Take one squirrel and stuff with hazelnuts,almonds,peanuts and anything left out for the birds cover with a good helping of fat and a topping of breadcrumbs,place on the barbecue not far away from the bird table cook for 20mins and serve with new potatoes and lashings of ginger beer.

I like the glass of wine,maybe 2,3,or 4 I do hope we all are joking about squirrels,live and let live thats my motto,I have them in my garden,I think there funny and dear little things and I would never drive them away. copperfirefly.

This competition is strictly tongue in cheek!

There have been some quite tempting recipes, though .

Kingfisher

Sorry if you thought we were serious, but depends how many you happen to have!!!!In fact we could cater for quite a large dinner party!!!
No , be serious just a jolly laugh , they are sweet little things.

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"I do hope we all are joking about squirrels,live and let live thats my motto,I have them in my garden,I think there funny and dear little things."

This a tad naive. Nothing wrong with red squirrels, but greys don't have a live and let live ethic. They may be funny, but they are tree living killers, and best eaten or exterminated IMO.

See here http://news.scotsman.com/scitech.cfm?id=387892005

So get your guns and get dinner or you may contribute to songbird decline. http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=...1057102006

http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=...=871272007

This was an interesting article...no update on it, however.

Kingfisher