/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>6345158

Is it kill?

holy fuck is that rabbit dead

OP please tell me you are only cleaning his fur and you will put it back and he'll be fine

>>6345158
>How do you go about cooking yours?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMlR55Dr4RU

op you really should be using rabit stock instead

>Cooking with Psychopaths™

>>6345188
Dead things often get cooked.

>>6345191
I have his fluffy little tail here .

But yeah the rabbits are super duper fluffy and cute. But they are real massive pests here in New Zealand because they don't have many natural predators. They are introduced into this bunny wonderland where they are free to eat, fuck and reproduce with very little predatory pressure.

I also like knowing I am getting my meat from a free range source and the animal had a good life before it dies really quickly. (I normally get them in the head or neck with my rifle)

Holy fuck why are my pictures always turning out upside down.


Also video of sadness if you are a rabbit lover. It is kinda morbid seeing cute animals alive one second and dead another, with no knowledge whatsoever of their coming demise.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNxo7GFEXWw

>>6345256

>I like knowing that the animal was living a happy life, and that I was able to end its happiness

>>6345262
Hey, I am a predator, i like my meat to be happy meat, not stressed out tortured meat.

My roommate often comes home with venison, boar or rabbit. I find that it needs a more robust seasoning than a lot of comparable farm-raised meat. All those aromatics you're using sound like a solid plan. Any fish sauce going into the broth?

>>6345278
Yep! I put a tablespoon of fish sauce in there. It is turning out really good. It is very spicy, probably from all of the chillies, ginger and szechuan peppercorns.

The wild meats tend to have a weird flavor in my opinion, and i like mixing up that flavor with other stronger ingredients. I haven't had the opportunity to get boar or venison yet though. Ive been getting wild goats, wallabies and rabbits.

How have you been cooking the venison and boar?

>>6345284
Boars he typically shows up with shoulder cuts, which benefit from an overnight cure with lots of dried herbs and cracked pepper, followed by a good thorough sear, followed by a good low braise (220 F) after hitting the pan with some dry vermouth or brandy (you can just use white wine if you don't keep vermouth on hand) and some chopped up aliums. Alternatively, you can fully submerge the cubed up meat in rendered fat and poach it, essentially making carnitas/pork confit, but with a much more robust flavor.

The venison he typically has tenderloins, which I've cut steaks out of or roasted whole, usually with a pretty hefty spice rub of cumin seeds, black pepper, chile flakes, paprika, and just a red cunt hair's worth of cinnamon.

Why do they insist on their stock? REAL STOCK
100% NATURAL

>>6345260
I'd say its better that they don't know whats coming. Ignorance is bliss after all.

>>6345336
I dunno. I just got it because it was on special. The best stocks of course are the homemeade ones with no preservatives and shit.

So are we going to see the process or results of this soup or what?

>>6345484
Didnt intend to, but i had some photos so i made a thing here.

I didn't take many photos of the end product, and now it is in the fridge. The only good one is the last picture in this thing.


What I did was as follows:

Brown rabbit meat in oil. Set aside.

Fry garlic, chilli, ginger, galangal and lemongrass for a while.

Add rabbit meat back in.

Add chicken stock, lime leaves and fish sauce.

Simmer for 2 hours.

Add Szichuan peppercorns, chinese cabbage, beansprouts and snowpeas. Simmer for another 10 minutes and it was served.

The original traditional Hmong recipe included squirrel meat, but i used rabbit instead as it is not possible to obtain squirrel in my country.

My stupid pet bird likes rabbit too. Particularly the bones.

>>6345500
Bird's gonna bird

>>6345508

>>6345158
>>6345256
>>6345260

Aussie?

>>6345158
fucking hell that looks delicious.

Once I move out of this piece of shit on campus accommodation, I'm going to explore my hunting options.

I love wild meat (never prepared it myself though, looking forward to the challenge), it is so delicious.

Apparently there are wild pigs in the area! Can't wait.

>>6345589
Close. One of the posts you quoted has your answer.

>>6345597
Its quite different seeing the animal you are going to eat die before your eyes. Kinda makes me value my meat more.

Butchering and preparing can be really annoying but it is satisfying to pull off.

>>6345626
oh yeah, I've been hunting a variety of animals, from Wildebeest to Grouse.

But I completely agree, it is much more rewarding to eat food you've killed.

>>6345158
How did you get your rabbit? There is a local dude here who catches them but he's a fucking rough as bogan and I don't trust him that they're not myxomatosis ridden. What do I need to check for?

