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mandycharlie



Joined: 19 Jul 2005
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 24, 05 7:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Thats not a bad idea,,, trouble is there won't be any left...

I bet thats loverly on rabbits legs, I always think twice cooked rabbit is so much better, I often casserole mine gently then make into a pie.

Bugs



Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 10744

PostPosted: Sat Sep 24, 05 7:21 pm    Post subject: Re: Hare Reply with quote
    

cab wrote:
Bought by first hare of the season, a snip at under six quid at Shelford farmers market


Dumb question alert....all hare is wild, isn't it?

mandycharlie



Joined: 19 Jul 2005
Posts: 211

PostPosted: Sat Sep 24, 05 7:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I was going to make my own pasta today, we have chickens which are dreadfully spoilt, so our pasta is gorgeous, but to be honest, today has been a busy day, so had to give up on that idea.

I never use the pasta machine anymore, its too much of a fiddle, and takes so much longer than just rolling your dough out,,, so what if our raviolli are slightly thicker than their meant to be,, just make them larger with more filling I say... lol

farmwoody



Joined: 19 Mar 2005
Posts: 98

PostPosted: Sat Sep 24, 05 7:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Yum, yum.
We love hare and have one hanging in the pantry at the mo!

cab



Joined: 01 Nov 2004
Posts: 32429

PostPosted: Sat Sep 24, 05 7:49 pm    Post subject: Re: Hare Reply with quote
    

Bugs wrote:

Dumb question alert....all hare is wild, isn't it?


I believe so, I've never heard of them being farmed. Unless they've taken to shooting domestic hares with shotguns, this one certainly was

mandycharlie



Joined: 19 Jul 2005
Posts: 211

PostPosted: Sat Sep 24, 05 9:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

*burp*

Our very first hare was delicious, I will definately be making that recipe again.. its a bit long winded, but for a special treat well worth it.

footprints



Joined: 26 May 2005
Posts: 234
Location: North Wales
PostPosted: Sun Sep 25, 05 8:23 am    Post subject: hare Reply with quote
    

On the surrounding land that I also shoot over, I have perhaps seen up to 6 hares (no not the same ones .

The area that I walk is hundreds of acres. I think that if I kept taking the odd one for the pot, pretty soon they would be gone.

I haven't shot a hare in the last 12 years. I have however spent lots of time watching them through the gunsight, and that in itself has been a pleasure.

Almost 30 years ago when as a couple and we were living in a caravanand going through some pretty tight times, we could last for the week on a large hare.
The two fillets taken from the back cooked and baked in a light crust pastry is a memorable meal. A credit to both the quality of the cook, and our donor the hare:-)

For myself, I know what hare tastes like, and until there are enough of then and they start stealing from my garden, they are pretty safe.

(There are however some pretty big gulls that occasionally land in the fields. Wonder what they taste like? )

cab



Joined: 01 Nov 2004
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 26, 05 8:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Footprints, hare is scarce where you are then? That's sad to hear. It seems to be one of those beasties that is really numerous in some areas even now, but vanishingly rare elsewhere.

Here in Cambs, I seem to be spotting them this year more often than in previous years. Whether that's because I'm looking more or because there are more of them, I don't know.

Bugs



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 26, 05 8:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

mandycharlie wrote:
Our very first hare was delicious


How many did it feed, Mandy? I'm not sure I've even seen a hare in the butchers but they look pretty substantial (come to think of it I haven't seen many butchers either!).

Have you had a chance to try the venison yet or did it go straight in to the freezer?

twoscoops



Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 1924
Location: Warwickshire
PostPosted: Mon Sep 26, 05 9:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I had rabbit and bacon faggot in a restaurant once, it was delicious. I’ve cooked hare once, long and slow. Can it be tender if flash-fried, or does it need a good braise?

cab



Joined: 01 Nov 2004
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 26, 05 9:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Twoscoops wrote:
I had rabbit and bacon faggot in a restaurant once, it was delicious. I’ve cooked hare once, long and slow. Can it be tender if flash-fried, or does it need a good braise?


If it's a good young rabbit, you can certainly strip off the flesh in strips for frying. Marinate your rabbit first, a wee bit of wine and plenty of oil.

judith



Joined: 16 Dec 2004
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Location: Montgomeryshire
PostPosted: Mon Sep 26, 05 10:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Twoscoops wrote:
I’ve cooked hare once, long and slow. Can it be tender if flash-fried, or does it need a good braise?


I don't know that I would flash fry it, but saddle of a young hare is food for the goods when roasted quick and hard in foil. The legs can then be braised separately.

mandycharlie



Joined: 19 Jul 2005
Posts: 211

PostPosted: Tue Sep 27, 05 8:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Hi cab,

In the end we got 7 good meals out of it, we could have squeezed out 8 but we are of the oink, oink variety. It wasn't a terribly big hare, dressed weight nearly four pounds.

cab



Joined: 01 Nov 2004
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 27, 05 8:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

mandycharlie wrote:
Hi cab,

In the end we got 7 good meals out of it, we could have squeezed out 8 but we are of the oink, oink variety. It wasn't a terribly big hare, dressed weight nearly four pounds.


Yeah, we'd hope to get about that many servings from a modest hare.

I like to have at least couple of hares most seasons. One will be jugged, the others will be stewed various ways. We sometimes take off the saddle, wrap it in streaky bacon and foil, and freeze it for later as a ready made rolled roasting joint.

We bought a whopping great big stewing tin over summer in a sale, so now we can stew a hare whole (if it isn't a monster of a hare, we'll be able to curl any but the biggest into it). That's how we cooked the first one of the year, browned on both sides and then stewed with the other ingredients. The advantage of that is that its MUCH easier to pick apart a cooked hare than it is to butcher a raw one.

mandycharlie



Joined: 19 Jul 2005
Posts: 211

PostPosted: Tue Sep 27, 05 8:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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The advantage of that is that its MUCH easier to pick apart a cooked hare than it is to butcher a raw one.


and so much tastier for the chef,,,, who gets to suck on the bones (or is that just me... lol)

I forgot to say, the venison should be arriving on the 7th October, (he'd ran out!! ) I'll let you know how it goes.

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