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graham[_4_]

On 25/08/2014 12:56 PM, wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Aug 2014 08:57:01 -0600, Janet Bostwick
> > wrote:
>
> When we were in Spain my kids loved to go to the farm across the road
> and look at all the rabbits in cages. The farmer asked them which
> were their favourites and they pointed them out. An hour later he
> turned up at the door with the three rabbits, skinned and ready to
> cook, in a bucket. I can't describe the howling that commenced, poor
> man couldn't understand what was missed in translation
>
> The rabbit there was more pricey per pound than the chicken and twice
> the flavor. I used to oven bake the legs like chicken with egg and
> panko-type crumbs. None of my kids, now in their 50s, will eat rabbit
> and although my son hunts, the rabbits are safe near him
>
Harvest time, when I was a child, was when we had most rabbit to eat. My
parents would always reserve the rabbit kidneys for me - I thought them
a great treat.
Graham