Cooking Rabbit?
 

Hey everyone. I was wondering how long you were suppost to cook a whole rabbit by fire. I have done it before but I only cook it for a short amount of time. I think I cook some of the Rabbit raw a little. WheneverI hunt I bring ethier matches or a magnesium flint stick so I can cook my meat. The way I do it, I make a fire near a creek shorline or lake, I dig ahole for a fire pit, then line the bottom of the pit with green sticks, because the bottom of the pit is wet so I want the dry wood to stay dry. Then I make the fire using Evergreen tree bark tinder, than dry kindling then large dry sticks. Once I have a fire going, Icut a fresh 35 inch long green wood stick with the same thickness as an arrow, then jam it inside the dirt and mud at the shore so it is nice and sturdy. Than, I place the meat near the extreme heat of the flames by poking it with the green wood stick. I cook it for about 30 minutes. During the cooking process, I twirl the stick so that the meat can get cooked all around. My way beats holding meat over the fire, and the green wood doesn't even catch quickly. And by the way, the only reason I make a fire by the creek shore is because I do not want to risk me causing a forest fire, even if I make a pit in the woods and surround it by stones I still won't do it. The Creek shore offers a quick way to bank coals, use the water and wet mud to quickly put out a fire if needed be. But getting back to the subject, I need to know how long to cook these small game, in minutes----------

Rabbit-
Squirrel-
Bird ( scavenger birdswhich means a longer cooking time to kill harmful diseases and bacteria, and also regular birds)
Duck-
Chipmunk-
Goose-

I thinkthe meat should be in the same cooking time or close to the same cooking time as all the others, if there is a rule to follow, please tell me. I am not risking getting Salmonilla or any other bacteria.

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Always cook rabbit until the juices run clear like poultry.

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now what about those other game animals i want to learn how long to cook. i know you cook it until the jusice runs clear, but i still want the time in minutes, please

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depends on a lot of things man, i dont lknow that you can just put it into minutes, it depends on how large the animal is (some rabbits ar bigger than others),as well as how hot the fire is, all fires are not created equal and i like to cook over coals, i know a guy who wont cook near the coals only flames so if your looking for a set time u might have to go through some trial and error, good luck

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Are you seriously planning on eating chipmonks?

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Most game cooked in that manner would be tough as a golf ball. Small game needs long slow cooking prefferably with liquid. having very little fat to internally baste the meat it would be dry and tough, you need to add fat, and or moisture to get an acceptable result. IMHO.

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I have never tasted Chipmunk meat before, I want to know because I have tryed ALOT of different foods. I want to eat as many different things before I die. Ok so today I will get me a rabbit and try to make my own recipe, I wish myself luck with that..........

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Chipmunks, eh?? Well, you'd better get another long, green stick, 'cause it's gonna take a whole mess of those little critters to make a meal.
You may want to cook them until they are black, fall off the stick, and then eat the stick.

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Wow lol, you replied to the oldest topic ever. Thats ok though. I don't like ChipMunks and I don't think I can ever get one with my Bow, Spear, or Slingshot.

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I know its old I just could not pass it by

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Just to take this one step further, first off I would say that you do not eat rabbit until it is aged. By that I mean that it has had a chance to cool and then be skinned and refrigerated. Then you soak it in salt water to get the blood out.

Then you put it into a roaster with some water and a onion or two and some poultry seasoning and maybe even a couple of bullion cubes and cook it for a hour at 375 - 400* depending on elevation and your oven.

Meat is never it's best if cooked as soon as harvested.

Besides that, you never cook on a fire that has green wood.

Green wood gives off harmful noxious fumes. I know first hand because I worked for a place that burned green wood and I had smoke inhalation and I almost died from it. Plus sticking green wood through the innards of a rabbit would transfer the sap from the wood into the meat.

I know we all seen a million John Wayne movies when we were kids and that is how they cooked a rabbit, but come on now - that is the movies and not a real situation. Even Johnny Apple seed carried a pot on his head for cooking!

My grandmother was a prissy old bitty thattold my grandfather that she wouldn't cook rabbit no more because they smelled! So my mother had to cook them and then invite my grandfather up for supper so he could get a taste once in a while. But that is the only situation that I could think of where a person would have to cook a rabbit for himself or herself.

Where I live, they allow you to shoot 4 rabbits a day! You wouldn't ever get more than one if you stopped to cook it. Plus if you were hunting in a party of hunters - I don't think that they would like it if you stopped hunting every time you shot a rabbit!

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The RifleMan- Im not going to wait until the Rabbit is aged, im out in the middle of the damn woods miles away from my houseand I have matches and flint to make a fire, and im hungry and hunger makes me do things that aren't normal, so I plan on cooking it right then and there. And with the green wood sticks, what do you suppose I use, dry wood? Obviously not, the wood would set fire to quickly and burn down along with my Rabbit. If Im not carrying any other tools except things to make fire with, hunt with, and a knife, how do you suppose I cook the Rabbit deep in the Forest. Green wood is my only good option so therfore I will probally continue using it to cook with. Im sure where you worked you inhaled large quantities of green wood fumes almost everyday, so thats probally why you get so sick and you almost died. If you expect me to use one of my Carbon Arrow to cook with............:D. And I don't want to bring a metal cooking stick or pot or anything into the woods, I travel light as possible.

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I thankyou for the advice but im not stupid and if I knew that green wood was harmful, which I did, then I wouldn't be cooking with it. I will be fine im in an open area where the smoke can be carried by the wind and I have the option of moving away to a distance where smoke isn't clouding my face so I can get sick. And im using one or two Green wood sticks, which is probally very small compared to what your work used and burned. I will be fine.