Re: Rabbits

I know people here in the US who eat rabbits, but my family will probably
never eat them because we had 2 rabbits as pets for several years. My
husband even cried when he had to bury them. Now it would be hard to look at
a rabbit as something to eat.


"Enrico C" <use_replyto_address@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> How do you rate rabbit meat compared to other meats from a nutritional
> point of view?
> I read it's a good lean meat, but not so rich in iron.
>
>
> BTW, [forgive my silly question!], is it true that Americans don't eat
> rabbits, as they consider them pets, just like dogs and cats?
>
> I've heard of that, but I've also found different opinions on the
> subject... Maybe some Americans do and some don't.
>
> http://spaces.msn.com/members/nikared/Blog/cns!1plvAe9-Mef4fWeKlBR27nRw!272.entry
> | One day, S mentioned to my wife that they had just returned home
> | from getting some rabbits. My wife was kind of surprised that they
> | would buy their kids multiple rabbits as pets. Maybe one, but
> | several? S explained the rabbits weren't pets for the kids... The
> | rabbits were for eating. Yeah, like rabbit stew, and stuff.
> |
> | Not shocked?
> |
> | I think my wife did her best to hide the shock she was feeling, but
> | sometime's our faces just don't remember to lie for us. [...]
>
>
> But then, someone replied:
> | Plenty of people raise rabbits and then kill and eat them,
>
>
> What about hares?
> What about the English and other peoples?
>
> Thinking of it, I probably wouldn't eat rabbit meat any longer if I
> had a pet rabbit, as I would grow fond of it, and of all rabbits in
> general!
> Still, I don't have a rabbit. So I eat rabbit meat, once in a while.
> In Italy, as you probably know, eating rabbits is absolutely normal,
> though not so frequent as eating chicken or beef.
>
>
> --
> Enrico C
>
> * cut the ending "cut-togli.invalid" string when replying by email *


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