>>6345336
Because it's pretty cowboy stock. Its super cloudy and not the best, even their white chicken stocks.

>>6345639
I just hunt mine on private property. I met a nice couple who have rabbits running around ruining their land and so they let me take them out.

The problem with their property is that it is very difficult to hunt on. The grassy areas are very long, and the areas with no grass is thick bush/forest.

I don't know much about diseases in rabbits. I eat them if they look healthy (bright eyes, clean fur, clear vent) and their organs look normal. Occasionally i find a liver with weird white rice-looking things embedded within it, not sure what that is about, but i havent gotten sick (from the flesh, not the liver) so i suppose that was alright.

>>6345637
I am quite emotional and sometimes i get the shivers if i look into the eyes of the animals I kill. :(

In the end I am still a meat eater and I like getting wild meat myself.

I think the best part is the stalk itself. Tons of fun. After the shot is taken its all over.

>>6345650
Eh, never feel bad for killing your own meat. It is way more humane than getting it from the store.

My grandfather taught me from an early age that if you shoot it - you eat it. I learned it the hard way

All these pics of dead rabbits reminds me of when my pet bunny died last year. He was very obese though, so I'd hate to know what his organs looked like.
We buried him in a wooden box.

Also that soup looks delicious.

>>6345656
Yeah, i love that about hunting. I know that the meat i get came from happy animals with a free life.

The emotions i get are more from knowing that I took the life away of another creature that has its own history and goals. I took that away to feed my own existence. One of the rabbits I shot was, just a few seconds before, 'kissing' another rabbit and relaxing.

But yeah, in the end that is what life is all about. Destroying another living thing to sustain yourself.

My emotions are one of the reasons why i wouldn't hunt intelligent animals like magpies. Magpies are shown to have self awareness and i wouldn't want to make another magpie depressed because i shot its partner. Also i wouldn't eat magpie so it would be a waste of life anyway.

Also goat leg.

>>6345665
>Destroying another living thing to sustain yourself.

You make it out to sound so horrible man, but it is literally one of the most natural things in the world.

I love fluffy and cute animals and much as the next guy, but if it tastes delicious, chances are it will be dinner

That soup looks really good, OP.

My only problem though

>(g) In addition to the methods listed in (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) above, firearm rifles and pistols may be used for taking rabbits and squirrels only; except in Los Angeles County where rifles and pistols may not be used.

I'd have to drive about an hour to hunt with a rifle.

>>6345675
not everyone has the luxury of being able to hunt in their back yard. I feel your pain brother.

Going to bed now and decided to have another serving of the soup. I did not like having to sift through the bits of ginger , Szechuan peppers and galangal. Taking a bite into those things makes me gag. So I filtered the soup in a strainer so all I was left with was clear soup. I picked out the rabbit meat too.

I then microwaved the soup with some fresh beansprouts, pak choy and an egg to top it all off.

A really potent aromatic stew. I might cut on the chilli and ginger next time because if it gets into the wrong spot in my throat I go into a coughing fit.

Hmong styled soup highly recommended. Just google it to find variations.

Might try a German styled stew next for rabbit. Will hopefully get some wild goat for vindaloo too.

>>6345158
what part of Australia are you from?

>>6345691
The thing is LA county has the Angeles national forest brimming with cottontail. I just can't shoot them with a 22. I can walk into it from my house in about an hour too. Fucking hunting regulations.

>>6345691
I used to live in a country where hunting is nonexistent, and owning guns is pretty much outlawed entirely.

So glad I finally have the freedom of living in a country where hunting is free all year round. No hunting seasons and all that. The game animals here have no natural predators except humans because they are all introduced.

>>6345700
Dunedin.

And I am not offended by your comment even though I am a sheep shagging kiwi.

>>6345702
Oh, that sucks.

Also, don't suppose anyone can give me some info about hunting in Queensland? I'm not an Aussie, but I'm staying in Queensland for about 4 years.

>>6345705
Which countries?

>>6345708
Malaysia before, and now New Zealand.

>>6345158
Marinade or rub or whatever you want to call it in ground cumin, chilli and salt. hang it up overnight and roast the next day with some eggplant.

>>6345216
That's a cute opinion
>coming from someone who has never hunted before

>>6345260
>Holy fuck why are my pictures always turning out upside down
If you're using an android phone camera, you need to be holding the phone in a landscape view with the home button on your right hand side.

If the home button is om the left side, it will come out upside down once you post it.

>>6345260
>Holy fuck why are my pictures always turning out upside down.

>>6345508
Cook the bird faggot!