Sexy Friday – 20240607

TGIF! Can’t the NBA and NHL just get along and alternate days of playing their finals? Having nothing today is just brutal, although I have enough freezer vodka to comfort me.

Survival – Personal Edition

Let’s talk about squirrels. Specifically, how to clean and cook one. Wait, hear me out! Or not, whatever. Anyway, here’s how to eat a squirrel.

• I think this is obvious, but you need a dead squirrel. Freshly dead, too. And still in one piece, although the head and feet are optional to this process. Also, you’ll need a nice sharp knife.
• Lay that dead squirrel on the ground with its back down and belly up. Grab the tail by the end and tilt it up towards you.
• Use that sharp knife to cut through the base of the tail. Do not cut all the way through: you want to cut through the skin and tail but leave the skin and fur on the squirrel’s back intact.
• Make an incision on one hind leg through the hide on the inside down to the cut on the tail. Repeat on the other side so there is a single continuous cut through the hide from the end of one hind leg to the other.
• Time to remove the hide. Place your foot on the tail and grab the the two hind legs. Now pull up on those legs and towards the head. This will remove the hide and skin from the body of the squirrel. Their skin is tough so this will take a bit of time, but keep at it.
• Now chop off the head and feet. Unlike chicken, now of these bits are any good.
• Field dress the squirrel by cutting the abdomen from tail to head. Remove the innards and discard as there’s no such thing as squirrel foie gras. Also, use clean water to rinse the squirrel carcass afterwards unless you like eating squirrel blood.
• Now the squirrel can be cooked. Younger squirrel can be roasted, but if it’s older you’ll be better off stewing it to break down the tougher meat. If roasting, it’s done when there’s a little pink left in the thickest part of the thigh. If stewing, it’s done when the meat falls off the bone easily. When done, debone and season to taste.

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Survival – Species Edition

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