Cooked Rabbit Meat Colour

[chris87 297]

Cooked some rabbit earlier in a cassarole and the meat was a ham colour not white as usual. Is this because i didnt soak it as long as uaual?

[Gaz6br 193]

I take it you sealed the meat first in a hot pan

 

I had rabbit stew for dinner and that was white and bloody good

 

Gaz

[chris87 297]

No didnt seal it in pan but the cassarole dish is cast iron and piping hot , could sealing it cause this ? Mine was lovely to but couldnt eat much because i was unsure about the meat

[pie-eater 377]

I never seal the meat I just chuck it in. It is usualy white but I have had rabbit that is a bit pinky, I wondered if it was something the rabbits had been eating? these rabbits came out of an orchard so I wonder if its got something to do with tree bark from the apple trees or less likely the apples themselves.

 

I recently found out that when rabbits eat tree bark it can make their piss bright red so I suppose the bark could make the flesh pink.

Edited January 27, 2015 by pie-eater