Tame Rabbits

[Ozark Tracker]

I got me a dozen tame dressed rabbits for the freezer,  I know frying with gravy is good, but I was wondering if any body ever put em on a rotisseree and how long would it take for a 4-5 pound rabbit,  would it be about like a chicken time wise.

[Mogorilla]

all rabbit drys out too quickly in my opinion.  We raised rabbits for years and tried numerous ways to grill them, rotiserize them, etc.  none left you with a moist meat.   We always returned to hasenpheffer

Hasenpfeffer

5-6  lbs rabbits, cut up
1 1/2  cups diced onions 
1  cup white mushrooms, quartered or mushrooms 
4  slices bacon, cut up 
3  tablespoons butter 
2  teaspoons salt 
1/2  cup flour 
1/2  cup sour cream   
1  cup celery-chopped
1 cup carrots-chopped
Salt and Pepper to taste

 marinade 
3 cups strong chicken stock
1/2  cup white vinegar 
 4  cloves garlic -crushed
1/2  teaspoon thyme 
1/2  teaspoon rosemary 
1/2  teaspoon marjoram leaves 

Marinate the cut up rabbit in the marinade for 24 hours.   
In large dutch oven, brown chopped bacon.  While Bacon is browning, remove rabbit from marinade and pat dry.  Flour the rabbit.   Remove crispy bacon, brown the floured rabbit in the bacon drippings, adding more oil if necessary.   Do the browning of rabbit in batches.   Once completed, add butter to pan and sauté onions.  When nearly completed, add celery and carrots.   Saute for a few more minutes.   Return rabbit to pan and pour in marinade.   Simmer for 1.5 hours, until rabbit is tender.   Add the crispy bacon to the pot and stir in the sour cream.    Salt and pepper to taste.  Serve over Spätzle.   

Spätzle Recipe

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
3/4 cup milk

Stir together the flour and salt. Combine eggs and milk; stir into the flour mixture. Pour the batter into a potato ricer "Rice the dough into boiling, salted water.  Take care to let the Spätzle fall into the slightly bubbling water and let them cook for approximately 2-3 minutes. Generally, Spätzle swimming on the surface are sufficiently cooked and may be gathered with a large slotted spoon,

[blue drifter]

ozark
  I like them made just like chicken cacciatore. then you have it on rice, or whatever you want.
at least it's not dry and it's very tender lol

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[Six Mile]

I have put them on the BBQ pit and cooked them like you would a chicken.  I have also used a spray bottle mixed with half Woershire (sp?) sause and half water to spray on it to keep it moist during cooking.

I love the wabbits.

[River City John]

all rabbit drys out too quickly in my opinion.  We raised rabbits for years and tried numerous ways to grill them, rotiserize them, etc.  none left you with a moist meat.   

Brings up a question I've always been curious about. Rabbits are notoriously lean. The way it sounds is that a raised rabbit doesn't develop any more fat than a free range rabbit.

[Delmonico]

Nope, they don't but I can cook them in my dutch oven so tender they will melt in yer mouth.

[River City John]

Del, considering that you cook moldy salt horse that will melt in the mouth, I'm not surprised.

[Delmonico]

I learned from Grandma, she used her deep skillet with the lid and the wood stove oven.  There wen't no mold on the salt horse.

[Free Hand]

How do you catch a unique rabbit?                                  Unique up on it.
How do you catch a tame Rabit?                                      Tame way!

I have, for years, regretted the fact that rabbits aren't more readily available, My Dad raised them when I was a kid, but it's immpossible here in town. 

[River City John]

You can drive down my block anytime of the day or night and every yard has two, three or more rabbits. They sure seem to be readily available. . . .

[Ozark Tracker]

We fried up 2 of them tame rabbits last time we had company,  rabbits, biscuts, gravy ,  good thing I alread ate tonight.

[Delmonico]

Is Rabbit Tamer as dangerous a job as Lion Tamer.

[Ozark Tracker]

I bet Rabbit Tamer is dangerouser,  them rabbits can sneak up on ya.

[Dr. Bob]

John,

Are you advocating eating your neighbors??   Couldn't resist, but not really sorry 'bout it

[River City John]

We had a local news story a while back about a man skinning and preparing rabbits outdoors in his back yard and the neighbors complained and turned him in for animal cruelty. Too gruesome for their children, it seems. I don't remember the exact particulars, but I think he was trapping them within his yard(?).
Now, if he were cleaning fish I doubt if it would have raised an eyebrow.
The critter population used to be controlled somewhat before leash laws. At least they weren't so brazen as to camp out on the front lawn in multiples.

   

[Steel Horse Bailey]

Howdy, y'all!


You know of course, that rabbits are great mathematicians, don't ya?

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They LOVE to multiply!