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Originally Posted by ganderblaster
Watching meat eater and the obsession the fellows in the states have with squirrels do you think they would be making stews out of gophers (Richardson Ground Squirrel) if they had them there.
Has anyone ate these things? Is there any history about the early pioneers to the prairies eating gophers?
I got no plans to eat either a squirrel or gopher anytime soon but I was wondering if at some point gophers were a food source or if some people eat them?
Hopefully Twisted Canuck won’t tell me to go read peace and order to a tree for bringing this up I know it’s a bit of an off the wall topic. However I am interested in the cultural differences and history. Also if things hit the fan would gophers be a survival food source?
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I've eaten red squirrel a couple times and its not bad, I'd imagine gopher should be at least as good or better. If you look up
squirrel gravy it should point you in the right direction.
Start by frying up some diced onions, then remove them from the frying pan and brown the quarters. Add water, soup stock, flour, and whatever seasoning you want to make a gravy. Cover and let the squirrel quarters simmer in the gravy for about a half hour, when its done add the onion. Eat the squirrel like chicken wings, put the gravy on bannock or rice.
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