a week ago. I followed your recipe and my goodness, it is delicious. Thank you. Free food and hopefully they won't decimate my peach tree that I have been fighting hard to protect from leaf curl and birds and squirrels. ! It looks like a tiny bit of meat, but actually, I couldn't finish it all by myself. Watch out for the small bones though! (I did cook the ribs).
Make sure you eat the meal in front of the other squirrels as a power move and let them know who is boss. 😂
Might wanna be careful here in Cali! Man idk what the law is but killing wild animals and eating them in the city may cause a little trouble lol good job tho!
I grew up in Oakland CA! Cheers!!
Man, an air rifle is a great investment for the times a coming!
squirrel is my favorite rodent meat to eat even better than groundhog
So nice of you to help the squirrel take off his fur to stay cool, we need more people in the world that does this 🤣🤣🤣 i kid, my dad taught me the same way to cut back then and step on the tail. Love seeing videos like this especially with so many younger folk getting into hunting and don’t have anyone to teach them
We used the "peel" method for small game and catfish.
Not sure why UA-cam would demonetize you I think this is a highly informative video and I appreciate you for showing us Americans how to be a little more self-reliant...
You answered your own question, Google doesn't want self reliant people , they want mindless drones.
They don’t want you to know how to feed yourself. That’s the government’s job and they hate competing.
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UA-cam tends to be very sensitive about blood and guts in any context, mostly because they want advertisers to pay to advetise on the video, and if it's considered "offensive" advertisers will want to pull out. So they just blacklist the video. Shame tho, because their is a BUG difference between videos of people murdering and chopping up a person and a hunter cleaning and cooking his food.
New sub that sounds like the best recipe I've ever head of i cook mine the first half but now i got to try the gravy mix its squirrel season right now in my neck of the woods and you got my mouth watering for some of them squirrels i live in the woods and hunt them only with a pcp air rifle using 22 cal. With 26 grain pellets its a pass thru shot every time no cleaning pellets out done that when i was young I'm 67 now retired machinist and still love to eat squirrel thanks for sharing your recipe
I loved watching your video! Brought back memories of my youth growing up in north Louisiana. My grandmother would cook this meal after the morning hunt. This my first time hearing about the aging process. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience!
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hey mr.davis Question , how do you determine if a squirrell is safe to eat or not safe to eat??? im asking cause im scared of getting sick from a squirell cause they carry sickness , i have never ate squirrel before and i would like to try 1 squirrell to see how it taste
@@KRDP sadly, after trying his first squirrel, he was never heard from again
@@sansar44 hmmm interesting
We taught all 7 of our kid's to hunt. Squirrel, rabbit, wild turkey, pheasant and deer. I'd dress out the first one then they'd do the next. Not all of them care to hunt but at least they have the knowledge. Great video.
You never know when things may go south and those reasons may save their lives and their families
Do they teach this in the military?????
@@neilgibbons2532 rabbits. My brother had to shoot a rabbit skin it and eat it. Which he already knew how to do
I bet you’re a trumpaard, animals shouldn’t be hunted for human’s pleasure.
@@udhav423 you’ll be the first to go when shit hits the fan
Thank you so much sir. I appreciate the video. I just successfully went on my first squirrel hunt and you made the process alot easier for me. Definitely gonna be frying like you did too
I know I’m late to the party but I had to watch this in its entire glory. Never thought of eating those little critters- not very much meat. But seeing how much work you put into this, I can say I would love to try this with about half a dozen them! Thanks for this gem! Dan from NC
Haven't seen a single squirrel since I watched this. I live in the middle of a forest on 8 1/2 acres...
They was watching thru the window as u watched the video,,lol.
Crazy Oddy that’s hilarious!!
The Natives say: If you talk about hunting an animal it hears you and gets into cover...
So easy conclusion: don't even think of hunting just do it!
I’m telling ya, you’d think they were extinct around my place.
It's their sixth sense. 😁😂
Squirrels are an abundant, naturally renewing resource. Very under-rated
Nothing but a rat with a long ass tail
Same could be said for humans 7 billion of us and renewing doesnt mean we should eat them
@@salemkhamis6788 God created animals for us to have meat. As long as the animals receive a humane death, there is nothing wrong or sad about it.
@@salemkhamis6788 yea, but you can only eat one human before everyone get all bent out of shape about it.
@Wrench Head • "Squirrels are an abundant naturally renewing resource".
Um... So are rats!!
My late mother who recently died at 95 years old told me how they ate squirrel, possum and even raccoon during the great depression.
inkey2 God rest her soul
Coon is actually surprisingly good, haven't tried possum yet tho, never been a big fan of squirrel because of how tough it is but after watching this video, I think this guy found the solution
@@lumpyzx2645 I've eaten squirrel all my life and never has it been tough
I heard she loved trouser worms.
