Badger sandwiches

[Goodsoulette]

not sure whether I should be posting this on myths and legends or whatever its called but....

My stepdad is a farmer and when he was a lot younger he used to go on organised hunts. He swears to me that it is true that for the snacks at these meetings they used to eat badger sandwiches and they tasted a lot like pork.

Anyone else ever heard of this? I asked him again about ti recently cause SOMEONE doesn't believe me and says he wont believe anyone from Somerset. His story sounds so believable.

Also this was obviouslt a long time ago before they were all full of TB and badgers werent protected then.

[B00]

Can't hel with your question goodsy, but I found this......complete with a tasty (!) recipe at end.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/food/Story/0,,169863 2,00.html

[Goodsoulette]

haha...favourite snack badger sandwich, I shall be pointing the link out to the non-believer.

Now off to find a hedgehog for my carbonara WTF??? How much meat is there on a hedgehog.

[BBWCHATT]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badger

http://www.thegestalt.org/london.food/archives /2006/02/01/2997635f.html


http://www.clarkeology.com/cgi-bin/board.cgi/s quirrels

[gina32]

there was a chef on this morning the other day , cant think what they called him but he eats animals that he has found dead by the roadside, he made a meal from a squirrel and phil ate it and said it was lovely, so your grandfather was probably telling the truth

[IggyB]

one mad old boy picking up road kill doesn't mean that everyone was doing it back in the day... not convinced as all these answers seem to just be referring to him, can't find much else... anyone here had a badger sandwich? met anyone who has? exactly

[Clanad]

Other than offending one's sensibilities, there's no real reason a badger wouldn't be safely edible. The Chinese eat them regularly. They are omnivores and the survivalist rule of thumb is that one can eat any animal that eats other animals. The badger's diet (at least here in the U.S.) consists primarily of worms and insect larvae. I haven't eaten badger, since they are fairly rare, however growing up with my grandfather in rural southern U.S., we ate quite a lot of Wood Chucks or more commonly, in the South at least, called Ground Hogs. They were quite tasty, although a little greasy. My grandfather and I would either trap or shoot one in a large wood pile on the back of the farm. After skinning and cleaning, he would soak it overnight in cold salt water. He then baked it with vegetables. It probably weighed at least 5 pounds and provided meals for three or four days.
In other cultures they are also known as Marmots

[Goodsoulette]

me, me, me, me... I have met more than one person claiming to have eaten badger sandwiches. Do I count for nothing? *sob sob sob*

[IggyB]

goods my friend you are as reliable as a chocolate teapot ...







hill sheep?

[Goodsoulette]

they do exist too, dagnammit.

choccie cake, pah... I am making you a badger sandwich (it might resemble ham but I swear it ill bw that mashed potato eating badger from 90s kids tv).

[IggyB]

i hated that badger and would be happy to see him and his moronic bottom touching puppeteer cut up and served in crustless sandwiches to the WI

[Goodsoulette]

so you are mostly spending ur afternoons down the WI, had wondered how you pass the time. Must be where you get the useful tips for making rat hammocks.