Breakfast NOT!!

Ramsey woke me up early this morning. Missy decided to go outside so I
went to walk her. Not before I took a couple of eggs outta the fridge
to
fry up for breakfast. When I walked out the back door there was another
beheaded rabbit. GAG... It spoiled my breakfast. I don't know why
Bart
beheads the rabbits

..,........... eeeewwww yuck you poor thing know what thats like .....
i used to live semi rural
and there were lots of rabbits around where i lived ..... i used to
have to check the floor when i got out of bed in the mornings because
often my cats would leave me pressies **yuck** like half carcasses of
baby rabbits etc ...... seriously gross especially when you put your
foot in it whilst still being half asleep

:LOL

tessa

"Michael \"Dog3\" Lonergan" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Ramsey woke me up early this morning. Missy decided to go outside so
I went to walk her. Not before I took a couple of eggs outta the
fridge to fry up for breakfast. When I walked out the back door there
was another beheaded rabbit. GAG... It spoiled my breakfast. I don't
know why Bart beheads the rabbits.

Michael

Michael,

It's a gift to you proving his worthiness and devotion! That and he's
trying to drop you a hint! RABBIT STEW!!!

Andy

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.,........... eeeewwww yuck you poor thing know what thats like .....
i used to live semi rural
and there were lots of rabbits around where i lived ..... i used to
have to check the floor when i got out of bed in the mornings because
often my cats would leave me pressies **yuck** like half carcasses of
baby rabbits etc ...... seriously gross especially when you put your
foot in it whilst still being half asleep

:LOL

tessa

Half asleep? I was barely crawling. Ramsey was rambunctious this am.
I'm now getting over the gross part and will make my eggs. I'll do them
over easy with a side of bacon. I don't feel like making house made
potatoes and will do frozen hash browns. I'll make some country style
gravy to smother the spuds in.

Michael

--
"The first zucchini I ever saw I killed it with a hoe."
John Gould, Monstrous Depravity, 1963

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Michael,

It's a gift to you proving his worthiness and devotion! That and he's
trying to drop you a hint! RABBIT STEW!!!

Andy

Andy, you are talking to a transplanted city person. Yes, it's been 5
years since I moved to the burbs but still... Dead rabbits are not on the
menu ;o) Bart is a doll and I love her but she is pretty feral. On a
positive note she keeps the bunnies from eating my lillys.

Michael

--
"The first zucchini I ever saw I killed it with a hoe."
John Gould, Monstrous Depravity, 1963

"Michael "Dog3" Lonergan" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Ramsey woke me up early this morning. Missy decided to go outside so I
went to walk her. Not before I took a couple of eggs outta the fridge to
fry up for breakfast. When I walked out the back door there was another
beheaded rabbit. GAG... It spoiled my breakfast. I don't know why Bart
beheads the rabbits.

Michael

According to my cat's personal physician, there are nutrients in brains that
cats can't get anywhere else, unless they're added to cat food. Cats must
instinctively know what they need to eat.

"Michael \"Dog3\" Lonergan" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Dead rabbits are not on the
menu ;o)

Don't think of it as dead rabbit, think of it as fresh rabbit. 😄

Bart is a doll and I love her

Bart is a her...? OOPS! Sorry!

Andy

Michael 'Dog3' Lonergan said:

Ramsey woke me up early this morning. Missy decided to go outside so
I went to walk her. Not before I took a couple of eggs outta the
fridge to fry up for breakfast. When I walked out the back door there
was another beheaded rabbit. GAG... It spoiled my breakfast. I
don't know why Bart beheads the rabbits.

Michael

Ahem... I don't know where the head was and I don't want to know... but once
you skin the rabbit it's much like chicken. Cut into pieces, lots of garlic
and mushrooms, onion and olive oil, brown it it a pan, deglaze with a couple
of glugs of white wine then add chicken stock or water and lots of pepper
and salt. Cover and simmer for a couple of hours.

Of course I can see where that surprise would be, well, a surprise. But
think about how our ancestors used to cook rabbit. They didn't often have
wine, though.

