The Grist List, 16 May 2008

From Bushy to Beef 3

  1. Tail lickin' good

    Give squirrel a whirl: it's all natural, free-range, and as local as it gets. Apparently, "Southern fried squirrel is good. And tandoori style works. It is especially tasty fricasséed with Cornish cream and walnuts." Now that's just nuts.

  2. Where the sun don't shine

    Not 'til we met the solar-powered bra and the dress that wrinkles on bad-air days did we think of tie-dye and Birks as the good ol' days.

    Photo: Will Meeker

  3. Just for the helmet

    This Bike to Work Day, trade in your ass-bad bike shorts for a bad-ass bike.

  4. So young, and jaded already

    You know the movement's catching on when puppies go green!

  5. Here's a cow tip

    Enter a slogan, win a whole cow! But whatcha gonna do with all that rump, that rump, that lovely grass-fed rump roast?

Sarah K. Burkhalter is Grist’s assistant managing editor.

Sarah van Schagen is Grist’s Seattle editor.

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  1. jessimonster Posted 5:19 am
    16 May 2008

    Squirrel!I've had squirrel, on a camping trip.  Its okay.  It tasted like those turkey legs you get at festivals.  But it was kind of hard to eat because it was tiny.  Same reason I don't like hot wings.

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    PermieWriter Posted 7:40 am
    16 May 2008

    SquirrelyGray squirrel is certainly plentiful in my neighborhood (San Francisco East Bay). They rattle the trees, bury fruit and walnuts in the garden beds, cheek the cats and generally make a nuisance of themselves. Cute, though, at least when they're not stealing my strawberries. Nice to hear they're tasty, but the instructions in the article contradict what folks I know who've eaten them say, which is to hang them for at least a week.
    I also think it's important to make sure they don't have Valley Fever, but I'm paranoid that way. Probably because I grew up in the Southwest.

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  3. caniscandida Posted 1:14 pm
    16 May 2008

    Brits and squirrelsWhy in the world should squirrel meat be the "most ethical meal that you can put on your plate"?
    The fact is, some people in Britain seem to have it in for grey squirrels, as pushy invasives from America who are making things difficult for the native red squirrels:
    http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/07/magazine/07squirrels-t. ...

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