Squirrel Dumplings

[roller]

I have been wanting some squirrel dumplings lately so I went out to the Pecan trees on my properity and shot me a couple..Skinned and cleaned the squirrels and made the dumplings from scratch no store bought dumplings for me...They turned out great and also made a pan of cornbread to go with them...Thanks for looking..

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• roller
• Oct 24, 2012

Boiled them until tender

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• roller
• Oct 24, 2012

All seasoned up

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• roller
• Oct 24, 2012

Almost forgot to take a pic of the dough. I cut the dough into 1 in. squares and boiled in the squirrel broth until done..

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• roller
• Oct 24, 2012

The squirrels are done now to debone them and into the dumplings .

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• roller
• Oct 24, 2012

Money shot !

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• roller
• Oct 24, 2012

Thanks for looking !

 

[diggingdogfarm]

Looks great!

I love squirrel, especially squirrel pot pie!




~Martin

 

[daveomak]

Never had squirrel....  Country gravy makes everything better....  Looks really good.....  Dave

 

[frosty]

Roller, that puts my chicken & Dumplings to shame!  Looks excellent!

 

[linguica]

Never had squirrel before either. Yours looks tasty. I bet i would eat some and come back for more. Around here if i shot a squirrel it would bring out the police tac squad and i would spend the next year or two in the lockup.   It must be nice to live where you don't have to worry about nosy neighbors.         

 

[fpnmf]

Looks tasty...

No squirrels for me tho...long story...

Too bad tho ... I have whacked about a dozen of them in the last 10 days..

They are getting too chummy with the bird food.

The carcasses have disappeared overnight..didn't know what was grabbing them til we got visited by one of these guys last night...carried one off.

Huge .... about a 4 foot wingspan....so they are getting eaten....

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• fpnmf
• Oct 24, 2012

 

[roller]

Looks tasty...

No squirrels for me tho...long story...

Too bad tho ... I have whacked about a dozen of them in the last 10 days..

They are getting too chummy with the bird food.

The carcasses have disappeared overnight..didn't know what was grabbing them til we got visited by one of these guys last night...carried one off.

Huge .... about a 4 foot wingspan....so they are getting eaten....

owl.jpg

• fpnmf
• Oct 24, 2012

Thats to bad Craig your are missing out on some free meals...

Never had squirrel before either. Yours looks tasty. I bet i would eat some and come back for more. Around here if i shot a squirrel it would bring out the police tac squad and i would spend the next year or two in the lockup.   It must be nice to live where you don't have to worry about nosy neighbors.         

Thanks Its nice to be able to shoot around your place...

Roller, that puts my chicken & Dumplings to shame!  Looks excellent!

Thanks Frosty but I bet your C&D`s are great !

Never had squirrel....  Country gravy makes everything better....  Looks really good.....  Dave

Yes it does Dave Thanks !

Looks great!
I love squirrel, especially squirrel pot pie!
~Martin

Thanks Martin squirrel is great !

 

[big casino]

I Love squirrel,  when I used to hunt I ate more squirrel than anything else, I would choose squirrel over any type of big game or fowl, I used to bread it and  pan fry it like you do with chicken

 

[roller]

I Love squirrel,  when I used to hunt I ate more squirrel than anything else, I would choose squirrel over any type of big game or fowl, I used to bread it and  pan fry it like you do with chicken

That is the way I normally eat mine but I boil it to get it tender then flour it and fry...awesome !

 

[jp61]

Looks pretty good! Never had it before and I'm not sure if I ever will, unless the poop hits the fan.

 

[allen]

Roller, Eating squirrel brings back fond memories of good ole dad taking us kids squirrel and rabbit hunting just never had the dumplings.Thanks for sharing the pics.

 

[linguica]

About those "dumplings".  Awhile ago we had an opinionated Southern lady over for supper. She offered to make desert, peach cobbler. She made a batch of what I called pie crust, cut it in to little squares and cooked it with the peaches and heavy syrup.She called the pie crust "dumplings". I explained that here in the North, dumplings where made more like a biscuit and cooked on top of the cobbler. I have to tell you that if women had been allow to fight in the War Between the States the outcome would have been very different...........Y'ALL      

Southern women are like a stick of dynamite wrapped in white lace.

 

[roller]

About those "dumplings".  Awhile ago we had an opinionated Southern lady over for supper. She offered to make desert, peach cobbler. She made a batch of what I called pie crust, cut it in to little squares and cooked it with the peaches and heavy syrup.She called the pie crust "dumplings". I explained that here in the North, dumplings where made more like a biscuit and cooked on top of the cobbler. I have to tell you that if women had been allow to fight in the War Between the States the outcome would have been very different...........Y'ALL      

Southern women are like a stick of dynamite wrapped in white lace.

About those "dumplings".  Awhile ago we had an opinionated Southern lady over for supper. She offered to make desert, peach cobbler. She made a batch of what I called pie crust, cut it in to little squares and cooked it with the peaches and heavy syrup.She called the pie crust "dumplings". I explained that here in the North, dumplings where made more like a biscuit and cooked on top of the cobbler. I have to tell you that if women had been allow to fight in the War Between the States the outcome would have been very different...........Y'ALL      

Southern women are like a stick of dynamite wrapped in white lace.

Yep.....My dumpling dough is just 2 cups of AP flour a pinch of salt and 1 cup of ICE water..

Roller, Eating squirrel brings back fond memories of good ole dad taking us kids squirrel and rabbit hunting just never had the dumplings.Thanks for sharing the pics.

Looks pretty good! Never had it before and I'm not sure if I ever will, unless the poop hits the fan.

Thanks guys and your welcome !

 

[xxsmokin foolxx]

WoW that brings back some memories Roller  

  Great looking meal you put together, now you have me ready to take a few shots next time I step out back!!

 

[rdknb]

I have never had it either, well not that I know of.  When I was in Honduras I eat stuff that was good, but had no idea of what it was.  Yours look very good

 

[sound1]

When I make dumplings like that (the way my grandma taught me) people try to correct me and call them noodles. Hard to convince some that there was life before Bisquick dumplings.

 

[big casino]

actually we always called that type of dumping  "tire patches"  our recipe is the same Roller except we use the soup broth for the liquid

 

[dward51]

Mmmmmmmmm....... I remember my grandmother making squirrel dumplings back in the day.  Just had to watch out for the occasional #8 shot though.  Have not had squirrel in decades but I can still remember the smell and taste after seeing those photos.  Man I miss those days. Life was so much simpler then
 

Thanks!!!!

 

[bluebombersfan]

Never thought I would try squirrel but I think I have to after seeing your post!  Great job!

 

[bluebombersfan]

Looks tasty...

No squirrels for me tho...long story...

Too bad tho ... I have whacked about a dozen of them in the last 10 days..

They are getting too chummy with the bird food.

The carcasses have disappeared overnight..didn't know what was grabbing them til we got visited by one of these guys last night...carried one off.

Huge .... about a 4 foot wingspan....so they are getting eaten....

owl.jpg

• fpnmf
• Oct 24, 2012

Great photo!!