@@flyingdog1498 wow.....you must be old and from the mid west. Haven't heard that one in years.
Good morning Florida native here of 56 years.
Ain't had squirrel in a while.
Awesome video for the recipe and how to prepare.
But I'm picking up you and I have the same sheriff lol.
The minute you said green swamp and The name of the seasoning gave it away lol.
Have a good day.
And I will be trying your recipe The wife has don't want to try squirrel so I think that's what we'll be having this weekend.
It'll be our anniversary
I could literaly smell the goodness on this fried tree chicken. Looks so good.
Tree chicken
Latinos know this is some good shit! In ecuador people eat guinea pig...yum
This is a squirrel
Ew
This morning as I want to sleep in, my wife yelling those squirrels are destroying shit out back, OK Dear. Tonight my wife yells where are you?? I'm on utube learning how to clean squirrels honey , WHAT???
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One of those plinking air rifles should be sufficent if you got a few hours on your hands. Alloy pellets in .177. Strong enough to kill, too weak to go through your fence
Cook one and feed it to your wife, but don’t let her find out that she’s gonna eat a squirrel!!! 🤣😂🤣✊🏻✊🏻
Golden comment! 👌
Lol
Everyone who disliked is either vegan or a double-standard softie who eats other animals. Don’t contradict yourself
@@mert_yatir That’s why you either go vegan or you don’t.
You killed it brother! I couldn’t have watched a better video for cooking up my first squirrel. Thank you
When the zombie apocalypse starts everyone will appreciate this video! Trust me. 😉
Lorin S facts
We won't even have a Twinkie lol
The squirrels might end up being zombies
just be careful. A cleaned rat and cleaned squirrel look alike, course with some hot sauce who cares. kids gotta eat something.
I grew up on wild game.
Props to you sir. Never thought I'd be watching a video on how to cook squirrels. I've never eaten squirrel but it sure looked good. Great job!!
I'm 83 years old. Grew up on a farm in West Kentucky.. Been a long time since I had some of that!
Hey I'm from Kentucky to
Good to hear. I'm a paducah boy myself
Born in 37?
Respect 👍
Cool! Let's go squirrel huntin'! We can get us some of that!
That looks AMAZING! Not enough people try squirrel. Almost everyone I've made it for really enjoyed it. Those biscuits couldn't be more perfect.
You made that look so easy. Thank you for showing us the recipe that was passed on to you. You are a wonderful cook!
I actually appreciate the tutorial on how to clean, prepare and cool a squirrel. My cat is always bringing squirrels that he’s hunted back to the cabin and I’ve been telling my wife that we should try cooking one up. I didn’t realize that it would’ve this easy. Thanks friend! ✌🏼
The same technique works on cat as well.👍
eatin' cats be cruel.
@@lex3729 I never said it was socially accepted. But if the left gets their way a lot of people will be dining with kitty cat😘
@@lex3729 I would never eat a cat unless I was starving to death. I've had cats my whole life they appreciate comfort and I appreciate them. But when push comes to shove you just might need to eat Sylvester with a little sage and garlic powder
@@daffyduck9901 this is my thoughts on squirrels lol we don’t naturally dine on them here up north.
My dad uses to take me squirrel hunting. He taught me a very similar way to process the meat. The hide really does slip off like a tight shirt ,and takes very few cuts to accomplish this But, yeah, dip those in flour, fry. and serve with biscuits and white gravy. That's a hard breakfast to beat on a winter morning before school. Man, I'm glad he raised me like he did. Also, I'm going to try this recipe. It is more elaborate than how I was introduced to it.
when i was growing up, my dad and 2 brothers would hunt squirrels and rabbits in there season. it was interesting to wwatch them clean them.. my mother would fry them after they soaked in salt water a day or two.. she would make Lipton's onion soup to pour over the fryed squirrel and place it in pan and put it oven 300 degrees , cover and cook about 45 min. this took out the wild taste.. squirrel meat is very tasty!
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Thanks for this enlightening video. Understanding and respecting the path our food takes from the farm to our tables is essential!
I'm not a hunter but watched because I was just curious and I have to say Bravo on your skill from cleaning to cooking, Very professional !!!
Thank you from England. We are overrun with these little barstewards and now I have a new way to dispose of them. Yum Yum!
Like Florida in the USA with the iguana problem..🤔
@@777dragonborn What does iguana taste like..🤔
Jenn Rat like chicken! No joke it’s delicious 😋
I’ve ever ate “1” squirrel before. This Cadillac don’t run on fumes. Nice video
Love squirrel! Been about a year since we ate all the ones in our neighborhood but they are starting to come back and I'm ordering a new trap soon. That video made my mouth water! Good job!
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Grew up on Squirrel and Dumplings, Ive had it this way as well.. Thanks for the video..
