Re: Eating Rabbits was Is Sleepy?

[Guest guest]

Deanna-

> I ask, because a local farm is offering

> " pastured rabbit " and I am curious if it is safe to eat them these days.

I've certainly never heard of any such thing, so I'd say go ahead, eat the

rabbit, but who knows.

-

[Guest guest]

Suddenly he appears, through the swirling smoke on the stage at the

front of the crowded concert hall, red hunting cap jammed firmly down

on his head, Stratocaster in hand... it's him: Ozzie Fudd, The Rabbit

Slayer!

The backbeat begins, his arm whirls through the air, blasting the

chords from his guitar as he begins to sing:

" I'm a Wabbit Swayuh, a guitah pwayuh,

Wif a nasty habit -- kill the wabbit!

Kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit...

I'm a mean mistweatuh, a wabbit feastuh,

And I pwedict a bwoody Eastuh!

Kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit... "

The crowd goes wild.

;-)

Sorry, folks, something about this subject line provoked memories of

one of 98 Rock's old " twisted tunes, " from my mis-spent youth. :-)

Now back to your regularly-scheduled subject line!

B-)

Tom

P.S. On a more serious note, I do know that you should never eat

*only* rabbit, if you can possibly help it. There are stories

abounding in the North Country about people dying of " rabbit

starvation. " Apparently they are *so* lean that you can literally die

if that's all you have available to eat, even eating so many of 'em

that your stomach is bloated... charming picture, eh? ;-)

At 10:48 AM -0600 2/7/05, Deanna wrote:

> >Which fortunately is mostly

>>screened by a bramble patch populated by various small bird colonies and a

>>rabbit, which is why Da Boy is sharing that prime hunting ground with some

>>sort of smallish hawk.

>>

>>

>>

>>MFJ

>>

>Hey, I am glad you are well. Thanks for mentioning rabbits. I have a

>question about eating them, especially from Texas. My local fish monger

>was telling me that consuming rabbits was dangerous because of some

>disease that you could catch, even after cooking the meat. This

>surprised me because rabbit is a long-time Southern food. Does anyone

>know the veracity of this idea? I ask, because a local farm is offering

> " pastured rabbit " and I am curious if it is safe to eat them these days.

>

>Deanna

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[Guest guest]

>Suddenly he appears, through the swirling smoke on the stage at the

>front of the crowded concert hall, red hunting cap jammed firmly down

>on his head, Stratocaster in hand... it's him: Ozzie Fudd, The Rabbit

>Slayer!

>

>The backbeat begins, his arm whirls through the air, blasting the

>chords from his guitar as he begins to sing:

>

> " I'm a Wabbit Swayuh, a guitah pwayuh,

> Wif a nasty habit -- kill the wabbit!

> Kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit...

>

> I'm a mean mistweatuh, a wabbit feastuh,

> And I pwedict a bwoody Eastuh!

> Kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit... "

>

>The crowd goes wild.

>

>;-)

>

>

Tom,

ROFL, that was great! Thanks for the Monday humor.

Deanna

[Guest guest]

At 12:07 PM 2/7/05 -0500, you wrote:

>

>Deanna-

>

>> I ask, because a local farm is offering

>> " pastured rabbit " and I am curious if it is safe to eat them these days.

>

>I've certainly never heard of any such thing, so I'd say go ahead, eat the

>rabbit, but who knows.

>

>-

I've never heard of any such thing either. Eat the rabbit.

Although I have to say that Da Boy doesn't particularly like rabbit meat.

Which is why *that* one is still alive.

MFJ

Once, poets were magicians. Poets were strong, stronger than warriors or

kings - stronger than old hapless gods. And they will be strong once

again. ~Greg Bear

[Guest guest]

At 12:22 PM 2/7/05 -0500, you wrote:

>

>Suddenly he appears, through the swirling smoke on the stage at the

>front of the crowded concert hall, red hunting cap jammed firmly down

>on his head, Stratocaster in hand... it's him: Ozzie Fudd, The Rabbit

>Slayer!

>

>The backbeat begins, his arm whirls through the air, blasting the

>chords from his guitar as he begins to sing:

>

> " I'm a Wabbit Swayuh, a guitah pwayuh,

> Wif a nasty habit -- kill the wabbit!

> Kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit...

>

> I'm a mean mistweatuh, a wabbit feastuh,

> And I pwedict a bwoody Eastuh!

> Kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit... "

>

>The crowd goes wild.

>

>;-)

>

>Sorry, folks, something about this subject line provoked memories of

>one of 98 Rock's old " twisted tunes, " from my mis-spent youth. :-)

>

>Now back to your regularly-scheduled subject line!

>

>B-)

>

>Tom

Well ....

THAT woke me up.

MFJ

Once, poets were magicians. Poets were strong, stronger than warriors or

kings - stronger than old hapless gods. And they will be strong once

again. ~Greg Bear

[Guest guest]

---- Idol <Idol@...> wrote:

I've certainly never heard of any such thing, so I'd say go ahead, eat the <BR>

>

rabbit, but who knows.

In my vet's office, I was reading that pet rabbits should be vaccinated for the

calicivirus because they can contract it from eating the grass that other

infected rabbits have been on. Is calicivirus a problem for humans consuming the

rabbit meat?

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Cheers,

Tas'.

" Give it to us raw and wrrrrrrrrriggling " - Smeagol, LOTR.