That's what birth smells like...
Shortly before I became babydad and on a little visit to babymums old school country living grandmother, I developed a strong desire to skin and cook a rabbit. Being a wannabe river cottage type, I thought it would be an excellent way to better appreciate meat and it's origins.

So with rabbit duly delivered, offal removed and quickly fried (very fresh rabbit liver is delicious by the way), I hung the beast for a couple of days in the shed as instructed, before the skinning and jointing process began.

A odd experience pulling the pelt off, a bit like removing a very wet sock, but odder still, and definitely not advertised, is the smell... very, very richly irony with an undertone of fillet steak, not unpleasant but certainly new to my nostrils.

A couple of weeks later, babybaby pops his head into the world and slithers onto the sheets like an emotional firework, joy, relief, pride, fear, tears and a load more joy... all to the olfactory smelltrack of bunny butchery.



I've seen some humorous final lines about length which I don't quite understand, however I can tell you a little trim downstairs can help a great deal.
(babydad, Tue 12 Aug 2008, 17:15, 3 replies)

I've always hated gutting rabbits
The intestines absolutely stink.

Peeling Skinning them is great fun though. I didn't manage to do it "all in one" the first couple of times.
(The Empress it seems you CAN polish a turd!, Tue 12 Aug 2008, 17:21, closed)

Try skinning a blue whale!
Cos...Thats uh, what I did once.
(powervator and NONE SHALL PASS, Tue 12 Aug 2008, 20:34, closed)