People just don't know how good it is !!!
squirrel dumplings damn now I'm hungry ain't had em in a few years
UA-cam, completely out of the blue: Want to watch a guy skin squirrels?
Me: I guess so
Well I didn’t never think I’d have to consider but this a lesson I’ll never forget, thanks🙏🏾
Thank you for sharing this information and recipe! This is the knowledge that money can't buy
nice set of pans you have there BGC and this is as organic as you get - less harmful than intensive farming... respect for the land take what you need .. will try it next time in the us. Good helpful vid, thanks
It is good that people like you spread this knowledge. We will need these skills if what seems like coming does come.
lol. go back in yoour bunker
That is a much simpler skinning method than what I was taught. Thank you!
Thank you for the very informative video! I took my first squirrel yesterday with a blowgun I think I did okay cleaning it but I think next time will be much better
Growing up in the Piney Woods of East Texas, we all ate squirrels...a lot and often. It was a staple meat for a whole lot of folks where I grew up. I think it's better than most varmints, better than rabbit or raccoon, in my opinion. We didn't eat them because Morton's wasn't taking reservations either. We ate them because they were meat, and they were abundant, tasty, and most of all, affordable. We also fished and grew vegetables all year long. We canned food from spring and summer crops to eat throughout the year. We planted winter gardens of greens and cabbage, and we shared with our nearest neighbors who were down the way. We saved bacon grease from the hogs we killed, many of whom we captured in the wild. We raised our own cattle and consumed the milk from milk cows and took young heifers and steers to the local locker plant to have beef to eat. That's something a lot of y'all don't understand. That's fine. We all didn't grow up in places like Los Angeles, Seattle, and New York City. We had to hunt, fish, and farm to live. I'm thankful for it because if/when the economy collapses, me and mine will be okay while you and yours will be begging for scraps or eating your dead in order to survive. What are you going to do when the supermarket shelves are completely empty, the utility companies are no longer functioning, and your neighbors are just as hungry and desperate to feed their children's hungry mouths as you are to feed yours? Seriously? What are you going to do? Have you even thought about that, or do you just assume that your local supermarket will always magically be stocked with everything you need?
Some of y'all who are being so negative about this are obvious products of this new, pussyfied, internet generation who've never had to eat beans and cornbread or else go hungry because you don't have much money. Only those who have rested their heads on the down of plenty feel free to criticize those of us who haven't. How ironic. How arrogant. How hypocritical.
A lot of y'all are perfectly content, however, with going to the local supermarket and picking up a steak someone else butchered. Never mind the conditions in which the steer met his end, and never mind the whole mess involved in the beef processing industry. Out of sight, out of mind, right? You'll eat chickens that are pumped so full of hormones and chemicals that they're so morbidly obese by the time they're adolescents they cannot move. They just sit there in their own feces and grow plump for their cellophane wrapped packages nestled in your neighborhood supermarket poultry aisle....but eating a squirrel is appalling to you? Give me a break! Put down your phone and go do some work. Spend the night outdoors in the middle of nowhere. Spend a day working cows or hauling hay in the heat of the summer, and then you can criticize, maybe.
If you don't want to eat squirrels, fine. Don't freaking eat them. Go back to your tofu, hummus, and soy lattes, and mind your own damn business with what the rest of us do.
Why the heck are y'all tuning into a channel that shows you how to clean and cook squirrels if you're such a squeamish wussy you cannot handle it? Do you need to find a safe space? You don't see us bashing you for wearing your rainbow laden unicorn tshirts as you burn incense and chant mantras to Greta Thornberg and Rachel Maddow's spirit animals. In fact, most normal people don't entertain themselves by seeking out things they dislike to concern themselves and spend their time on.
In short, if you aren't into eating squirrels, then don't eat them. I don't eat tofu, but I don't spend any time trolling tofu videos to bash tofu eaters. I don't even have a problem with tofu. I just don't like it. You see how easy that is?
Bro calm tf down
Bro wrote a whole essay 💀💀💀
And probably super out of shape telling people they are gonna die 😆
I didn't see the before action that generated this response. But in after action... it's all true. I'll eat a coons butt if I have to do it to live. I'll know in another week, if I like the aged squirrel. Ever put a garlic clove in its butt before the vacuum seal?
If you never had to axe a hot roosters neck, then you might be too far away from your proteins. When your meat was mean in the first place, it makes it taste better.
Stay mad
Never knew you could make something that good out of squirrel. Over here they have only been hunted for meat during times of crisis - my grandfather told stories about hunting squirrels, badgers etc during the war. Really interesting to see
Have you ever tried frying squirrel in bacon grease? I highly recommend lt.
Just wanted to say thanks for taking the time to show us how its done.
Thanks for the video. I will be extremely grateful to possess this knowledge should I ever need it in a survival situation.
As a chef I've had to butcher a wide variety of animals for consumption, but squirrel has never been on the menu😋