Whole oven-ready grey squirrel, skinned and prepared by our butchers Wild-shot or trapped and dispatched in Britain, available year-round Approximately 225g, one squirrel per person Fine-textured, sweet, light meat with a nutty edge, somewhere between rabbit and chicken Eating greys supports red squirrel recovery: humanely culled, never wasted Increasingly seen on top restaurant menus as part of the invasive-species food movement Squirrel is the British meat almost nobody has tried, and one of the most sustainable wild proteins on the planet. Each oven-ready squirrel is skinned and prepared by our butchers, weighs around 225g, and gives one person a proper supper. There is not a lot of meat on a squirrel apart from the haunches - the back legs - which give the most meat. The flavour is light, sweet and finely textured, closer to a more refined rabbit with a nutty edge from a diet of acorns, hazelnuts and beech mast. Best slow-cooked into a casserole, a ragu or a Cornish-style pasty, or roasted and basted carefully to keep the lean meat moist. Buying a grey supports red squirrel recovery: humane culling of the invasive grey is the only practical tool we have to protect what's left of the native reds.
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