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Re: It would certainly take a lot of love to cook squirrel for Christmas --
I know, strat! It certainly takes a woman's delicate touch! But now that you're married...
posted by
Nautikos
on December 27, 2007 at 6:35 AM
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Re: Mom used to bake a big fat hen for holiday dinners.
Pat, I love country cooking...
posted by
Nautikos
on December 27, 2007 at 6:33 AM
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Corbin
Thanks, and your'e welcome!
posted by
Nautikos
on December 27, 2007 at 6:31 AM
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HMMM
sounds tough
posted by
KaBooM62
on December 26, 2007 at 4:07 AM
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I love squirrel. I have yet to try any of the other varmints. Merry
Christmas, Naut...
posted by
saul_relative
on December 25, 2007 at 8:19 AM
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Eke!
I see a squirrel out my window right now running around in a leafless tree looking like he's having a ball. I would truly hate to think.....
posted by
b2008
on December 25, 2007 at 6:39 AM
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UGH! I'm glad I didn't have breakfast yet. LOL
posted by
shelly_b
on December 25, 2007 at 6:05 AM
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Happy Holidays Naut.
posted by
EX_TURPI
on December 24, 2007 at 7:48 AM
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Naut.....
Thanks for your e-card!!!
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on December 24, 2007 at 7:01 AM
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Naut
posted by
Troosha
on December 24, 2007 at 6:43 AM
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It would certainly take a lot of love to cook squirrel for Christmas --
they're so durn hard to skin and dress.
posted by
strat
on December 24, 2007 at 6:00 AM
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Mom used to bake a big fat hen for holiday dinners.
Of course she'd have to kill and clean it first. Nothing like the smell of baking chicken, although she baked bread. She was a wizard with bread, rolls and pastries. Her walnut dressing was delicious. Sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, green beans -- all kinds of things we'd canned during harvest season. Sometimes for a special extra treat she'd buy Spam, decorate it with cloves and a honey-mustard glaze. I didn't realize until years later this was anything unusual. As for squirrels, raccoons, etc... Thanks, but not this time.
posted by
Pat_B
on December 24, 2007 at 5:56 AM
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Good Morning, Offy hon
Good! Pass the biscuits, but also the bottle...
posted by
Nautikos
on December 24, 2007 at 5:34 AM
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Re: urp!
SilverMoon, nice to see you! And 'urp' and 'ick' would be some of the terms I'd apply to this feast as well, unless I lived in northern Sweden, or northern Canada, for that matter...
posted by
Nautikos
on December 24, 2007 at 5:32 AM
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Well yes, Sam, if they made some minor adjustment to that menu - they'd have to anyway, 'cause the passenger pigeon went the way of the Dodo...
posted by
Nautikos
on December 24, 2007 at 5:28 AM
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Yikes...I'll be happy to pass you the biscuits and pass on dinner...
posted by
Offy
on December 24, 2007 at 5:24 AM
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That's what I thought, afzal!
posted by
Nautikos
on December 24, 2007 at 5:24 AM
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Re: What a diet!
If you're desperate enough to live in northern Sweden, I'm sure you're desperate enough to eat anything...
posted by
Nautikos
on December 24, 2007 at 5:24 AM
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Re: Any one who has designs on my Sammy squirrel will get a visit from the
I know, Kabu! That's why I am trying to behave, difficult tough it may be at times...
posted by
Nautikos
on December 24, 2007 at 5:22 AM
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TAPS
No, I have none of the above in my area, and I also don't like to get up at about 0200 - 0300, although I have at times still been up, in which cases I would probably not be carrying a flashlight, but a glass; finally, bread I eat myself, and I hate marshmallows and won't allow them in the house...
Because of all those difficulties, I think I'll leave raccoon off my menu...
posted by
Nautikos
on December 24, 2007 at 5:20 AM
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urp!
ick. no wonder the feast beast was changed to turkey.
posted by
SilverMoon7
on December 23, 2007 at 11:13 PM
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It almost sounds inviting, but I think I will go with ham this year. sam
posted by
sam444
on December 23, 2007 at 5:52 PM
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posted by
afzal50
on December 23, 2007 at 5:28 PM
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What a diet!
The Sami people living in northern Sweden eat bear's paws, reindeer heart and moose liver for Christmas.
posted by
Ann_Onimous
on December 23, 2007 at 5:08 PM
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Any one who has designs on my Sammy squirrel will get a visit from the
Kabu riding broom! Not something to be looking forward to!
posted by
Kabu
on December 23, 2007 at 2:41 PM
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Nautikos
You have to go out at night, about 0200 - 0300, with a flashlight, to catch the raccoons. Shine the flashlight around any area that contains a trash can, a trash bag, a dumpster, a bowl of dog food or anything like that, and the glowing eyes will reflect the light. If you don't have any of the above in your area, lay out a few slices of bread or strew a bag of fluffy marshmallows.
posted by
TAPS.
on December 23, 2007 at 2:32 PM
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