Jill

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butterflyangel said:

Ramsey woke me up early this morning. Missy decided to go outside so I
went to walk her. Not before I took a couple of eggs outta the fridge
to
fry up for breakfast. When I walked out the back door there was another
beheaded rabbit. GAG... It spoiled my breakfast. I don't know why
Bart
beheads the rabbits

.,........... eeeewwww yuck you poor thing know what thats like .....
i used to live semi rural
and there were lots of rabbits around where i lived ..... i used to
have to check the floor when i got out of bed in the mornings because
often my cats would leave me pressies **yuck** like half carcasses of
baby rabbits etc ...... seriously gross especially when you put your
foot in it whilst still being half asleep

:LOL

tessa

Been there, done that. <lol>
The guts squish up between your toes......

What a way to start the morning eh?
--
Peace!
Om

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a [censored]"
-- Jack Nicholson

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Ramsey woke me up early this morning. Missy decided to go outside so I
went to walk her. Not before I took a couple of eggs outta the fridge to
fry up for breakfast. When I walked out the back door there was another
beheaded rabbit. GAG... It spoiled my breakfast. I don't know why Bart
beheads the rabbits.

Michael

According to my cat's personal physician, there are nutrients in brains
that cats can't get anywhere else, unless they're added to cat food. Cats
must instinctively know what they need to eat.

While this is probably the 'real' story, I always figured there was a secret
cat meadow somewhere, decorated with bunny heads on spikes, where cats light
bonfires and dance wild dances to the full moon.......

chipper -factual life is no fun :/

I agree with the poster that said you should eat it.

They're easy to skin, and great to eat.

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Chipper said:

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"Michael "Dog3" Lonergan" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Ramsey woke me up early this morning. Missy decided to go outside so I
went to walk her. Not before I took a couple of eggs outta the fridge to
fry up for breakfast. When I walked out the back door there was another
beheaded rabbit. GAG... It spoiled my breakfast. I don't know why Bart
beheads the rabbits.

Michael

According to my cat's personal physician, there are nutrients in brains
that cats can't get anywhere else, unless they're added to cat food. Cats
must instinctively know what they need to eat.

While this is probably the 'real' story, I always figured there was a secret
cat meadow somewhere, decorated with bunny heads on spikes, where cats light
bonfires and dance wild dances to the full moon.......

chipper -factual life is no fun :/

Seriously, cats do require specific amino acid profiles:

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/pic/article.cfm?dept_id=0&siteid=1&acatid=2
97&aid=547

Cats also require Taurine.

People that try to make their cats into vegetarians are animal abusers.
:-(
--
Peace!
Om

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a [censored]"
-- Jack Nicholson

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fred said:

I agree with the poster that said you should eat it.

They're easy to skin, and great to eat.

I thought of that too. ;-)
If the rabbit a cat brought me was reasonably fresh, I'd probably use it.

If it sat in the sun for any length of time, no way.

The last two wild rabbits I ate were ones I accidently hit with the
car...... but at least they were fresh! <G>

The last deer I put in the freezer was also one I hit, but we had deer
tags and it was deer season. That's the only way it's legal here.

If you hit a deer and you have deer tags, and it's in season, you can
tag it and take it.

But I don't recommend it. The insurance deductible to the damage to the
vehicle is just a bit dear (pun intended...... <G>😉
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Peace!
Om

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a [censored]"
-- Jack Nicholson

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fred said:

I agree with the poster that said you should eat it.

They're easy to skin, and great to eat.

I thought of that too. ;-)
If the rabbit a cat brought me was reasonably fresh, I'd probably use it.

If it sat in the sun for any length of time, no way.

The last two wild rabbits I ate were ones I accidently hit with the
car...... but at least they were fresh! <G>

The last deer I put in the freezer was also one I hit, but we had deer
tags and it was deer season. That's the only way it's legal here.

Same here in NY. Without tags, only the police are allowed to take them to
their buddies who butcher them and enjoy them, because the deer aren't dead
in the same way as if you or I took them home and ate them.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I thought of that too. ;-)
If the rabbit a cat brought me was reasonably fresh, I'd probably use it.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

If it sat in the sun for any length of time, no way.

I'd go more by temperature, if it's somewhat cool, I'd use it if it
were within 5 or 6 hours. I regularly keep rabbits/squirrels in a
hunting vest for this length of time before cleaning them, and I'm
still here...

