Hanging rabbit?

[thefox 5]

always gutted skinned soaked in salt water over night.only game i hang depending how cold its

[ginababys 0]

if you want the meat really tender:

 

hang it for 2 days, then let the meat soak in buttermilk sold in tesco for 3 days, it will look gross when you take it out, but wash it off and that nasty membrane that covers the meat will have turned into cotton wool and the meat will be very tender, the natural enzymes in the butter milk start to break down the meat, and tenderizing it!!!

 

i learned this is south Africa when i stayed with a PH or a long weekend, they soak all their tough game meat out there!

 

i tried a direct comparison of wildebeest, that had, and hadn't been soaked, the difference was amazing! so i came back to the uk and tried it on rabbit!

 

I'm gonna give that a try once the weather gets colder, i hate that chewy membrane. When i make a stew i try and make sure non gets in the pot but a little bit usually slys in and it puts me right off eeeeew!

 

Personally i've never gutted a rabbit i leave that to my other half, i watched him do one and i fainted (think it was the smell that got to me pmsl. So when you hang em do you leave the skin and head on and just remove the guts???

[Fleabitmut 0]

Hi folks, pretty new to all this.

 

Can anyone tell me if my bunnys are ok to eat please?

 

I wasn't sure how to go about preparing them: someone said hang them overnight to let fleas disperse, so I did but I didn't gut them first.

 

Then looking online I see most people saying to gut before hanging ?@>~#

 

So not gutted for 24 hours, all innards were intact and no urine or out got on the meat.

 

Smell wasn't that bad either

 

The meat looks so tasty and iI really want to munch em but I'm not sure they're safe.

 

Thanks

[ginababys 0]

Hi folks, pretty new to all this.

 

Can anyone tell me if my bunnys are ok to eat please?

 

I wasn't sure how to go about preparing them: someone said hang them overnight to let fleas disperse, so I did but I didn't gut them first.

 

Then looking online I see most people saying to gut before hanging ?@>~#

 

So not gutted for 24 hours, all innards were intact and no urine or out got on the meat.

 

Smell wasn't that bad either

 

The meat looks so tasty and iI really want to munch em but I'm not sure they're safe.

 

Thanks

 

I wouldn't if u left the guts in :sick: When u dispatch the bunny in the field you should rub your hand down its belly and all the urine will come out. The purpose of hanging is to tenderise the meat not to let the fleas disperse lol, my other half guts and skins the bunnys then soaks them in salty water then bangs them straight in the freezer or even the pot. The weathers a bit on the warm side for hanging aswell its best done once the temperatures below 5 degrees celsius, like being in the fridge!

[Fleabitmut 0]

Hi ginababys, thanks very much for your reply.

 

I think you're right unfortunately, to these two i'm affraid though i'm pretty sure the dog will happily scoff them so they won't go to waste.

 

Just had a look and a sniff there and they def seem a bit whiffy (although they still look and now feel real tasty)

 

Plenty more bunnies in the field eh, and now i've had practice in gutting them. Which, strangely I found most relaxing and enjoyable. You can take the animal out of the wild, but..........

 

thanks again

 

Flib

[bucky 11]

kill it, cook it, eat it

[waidmann 105]

i bring back the rabbit gutted and leave them in the cooler overnight( untill i get home from work) to allow rigamortise to end. then skin and freeze them.unless i cook them first( curry,stew,roasted)

hanging allows the ph level in the meat to neutralise and this takes around 24 hrs( stiffness starts to weaken as with viagra so i'm told )

 

the personal preferance will prevail. one man says its hung well the other says its rotten!!

 

ps. if the rabbit smells after a short time( as in other posts) are you removing the scent glands at the base of the tail/arse hind legs?

or is this due to hanging ungutted?

 

tasty wee things arn't they,love em.

[langouroux 14]

if you want the meat really tender:

 

hang it for 2 days, then let the meat soak in buttermilk sold in tesco for 3 days, it will look gross when you take it out, but wash it off and that nasty membrane that covers the meat will have turned into cotton wool and the meat will be very tender, the natural enzymes in the butter milk start to break down the meat, and tenderizing it!!!

 

i learned this is south Africa when i stayed with a PH or a long weekend, they soak all their tough game meat out there!

 

i tried a direct comparison of wildebeest, that had, and hadn't been soaked, the difference was amazing! so i came back to the uk and tried it on rabbit!

 

I'm gonna give that a try once the weather gets colder, i hate that chewy membrane. When i make a stew i try and make sure non gets in the pot but a little bit usually slys in and it puts me right off eeeeew!

 

Personally i've never gutted a rabbit i leave that to my other half, i watched him do one and i fainted (think it was the smell that got to me pmsl. So when you hang em do you leave the skin and head on and just remove the guts???

 

 

im sure other people have already covered this, always remove the guts before hanging, never ever eat rabbit if they guts have been left in. its just not worth it so here is the process i use:

 

1: shoot it

2: extract urine immediatly

3: leave to hang by its feet to "cool" for 15-20 mins if a cool day, less if its a hot day

3: gut it

4: hang in chiller for two days or so at 2 degrees(i got a old fridge freezer for £20 out the loal paper, that i have in the garage)

5: skin it

6: joint it / fillet it

7: soak in butter milk

8: curry it, serve with lots of pappdoms and cold cobra beer!

 

et voila !