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wildfoodie

Joined: 05 Apr 2005
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Posted: Sat Sep 13, 08 8:08 am Post subject: bunnies with guts in...
I'm getting some bunnies on Tuesday which I won't be able to process until saturday... kept cold, at around 2C will they be ok unpaunched? I mean will they be hazardous to eat or taste rank? I'm expecting them to be a bit smelly. thanks

Tavascarow

Joined: 06 Aug 2006
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Location: South Cornwall

Posted: Sat Sep 13, 08 8:27 am Post subject:
How many rabbits are you getting that you can't paunch them immediately. It only takes 2 or 3 minutes per rabbit. Game gets hung for longer so I doubt they will kill you as long as they are well cooked.

Jonnyboy

Joined: 29 Oct 2004
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Location: under some rain.

Posted: Sat Sep 13, 08 9:42 am Post subject:
I'd quickly paunch them, but at the very least squeeze them to expel any urine. That said, I have no experience of tasting 'mature' rabbits, so they may taste lovely, but conventional wisdom says otherwise.

woodsprite

Joined: 20 Mar 2006
Posts: 2943
Location: North Herefordshire

Posted: Sat Sep 13, 08 9:42 am Post subject:
Are you sure that they will be unpaunched? I only ask because my son paunches in the field as son as he's killed the bunnies. Round these parts thats common practice, I assumed it was the same everywhere.

Brownbear

Joined: 28 May 2007
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Location: South West

Posted: Sat Sep 13, 08 4:29 pm Post subject:
Fine as long as you don't mind your dinner tasting and smelling of rotten grass puree and rabbit excrement.

wildfoodie

Joined: 05 Apr 2005
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Posted: Sat Sep 13, 08 5:39 pm Post subject:

I need them guts in for a class demo and practice ... but not if the end result is going to be unfit to eat, or taste bad!
woodsprite said

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Are you sure that they will be unpaunched?
I only ask because my son paunches in the field as son as he's killed the bunnies. Round these parts thats common practice, I assumed it was the same everywhere.

I've specifically asked for them to be unpaunched. I suppose I could process a couple for eating and keep the rest for the class, then if the rest prove too gamey we can keep the dog well fed at least...
One alternative is if any downsizers in the cambridge/wickham market areas can get me bunnies for later in the week...?

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Sat Sep 13, 08 6:09 pm Post subject:
Wouldn't paunching a 5 day dead bunny be slightly off putting for your students?

wildfoodie

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Posted: Sat Sep 13, 08 6:23 pm Post subject:

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Wouldn't paunching a 5 day dead bunny be slightly off putting for your students?

yep.... most likely
how about paunching them soon as, but leaving the skin on for students to peel off and then cook ( bunny not skin) ? then I can process a 5 day old one as a how to demo (I've done it before, a bit messy as bunny had been frozen and there was a lot of congealed blood to make it messy but the meat was ok as far as I recall)

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Sat Sep 13, 08 6:34 pm Post subject:
I've peeled 3-4 day dead bunnies with no problems in the past without any problem, and I'd not done it before.

wildfoodie

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Posted: Sat Sep 13, 08 6:36 pm Post subject:
you mean 3-4 day old bunnies that were paunched in the field?

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Sat Sep 13, 08 6:40 pm Post subject:
Yes, paunched after about 10 mins, left hanging in a cool place for a few days and then skinned when I got them home. I would have skinned and frozen sooner if I could but I didn't have any problem skinning them and I didn't notice any problems with the taste. I wouldn't fancy paunching after more than a day though.

wildfoodie

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Posted: Sat Sep 13, 08 6:42 pm Post subject:
I have done it before, no doubt that its messy and smelly but not impossible. It also makes you very careful with the initial opening cut....

sally_in_wales
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Posted: Sat Sep 13, 08 7:30 pm Post subject:

I have vivid memories of a re-enactment event years ago where several keen people asked to be shown how to paunch and skin a bunny, and the ones brought along for the lesson were a couple of days dead. To a novice nose, the smell was just too much and several large tough burly guys were seen chucking up behind a tent and looking rather delicate for some time after.

be kind to your novices, bunny innards smell bad after a short while, don't make them do it for their first go if they arent fresh or you may put them off forever

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