Rabbit alone

[Rhanna]

Taken fairly late on an overcast evening. I think the lens was 400mm.
Rupert

[steve.ledger]

Mmm - supper

When I lived near Bega NSW, we ate wild Rabbit often.

[Soquili]

A lone rabbit. I thought that was a rarity in Australia.

I remember news reports about attempts to reduce the number of rabbits during the 1950s and 1960s.

[steve.ledger]

Nah Bill, you're just not looking hard enough.
If you enhance Rupert's late afternoon photo a bit you can see the family

[Rhanna]

Bill, you are right, rabbits were seen in huge number. The rabbit numbers are now controlled. Note, photo included - rabbit exporter years ago, around the 70s.
Steve, 'underground mutton.'
Rupert

[steve.ledger]

We only ate the thighs Rupert, looks and tastes just like chicken thigh.
When my family from the UK visited, I cooked up rabbit thighs with roast spuds and veg, no-one knew it was rabbit until I confessed after desert. My sister was the only one who was upset by this as she had a rabbit as a pet back home

You have to be real careful with the skinning, the scent glands can spoil the flavour if you aren't.

[Burpee]

I had a rabbit as a pet but I would still eat a rabbit someday. I never have, but I would. I guess it's because the wild rabbits/hares here eat all my plants....from hostas to strawberries to anything in my garden. It's amazing how they get into my garden with the fence I have around it.

Btw, the feral cats here would have your bunny dined on in a minute.

[iamtheblues]

Rabbit curries very well. A popular tapa (a free snack served with your drink in local bars around here) is conejo en salasa picante - rabbit in a spicy sauce.
Tapa means lid and it is served on a saucer with a slice of crusty bread and placed on top of your drink to keep the flies from dropping in.
Tapas bars were becoming popular in the UK when I left, but unfortunately the snacks were far from free.
The Spanish solution to the rabbit population problem is, apparently, to make wahing-up liquid from them!
Saludos,
Bob.

[Soquili]

Steve, those rabbits sure multiply quickly

Rabbit and squirrel were common dinner and even breakfast meat when I was growing up. We ate legs and back, very little went to waste.

Ummm...fried squirrel with sawmill gravy and biscuits for breakfast was delicious!

[cursor]

I have a brother in central Utah who raises his own rabbits and chickens for his family's personal consumption.