Johnson Smith Catalog Item #20
I would think that a call to drive squirrels away from your bird feeder would sell a lot better today, now that squirrel meat is not on the dinner menu for most people.
From the 1950 catalog.
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Since I love pizza and posts about squirrels here is the top ten pizza eating squirrel pictures:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-top-10-pictures-of-squirrels-eating-pizza-of-a
There was another on Fark a couple days ago that made me search.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-top-10-pictures-of-squirrels-eating-pizza-of-a
There was another on Fark a couple days ago that made me search.
Posted by BrokeDad on 02/19/12 at 12:59 PM
Excellent mashup, BrokeDad!
Posted by Paul on 02/19/12 at 01:11 PM
Back in the 1990s, East Coast reporters somehow got in their heads that squirrel brains was a dietary staple in Kentucky. Living in Cincinnati and having made Kentucky jokes for decades, even I had never heard that.
Apparently someone in Kentucky at some point ate a squirrel brain (maybe that's what created that blue gene a few posts back). Maybe they were the focus group for this product.
I've heard of people who hunt squirrels (I'd bet you'd get enough meat to make half a White Castle slider), but it's usually more for target practice than anything else. Using a call would make it even more one-sided than it already is (a 200-pound mammal with a rifle vs. a five-pound mammal with buck teeth).
Apparently someone in Kentucky at some point ate a squirrel brain (maybe that's what created that blue gene a few posts back). Maybe they were the focus group for this product.
I've heard of people who hunt squirrels (I'd bet you'd get enough meat to make half a White Castle slider), but it's usually more for target practice than anything else. Using a call would make it even more one-sided than it already is (a 200-pound mammal with a rifle vs. a five-pound mammal with buck teeth).
Posted by Mark on 02/19/12 at 01:43 PM
Hey, I grew up in Kentucky and we NEVER ate squirrel brains. Or squirrel livers. But we did eat squirrels. When you're hungry and not too well off and you live in the country, you eat what dad brings home and you like it. It's actually quite tasty, fricasseed.
Posted by Parity Animal on 02/19/12 at 02:13 PM
I invented a bird-proof squirrel feeder, but couldn't get any sales (or investors), so I gave up. Maybe I'll try "Shark Tank".
Posted by Josh Levin on 02/19/12 at 02:24 PM
Squirrel is YUMMEY!! A few years back while visiting my cousins family she was making pizza for dinner. Her husband and two of her sons returned from an afternoon of hunting with squirrels. I suggested putting one on a pizza as a topping, splayed out with a cherry tomato in it's mouth. She said NO! so I don't have a picture to contrast with BD's comment. That would have been cool "squirrels eating pizza/eating squirrel pizza" :lol:
Posted by Tyrusguy on 02/19/12 at 03:22 PM
Just remembered a joke my Dad used to tell,
Q: How do you catch a squirrel?
A: Hide behind a tree and make a noise like a nut! :lol:
Q: How do you catch a squirrel?
A: Hide behind a tree and make a noise like a nut! :lol:
Posted by Tyrusguy on 02/19/12 at 03:28 PM
I used to work with a guy (a software engineer, no less!) who said his Mom's squirrel and dumplings was the best food he'd ever eaten.
Posted by TheCannyScot in Atlanta, GA on 02/19/12 at 06:55 PM
I couldn't do it, could not eat squirrel. Very cool pics BD!
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 02/19/12 at 08:27 PM
Those little gray squirrels down south darn near ain't worth the power and shot to bag them but the big red squirrels throughout the mid-west will make a tasty meal in a hurry.
Of course, you want to bark them so you're not picking lead out of the meat every other bite but I've heard of some city boys killing squirrel, limb and tree all in one shot!
Of course, you want to bark them so you're not picking lead out of the meat every other bite but I've heard of some city boys killing squirrel, limb and tree all in one shot!
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 02/20/12 at 08:39 AM
Click here to see a Modern Day Squirrel Call
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 02/20/12 at 08:43 AM
Patty,
As per parity animal's comment, although I have been fortunate all my lifeto not have to, I think that if any of us are hungry enough (let that read destitute enough to not be able to go to the grocery store for anything we want) I think that squirrel would not be all that bad.
As an example, several years ago, I was working in South America and I saw a man with a small fire at the edge of the road cooking up some road kill for his meal. At that point, I think freshly shot squirrel would have been welcome.
As per parity animal's comment, although I have been fortunate all my lifeto not have to, I think that if any of us are hungry enough (let that read destitute enough to not be able to go to the grocery store for anything we want) I think that squirrel would not be all that bad.
As an example, several years ago, I was working in South America and I saw a man with a small fire at the edge of the road cooking up some road kill for his meal. At that point, I think freshly shot squirrel would have been welcome.
Posted by Terry on 02/21/12 at 04:53 PM
Yes, and in special forces they are taught to eat grubs and other bugs in a pinch but baring a dire situation or training I doubt they choose it.
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 02/21/12 at 08:20 PM
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