Picking your doctor brain for a moment- since you mention that squirrel is "dark meat" is it high in fat or cholesterol? (I realize that in survival situations that questions goes right out the window.) I guess they wouldn't be high in fat. It's not like they sit around watching TV all day. I'm just curious about the nutrition aspect of squirrel.
Squirrel is generally pretty lean. It is high in omega-3 fatty acids due to their diet (eat deez nuts). It is “high” in cholesterol, but omega-3 content likely offsets that. It’s probably one of the best meat choices out there, IMO.
You can probably find something on Youtube. Anatomically, there are lines between muscles. Some cuts are one muscle, some cuts are groups of muscle. Learning to see and follow the lines is relatively easy. You just need someone to show you a couple of times and you'll do fine. I actually enjoy disassembling animals.
What, no crude oil-soaked ducklings to clean?
Fox squirrels are the tastiest.
I have no idea what “spatchcocked” is, but it sounds like a health code violation.
That looks delicious. I'm off this week and this post may have doomed some squirrels tomorrow once the rains stops. I've been out for them exactly one day in the last two years (on a bad day for anything moving in the forest). I grill them the same way.
Those are some ridiculously malnourished squirrels in you neck of the woods if it's 23 per day to feed one person.
Those are the hind quarters and lower back (= ~4 chicken wings). General rule of thumb is that one squirrel is one meal for one person. I've found that to be true in my hunting of them. Granted it's not a "1000 lb sisters" definition of a meal.What is that, about like a chicken wing? Considering 2000 cal. a day.
Scout is right. Maybe Kag is thinking of mice.
...or chipmunks.
spatchcock is where you spread the animal out flat while still in one piece after removing it's hide and entrails.
