Is this even worth it? page 2

[oliviascotland]

Rabbit meat is certainly available in the UK, but many people (myself definitely NOT included!!) don't eat it. Where I live it's quite expensive to buy from the butcher (£5.00 a rabbit), but it's free from my garden And we certainly have plenty of the little b*ggers there.

I like to stew them with onion, garlic, thyme, chicken stock and plenty of red wine.

[Damiana]

most meat is naturally lean. particularly anything that would be considered "game" meat. thats the way it is supposed to be. why the need to "douse it in oil?" seems silly to me.

Yep. Most likely our Paleolithic ancestors didn't have access to pork belly and had to catch wild game for meat, too.

[peril]

Yep. Most likely our Paleolithic ancestors didn't have access to pork belly and had to catch wild game for meat, too.

But they ate the fatty organs too

[Damiana]

Yes, the entire animal.

[Drumroll]

most meat is naturally lean. particularly anything that would be considered "game" meat. thats the way it is supposed to be. why the need to "douse it in oil?" seems silly to me.

Because the fats contained in those oils are wonderfully healthy for you?

I mean, vegetables are normally "naturally" fat free, and yet, we sauté them in coconut oil, douse them in butter, ghee, and olive oil... This is ok for veggies but not for meat?

[Alaska Ang]

Because the fats contained in those oils are wonderfully healthy for you?

I mean, vegetables are normally "naturally" fat free, and yet, we sauté them in coconut oil, douse them in butter, ghee, and olive oil... This is ok for veggies but not for meat?

It's okay for either if that's your preference. But it's certainly not necessary. My preference is to enjoy the natural flavor of most things - for vegetables it's steamed and for lean meat it's grilled medium rare. No dousing of either in anything.

[Neckhammer]

I get some venison once in a while. You could have whoever makes it use the visceral fat to be ground with the meat and give you a good 80/20 even though its wild. Not much of an extra step AND far less wasteful...look at me ma I'm eating nose to tail!

[not on the rug]

Because the fats contained in those oils are wonderfully healthy for you?

I mean, vegetables are normally "naturally" fat free, and yet, we sauté them in coconut oil, douse them in butter, ghee, and olive oil... This is ok for veggies but not for meat?

wow.. the "if some is good, more is better" argument. to each their own i guess.. not sure how you prepare meat in your house, but in my house i never douse it in oil or fat. a little butter/bacon fat/coconut oil in the pan to cook, sure. no need to add excess oil to meat because its lean. like i said earlier, real meat is naturally lean. fats/oils/etc are basically condiments and cooking tools.

[PHaselow]

I see a Livestrong.com bit that says 3 oz of rabbit contains 6.8 grams fat and another site that said the same portion contains about 7g total fat. Are you talking saturated fat only? It is high protein and rich in B12, B3 and selenium.

There is more to meat than the fat content. But, since it is relatively low fat, by all means cook with bacon! Good combination.

[Pamsc]

Rabbit is very lean--you can starve eating nothing but rabbit because it doesn't contain enough fat to sustain life. Luckily, we have a more varied diet than that. I have a local source for rabbit but I haven't had much success with it--it has either been tough and stringy or when I tried cooking it long and slow to make it tender it ended up so tender it was unpleasantly mushy.