Westy76 546 Posted January 1, 2012 Report Share Posted January 1, 2012 thanks for all the replies. tegater, you would gut them then hang them over your shoulders? (or from a belt i assume would be ok?) i have cooked rabbit from a butcher that i think wasnt gutted soon enough, the smell was disgusting, but i want to eat stuff i have hunted without the fear of being that bad. Watch when you cook em if you leave the meat on the bone that can taint them. I always par the meat off them now, If I do that the kids love it, try a curry just replace the chicken with rabbit, beautiful,really is Sorry mate utter rubbish nothing wrong with cooking on the bone at all,it's all in the prep I always soak rabbit over night in lightly salted water but you must remove the thin membrane that covers the skin. Also have cooked direct from field no worries but I prefer to soak them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
seany 54 Posted January 1, 2012 Report Share Posted January 1, 2012 Also carefully removing the sent gland's from either side of the bum can take away the ''stongness'' atb Seany 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
masmiffy 82 Posted January 1, 2012 Report Share Posted January 1, 2012 Seems we all have different ideas along the same lines. Personally if ferreting I would 'thumb' them straight away leg em and hang in a bush til the end of the day. For a start you dont get the smell of blood on ya hands and then a likely nip of the stinkers and I dont like to do hot rabbits cos the blood hasnt 'set' If shooting for the pot similar procedure except I wouldnt leg em unless it got busy! I also always soak rabbit in salt water it does help remove uric acid etc. As for removing from the bone what a load of shite!! If out lamping at night for numbers then its into a purpose made wire tray on the back of the truck, no time to thumb and no need to leg em cos they go straight in the freezer in the morning after they have 'cooled off' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ideation 8,216 Posted January 1, 2012 Report Share Posted January 1, 2012 Aye, soak over night in water with salt dissolved in it, draws the blood and so the urea out of the meat. Stops it tasting wank. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Westy76 546 Posted January 1, 2012 Report Share Posted January 1, 2012 (edited) thanks for all the replies. tegater, you would gut them then hang them over your shoulders? (or from a belt i assume would be ok?) i have cooked rabbit from a butcher that i think wasnt gutted soon enough, the smell was disgusting, but i want to eat stuff i have hunted without the fear of being that bad. Watch when you cook em if you leave the meat on the bone that can taint them. I always par the meat off them now, If I do that the kids love it, try a curry just replace the chicken with rabbit, beautiful,really is Sorry mate utter rubbish nothing wrong with cooking on the bone at all,it's all in the prep I always soak rabbit over night in lightly salted water but you must remove the thin membrane that covers the skin. Also have cooked direct from field no worries but I prefer to soak them. Phones having a wobbly keeps posting this??? Wtf lol Edited January 1, 2012 by Westy76 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ryhope toma 42 Posted January 1, 2012 Report Share Posted January 1, 2012 Kill it piss it gut it bag it get home skin it clean it cook it atb ryhope toma Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Westy76 546 Posted January 1, 2012 Report Share Posted January 1, 2012 (edited) Double post Edited January 1, 2012 by Westy76 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
niall_b73 41 Posted January 1, 2012 Report Share Posted January 1, 2012 With reguards to the thin membrain, take it off before or after soaking in the salty water also what is the best method to remove it ?? Niall_b73 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted January 1, 2012 Report Share Posted January 1, 2012 With reguards to the thin membrain, take it off before or after soaking in the salty water also what is the best method to remove it ?? Niall_b73 your fingers before for me but dont see it matters as long as its off before cooking Quote Link to post Share on other sites
niall_b73 41 Posted January 1, 2012 Report Share Posted January 1, 2012 With reguards to the thin membrain, take it off before or after soaking in the salty water also what is the best method to remove it ?? Niall_b73 your fingers before for me but dont see it matters as long as its off before cooking reason i ask is i was given a rabbit a few years back and soaked it in salt water when i took it out it was covered in slime like snot.Kinda put me off it and the ferrets ended up with it. niall_b73 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted January 1, 2012 Report Share Posted January 1, 2012 With reguards to the thin membrain, take it off before or after soaking in the salty water also what is the best method to remove it ?? Niall_b73 your fingers before for me but dont see it matters as long as its off before cooking reason i ask is i was given a rabbit a few years back and soaked it in salt water when i took it out it was covered in slime like snot.Kinda put me off it and the ferrets ended up with it. niall_b73 thats why you take it off Quote Link to post Share on other sites
3175darren 1,102 Posted January 1, 2012 Report Share Posted January 1, 2012 Dont worry about the cooking,each to his own,get em pissed and gutted quickly especially in hot weather, and there's plenty of good rabbiters out your neck of the woods to show you the ropes, find the local game keeper he may help if you ask,I will go now before I talk shite again, atb darren Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Canadian Black Bears 23 Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 thanks for all the replies. tegater, you would gut them then hang them over your shoulders? (or from a belt i assume would be ok?) i have cooked rabbit from a butcher that i think wasnt gutted soon enough, the smell was disgusting, but i want to eat stuff i have hunted without the fear of being that bad. There are some great suggestions on what to do with rabbits when you are in the field. Personally, they have to be the worst smelling animal to gut that I have ever shot or snared. I have never eaten a rabbit that I liked as I just didn't know how to cook them or prepare them after I shot/snared one. I started a thread for recipes and found some great suggestions I am definitely going to try. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
3175darren 1,102 Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 Over here I think the smelliest thing to gut is. The brown hare which stink but are good eating Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 Over here I think the smelliest thing to gut is. The brown hare which stink but are good eating i`ll second that they bleed like a b#tard aswell Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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