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Skriven 2013-03-14 11:59:18 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
  Kommentar till text 34690 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
Ärende: Re: Schnitzel
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Hi Ruth,

> -> > 1. Good doggie. 2. Bunny Foo-Foo won't be hopping through the forest,
> -> > scooping up field mice and bopping them any more.
> ->
> -> There is a 'bunny hutch' or wild-rabbit looking warren in our yard below
> a
> -> bushy tree, maybe 4 feet from that dog fence.. you'd think the smell of
> "dog"
> -> would have warned them off that section of the yard.. :(
> ->
> Rabbits are pretty dumb, I guess.  On the other hand if it smelled like cat
> they might have avoided it.


Yeah they seem so at this point.. a little over 1/2 acre of "yard" and that
bunny decided to nibble on grass near or under the gate of the "dog yard" :(.

As far as their warren goes, that was there well before we bought the house - I
rememember seeing Rabbits when we first looked at the house... unfortunate for
them I guess.

> -> > -> I feel like tomorrow I have to look for starving baby bunnies. darn
> -> > dogs.
> ->
> -> > You need a few cats too - problem solved.
> ->
> -> Heh.. we have 3 cats :)  We'd had 4 earlier, but Lizzy decided to move
> in
> -> permanently with a family in Windsor.  The woman I spoke to was really
> happy
> -> Lizzy moved in, so that was good.  But so far, the cats haven't brought
> any
> -> 'gifts' inside, thankfully..

> As long as they leave the remains outside, it's OK; bringing half-dead or
> stunned ctitters indoors isn't so OK.

Tell me about it :)  This week one of the cats did bring in a chubby little
mouse that my son was able to catch and return to the outdoors.. thank
goodness.


 > -> > I'm no help; no one ever taught me.  I did kill two rabbit-shaped
> garden
> -> > raiders once, a long time ago, but they were buried intact.
> ->
> -> I can tell  I'll be investing in some chicken-wire fencing for my garden
> this
> -> year.. Won't be the first time we've had to do that :)

> That won't help against the deer.  I used to have tulips; these days
> usually
> all I grow are stumps.

Geez, I'd forgotten about that.. Coyotes, deer, rabbits, mice.. think it's time
to move to the city? Well, thankfully I haven't seen any deer or coyotes here
yet... but this area is well known for all those critters.

Here's a scary one from http://www.ifish.net/
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VIETNAMESE STIR FRIED COYOTE WITH LEMON GRASS


------------------------------FOR THE MARINADE------------------------------
1 Stick fresh or 2tb dried Slices lemon grass 2 lb Coyote meat, cut into Small
pieces 1 Garlic clove, large
0.5" cube fresh ginger
1 tb Sugar
1 1/2 tb Tomato paste
1/2 ts Salt
1/4 ts Chilli powder
1/4 ts Ground turmuric

 YOU ALSO NEED
2 Cloves garlic
3 tb Vegetable oil
1 tb Fish sauce OR salt to taste
4-8 tb coyote stock
3 1/2 oz Onions

First prepare the marinade. If you are using fresh lemon grass, cut it
crossways into very thin slices, starting at the bulbous bottom end and going
up around 6". Discard the strawlike top. If you are using dried lemon grass,
soak it in 4 tb of hot water for an hour. Put the coyote pieces in a bowl, add
the fresh lemon grass or the drained soaked dried lemon grass (save the soaking
liquid). Peel and crush the large garlic clove, peel the ginger and grate it
finely. Add the garlic, ginger, sugar, tomato paste, salt, chilli powder and
turmeric to the coyote. Mix, cover and set aside for 1-24 hours, refrigerating
if necessary. Peel and finely chop the two garlic cloves. Put the oil in a wok
or large, lidded frying pan and set over a high heat. When it is hot, put in
the garlic. Stir and fry for 30 secs or until the garlic is golden. Add the
coyote along with its marinade. Stir and fry for 5-6 mins or until the coyote
browns a little. Add the fish sauce and either the lemon grass soaking liquid
or 4 tb stock. Stir once and cover. Cook on a high heat for 5 mins. Lift the
lid and stir, adding another 4 tb of stock. Cover, turn the heat to low and
cook for another 5 mins. While the coyote cooks, peel the onions and cut them
into 0.75" dice. Separate the onion layers within the diced pieces. Turn the
heat under the coyote to high, remove the wok lid, add the onion and fry for 1
minute. Lift the coyote out its oil and serve.
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Take care,
Jans

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