Thread: Is my hare/rabbit okay to eat?

Hi, just shot a rabbit/hare with an air rifle on a friend's farm. Got back steaks and back legs. Just checking with you fine gentlemen if it is all good to eat or if I should watch out for anything etc?

well leviticus said nope...but JC said it was all ok......cube it up and crumb then quickfry and scoff off toothpicks.

Or, if you are more patient, turn it I to ragout and stick it in a pie!

Underground chicken yum.
You could wrap the backsteaks in streeky bacon and fry.

mmm bacon.

First if its white meat its a rabbit. Dark meat its a hare. Hare is very "gamey" and needs a bit more thought.

My mum cuts rabbit backsteaks into little schnitzels, egg dip & breadcrumb, into a hot oily frypan.

Very more-ish. Don't tell your friends its rabbit and they'll keep scoffing them.

uuuurrrrr wrong.... hare if treated the same will taste almost identical to venison...the very best of venison at that.

Rabbit or hare, its great eating. If its whitish, its rabbit, treat it like good chicken. If its reddish, treat it like the best venison you will get. Top eating, very underrated.

shot over 10k of them, tried cooking it all ways. cant stand it
i just shoot em and use it as pet food or give them away to people who like them

Originally Posted by kidmac42

Underground chicken yum.
You could wrap the backsteaks in streeky bacon and fry.

mmm bacon.

That’s the best way to get rid of it, takes the smell away as well

Hare backstraps aged, coated then cooked in lard, family have no idea what they're eating n wife don't like hare...

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Back straps on the BBQ are primo, I back leg hares and the straps but roast rabbit.

Originally Posted by cally woo

Hi, just shot a rabbit/hare with an air rifle on a friend's farm. Got back steaks and back legs. Just checking with you fine gentlemen if it is all good to eat or if I should watch out for anything etc?

Probably a bit late now, but did you have a reason for asking? Concerns about the animal or the way it was prepared? How was it?

Oh nah nothing in particular, just never done it before and didn't want to be an idiot and do anything dumb before asking. Boiled it for 1 hour in garlic and onion water, took out, egg then flour, then egg again then panko crumbs mixed with paprika, onion powder and a bit of cumin. deep pan, lots of olive oil. Pretty much Kentucky fried. Real good but dryer than expected

Dry because you boiled it first.over cooked it to buggery and back,quickly,means fry quickly,like a medium rare steak

Thanks good to know for next time