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Monday, 21 November 2011
So I waz down at skwerl bar and did is what dey be talkin bout: It's okay to be friends with the skwerls...but this woman has taken things to the extreme: A woman who lives in Kettering Ohio has been charged with two counts of criminal trespassing on other people's property. What does she do on other people's property? Set fires? Raid their garbage cans? Go through their garden sheds and take rakes? No! She does something even worse! Something that the city, the neighbors and animal control officers have been trying to stop for years! She goes onto the neighbor's property to feed the squirrels peanuts. So why doesn't she restrict the rodent buffet to her own yard? That's a good question! According the the neighbors (one who was quite willing to talk to anyone who will listen) she never feeds the squirrels in her own yard, she only feeds them by going into her neighbor's yards and scattering them in everyone else's yard so the neighbor's get the joys of seeing urban wildlife tear up their gardens, invade their attics and chew up car wiring. She does not scatter peanuts on her own yard because they are a nuisance to her own pets and her own garden -according to anonymous neighbor who answered an anonymous e-mail with five pages. I agree with the neighbors: squirrels are cool, but if she loves them that much she should feed them only in her own yard. Some people can't stand the tree rats and there really are kids who have peanut allergies and squirrels don't care -they will hide their nuts anywhere that's convenient. It almost sounds like the squirrel feeder has some other agenda going on against the neighbors. It's hard to guess from the new article. found here: http://www.wdtn.com/dpp/news/strange/squirrel-feeder-could-be-jailed There's no reason to feed urban squirrels. Even in the harshest of winters they find more than enough to survive. They eat anything and everything, from leaves to string to garbage to insects. 
And of course the neighborhood urban squirrel is an integral part of the urban circle of life, as we see from the above picture. This cat is bringing home a gift for his owner who hopes to make this wonderful dish for the family's dinner: Squirrel Cobbler
2 squirrels, cut into pieces
2 cups water
2 cups white wine
1 bay leaf
3 carrots sliced
2 onions sliced
3 cloves
2 1/3 cups Bisquick
5 Tb. butter
5 Tb. flour
1/2 cup milk
1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
salt and pepper to taste
thyme
1 cup heavy cream
12 baby onions
1-2 Tb. melted butter
Put the squirrel pieces, water, white wine, bayleaf, onion, and
cloves in a saucepan. Bring ingredients to boil, cover and
simmer for an hour.
Remove the squirrel pieces and set aside. Strain the liquid.
Hold aside. Save the vegetables but toss the cloves and bay
leaf. Cut the squirrel into 1 inch chunks. Make a Bisquick
shortcake dough ball according to the box directions. Leave out
the sugar.
Heat the butter and flour in a saucepan, stir in the milk,
squirrel broth, and Worcestershire sauce. Cook slowly until it
thickens.
Stir in the salt, pepper, and thyme. Add the cream. Heat, but
do not boil.
Layer sauce, meat and carrots in a casserole dish. Add the small
onions. Add remaining sauce.
Knead your crust dough and pat it out larger than your dish. Lay
it on top of your ingredients. Brush with butter. Bake for 30
minutes at 450 degrees or until crust is brown.
Serves 6 I have no idea where that recipe came from originally, according to a message board it used to be on the BisQuick website.
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