Deer hunting with your car is a bit expensive, I'd say...

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Doug Kanter said:

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In article <[email hidden]>,

fred said:

I agree with the poster that said you should eat it.

They're easy to skin, and great to eat.

I thought of that too. ;-)
If the rabbit a cat brought me was reasonably fresh, I'd probably use it.

If it sat in the sun for any length of time, no way.

The last two wild rabbits I ate were ones I accidently hit with the
car...... but at least they were fresh! <G>

The last deer I put in the freezer was also one I hit, but we had deer
tags and it was deer season. That's the only way it's legal here.

Same here in NY. Without tags, only the police are allowed to take them to
their buddies who butcher them and enjoy them, because the deer aren't dead
in the same way as if you or I took them home and ate them.

Life is not always fair is it. ;-)

Here locally, they take fresh road kills over to the jail for the
inmates. Seriously.
--
Peace!
Om

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a [censored]"
-- Jack Nicholson

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fred said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I thought of that too. ;-)
If the rabbit a cat brought me was reasonably fresh, I'd probably use it.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

If it sat in the sun for any length of time, no way.

I'd go more by temperature, if it's somewhat cool, I'd use it if it
were within 5 or 6 hours. I regularly keep rabbits/squirrels in a
hunting vest for this length of time before cleaning them, and I'm
still here...

Well, as long as they've not started to obviously spoil, but sitting out
in the open like that usually attracts flies.

Maggots hatch in record time around here. :-P And the animal is not
always dead..... but that's another story. <sigh>

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Deer hunting with your car is a bit expensive, I'd say...

That, I think, was my point. Unless you have a large truck with a really
good "brush guard". <G>

I did pick up someone elses road kill deer one night on the way home
from work. I drove by it and the eyes reflected the headlights. I
stopped and it was still warm and limp... and the tags were in my wallet.

There is a _tremendous_ increase of in-town road kills of the white
tailed deer during hunting season. It seems to drive them in and these
deer breed like rabbits!
--
Peace!
Om

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a [censored]"
-- Jack Nicholson

Michael \'Dog3\' Lonergan said:

Ramsey woke me up early this morning. Missy decided to go outside so I
went to walk her. Not before I took a couple of eggs outta the fridge to
fry up for breakfast. When I walked out the back door there was another
beheaded rabbit. GAG... It spoiled my breakfast. I don't know why Bart
beheads the rabbits.

Rabbit heads must be really tasty. A lot of cats and dogs bring home rabbit
treats foe their masters but always seem unable to resist chewing off the
tasty bits first.

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fred said:

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> I thought of that too. ;-)
> If the rabbit a cat brought me was reasonably fresh, I'd probably use
> it.

Quoted message said:

> If it sat in the sun for any length of time, no way.

I'd go more by temperature, if it's somewhat cool, I'd use it if it
were within 5 or 6 hours. I regularly keep rabbits/squirrels in a
hunting vest for this length of time before cleaning them, and I'm
still here...

Well, as long as they've not started to obviously spoil, but sitting out
in the open like that usually attracts flies.

Maggots hatch in record time around here. :-P And the animal is not
always dead..... but that's another story. <sigh>

Quoted message said:

Deer hunting with your car is a bit expensive, I'd say...

That, I think, was my point. Unless you have a large truck with a really
good "brush guard". <G>

I did pick up someone elses road kill deer one night on the way home
from work. I drove by it and the eyes reflected the headlights. I
stopped and it was still warm and limp... and the tags were in my wallet.

There is a _tremendous_ increase of in-town road kills of the white
tailed deer during hunting season. It seems to drive them in and these
deer breed like rabbits!
--
Peace!
Om

Om, how did you get a deer into your car/truck? What do you mean 'the tags
were in my wallet."?
Weren't you frightened you might get hit yourself?
Thanks,
Dee Dee

Doug Kanter said:

According to my cat's personal physician, there are nutrients in brains that
cats can't get anywhere else, unless they're added to cat food. Cats must
instinctively know what they need to eat.

Interesting. Brains contain a *lot* of cholesterol. My cats
laways ate the heads off of bird, chipmunks, baby ducks, and as a
rare treat, rabbits (hi patches!)

I suspect the skulls are great teeth cleaners, too.

-sw