I went to a local French patisserie (sp?) to get my rich sister and her husband some gifts. One of the things they had there was a pate made from rabbit. Here it is
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GmSqIp7akAA0ckA?format=png&name=small)
It has other stuff in it too apparently
QuoteINGREDIENTS: Rabbit, pork shoulder, pork fat, pancetta, rabbit liver, pork liver, salt, pepper, curing salt, cream, eggs, white wine, rum, Madeira, sherry, pâté spice, garlic, shallot, tarragon, parsley, thyme, pistachios, lemon zest, fennel seed, chili flake, wrapped in speck.
What do you think? Would you want some for dinner?
Quote from: lester1/2jr on March 17, 2025, 10:16:49 PMI went to a local French patisserie (sp?) to get my rich sister and her husband some gifts. One of the things they had there was a pate made from rabbit. Here it is
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GmSqIp7akAA0ckA?format=png&name=small)
It has other stuff in it too apparently
QuoteINGREDIENTS: Rabbit, pork shoulder, pork fat, pancetta, rabbit liver, pork liver, salt, pepper, curing salt, cream, eggs, white wine, rum, Madeira, sherry, pâté spice, garlic, shallot, tarragon, parsley, thyme, pistachios, lemon zest, fennel seed, chili flake, wrapped in speck.
What do you think? Would you want some for dinner?
🐰🐰Umm, no thanks. 😳😳
Chupacabra Pâté
They sell ready-to-cook rabbit at supermarkets here. Rabbit pâté, never had it. I would try it, though.
As for local pâté, nothing beats pork leberkäs.
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Oh yeah, I'd try it! :thumbup:
I never had any type of pate, but as for rabbit- of course. I used to go rabbit hunting all the time.
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As an aside, my cousins had a pet rabbit when they were young. When it died, my aunt served it to them for dinner--without telling them what they were eating beforehand! Talk about traumatizing.
no cause it's got white wine in it, and I can't have wine.
don't think I've ever eaten rabbit... would probably get my mr. mcgregor on and try it out
of curiosity, if offered.
Quote from: Rev. Powell on March 18, 2025, 08:43:13 AM(https://media.tenor.com/2H5-YYluDrwAAAAM/shh-im-hunting-furries.gif)
As an aside, my cousins had a pet rabbit when they were young. When it died, my aunt served it to them for dinner--without telling them what they were eating beforehand! Talk about traumatizing.
😳😳 Yikes
Rate = rat pate
Theirs nothing wrong with rabbit. I used to season it and put it a pressure cooker, with carrots and onions. It's quite good.
I used to catch snapping turtles crossing the road, and we would butcher those and eat 'em too.
I live waaay out in the boonies. We ate squirrels, frog legs, smelt, snappers, deer, rabbit and LOTS of blue gill and perch too.
In Detroit, they eat muskrat- but I draw the line at that and critters like possum and racoons. No way.
a cornucopia of delights
Quote from: RCMerchant on March 18, 2025, 02:19:06 PMTheirs nothing wrong with rabbit. I used to season it and put it a pressure cooker, with carrots and onions. It's quite good.
I used to catch snapping turtles crossing the road, and we would butcher those and eat 'em too.
I live waaay out in the boonies. We ate squirrels, frog legs, smelt, snappers, deer, rabbit and LOTS of blue gill and perch too.
lived in france for a while as a kid but never tried frogs legs.
had snails though... was surprised they literally picked them up off the road after it had been raining. thought it might have been a 'special breed' of edible snail, but no.
they starved the snails for about a week first before eating them though. not bad with garlic sauce. very chewy
Rabbit is good, frog legs are good, snails are overrated. You have to drown them in butter and garlic to make them edible.
yeah I doubt anyone's eating snails 'neat'...
also in France, or at least where I stayed, everyone drank a literal cereal bowl full of coffee every morning, and for breakfast they would tear off bite-size lumps of bread into a bowl, with milk poured over it.
Quote from: Rev. Powell on March 18, 2025, 03:56:29 PMRabbit is good, frog legs are good, snails are overrated. You have to drown them in butter and garlic to make them edible.
You would have to drown me before I ate any of those 😳😉😉😉😊
at this same store I got scuttlefish ink, a tiny bag of black truffle potato chips for 7 dollars, chicken liver mousse, sopresseta, aged prosciutto, smoked octopus, and a baguette. It's for my sister and also my brother in law for doing my taxes.
and brie
https://www.instagram.com/formaggiokitchen/?hl=en
Quote from: Rev. Powell on March 18, 2025, 03:56:29 PMRabbit is good, frog legs are good, snails are overrated. You have to drown them in butter and garlic to make them edible.
Agree. Over here in Belgium, rabbit is a traditional dish.
Quote from: lester1/2jr on March 18, 2025, 09:51:32 PMat this same store I got scuttlefish ink, a tiny bag of black truffle potato chips for 7 dollars, chicken liver mousse, sopresseta, aged prosciutto, smoked octopus, and a baguette. It's for my sister and also my brother in law for doing my taxes.
and brie
https://www.instagram.com/formaggiokitchen/?hl=en
😊😊😊😊
When we stayed for a season in southeastern France in 2011 (we told everyone we were going to live in Provence but technically it was a little bit outside Provence) they ate rabbit there a lot and differentiated them from hares, which they also often ate. One takeaway was the overwhelming quantity of garlic people there ate. Garlic with almost everything, and they made a popular sauce that was basically mayonnaise with several cloves of garlic pounded in. The people reeked of garlic.
Secondary observation: I don't know how they seemed as basically sober as they did because they'd drink wine all day long. At least to me it seemed people drank several bottles a piece daily, and I'm not exaggerating.
Rabbit was popular here in Germany after WW2 when people were struggling. According to more recent statistics, Germans consume the most rabbit meat during Easter.
That's like eating Santa on Christmas, no?
We had rabbit maybe once or twice each year. I remember my grandma comparing rabbit meat to cat. She always said it's like eating cat, but she ate it anyway.
It's probably a struggle for them at this shop. Cambridge is an extremely fancy neighborhood, MIT and Harvard are there. Also, the rabbit pate is a loaf the smooth kind of pate is more popular.
As a rideshare driver, I hate going there the bike lanes and cyclists themselves are insane. Yuppie Hell