Rabbits, those cuddly creature loved by kiddies and hated by farmers, go back a long way. Excavators at Boxgrove in West Sussex found evidence of then dating back to half a million years BC. The Ice Age soon chased them away and the Phoenicians recorded them in Spain 2000 years BC. Some claim the Romans brought them to Britannia but that is not yet proved. Certainly the Romans farmed them, except when the beasts dug deep and escaped, and somehow or other farmers can prove they exist in Britannia now. The Romans ate them as a useful food source but the Old Testament classed them as 'unclean' foodstuffs as they like pigs, camels and other banned creatures scavenge and live off anything around and are therefore unhealthy. You would not eat pigeons today for the same reason, whether wild rabbits are healthy only farmers can say as I believe many still eat those they shoot.
Six thirty in the morning is a good time for breakfast. Fattening food from chip shops or takeaways do not bother some people however. If it's free go for it is the attitude even if it is raining hard.
Not sure I would eat him either mind.
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I wouldn't eat either I am afraid. Anything in the wild is likely to have parasites as a bonus that I don't want in my body. Mind, the same probably exists in farmed meat .. Maybe I will become vegetarian.
Aside, I was just reading Ted's blog on brewing, thinking it was your adventure .. Until I realised it wasn't your blog, nor your adventure. Drats, he said.
And the Brits brought rabbits here...but no squirrels...
I've only seen tame rabbits here...but we certainly have squirrels in abundance...blasted things had all the mangos from the tree near the house. Mango fed squirrel pie, anyone?
I'm rather partial to my bunny on a plate.
Carol, Ted's adventures usually occur near food I notice. He would not have much of an adventure in here!
Lee, Rabbits, criminals and Irishmen, what more do you need?
Fly, No rabbits, how unusual. Nice of you to feed the squirrels...
Mo, You mean 'Hare of the dog...?'
I don't think wild animals are reared in the most hygienic conditions, and if they eat other peoples old chips I am not sure it would do much for the quality of the meat....
Jenny, I agree, yet farmers still eat them, and know the pesticides used on the crops!
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