On Fri, 20 May 2011 10:34:35 -0700 (PDT), ImStillMags
> wrote:

>I've never had the pleasure of trying squirrel. An Etocracy article
>caught my eye today and made me want tot try it.
>
>http://eatocracy.cnn.com/2011/05/20/...omments?hpt=C2

Squirrels, like rabbits, get lots of fur and skin parasites during
warm weather. There are two ways of dealing with it.

One is hunting them only after a hard freeze with rabbits. The hard
freeze kills off the nasties and they fall of the animal.

Another way is to put the cleaned carcass into a plastic bag, seal the
bag and put it into the freezer for a week. A freezer that gets below
minus 4F and stays there. I use one that stays at about -20F.

That too will kill the parasites. Then just cook the meat using any
recipe that's good for chicken. Like chicken, make sure the meat gets
to 180F before eating it. The taste is different, but those cooking
methods work well for the little guys.