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[ironymaiden]

Tell me an interesting fact about yourself and I will reply with an interesting fact about myself that I think of when I read yours. It may be entirely related, or only related in the weirdest, broadest definitions.

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Re: I visited the Faroe Islands when I was young

[ironymaiden]

when I was somewhere in my teens I asked for and received the Joy of Cooking, and followed their instructions for preparing wild rabbit, which included hanging the carcass for at least 24 hours. my dad loved hunting rabbit but most of the time he gave the meat away due to game meat being the poverty food of his childhood. I wanted the experience of cleaning and preparing something dad had shot (skinning wasn't too bad but wow plucking out pellets is a PITA) . I only did it the one time, but now I know that a) it's possible in an ordinary household and b) hanging really can make a tough beast more tender without making you sick.

Re: I visited the Faroe Islands when I was young

[jesse_the_k]

Huh.

What kind of climate did you hang your rabbit in?

(The Faroes are basically a natural refrigerator: temps hover around 40° year round, and no flies have survived the Atlantic voyage.)

/yes I have the icon for everything.

Re: I visited the Faroe Islands when I was young

[ironymaiden]

it was in Pennsylvania during rabbit season, so it probably would have been during the early fall. (there is a winter rabbit season, but I remember that it wasn't freezing or snowy outside.)