I just bought a chinchilla
Donny_Brasco @ Fri May 19, 2006 4:26 pm
I was wondering if anyone knows what temperature to cook it at...
Blue_Nose @ Fri May 19, 2006 4:33 pm
Make sure you get all that hair off... it gets stuck in your teeth.
bossdog @ Fri May 19, 2006 4:35 pm
If it's a part of the "porcupine" family, you should be able to eat it raw.
Blue_Nose @ Fri May 19, 2006 4:37 pm
I think it's part of the "It's a rat, but a little cuter" family.
MissT @ Fri May 19, 2006 4:44 pm
After you've killed it, make sure you squeeze its bladder area to make it piss, so that you don't get urine everywhere while skinning it or cutting it up. Cut a slit, then pull the skin off like a sweater and pants. Cut skin off at the head and legs. Simmer low heat in chunks for a stew, some onions, tomato and cumin shoudl be nice. Lots of salt. Maybe some paprika.
Jaime_Souviens @ Fri May 19, 2006 4:57 pm
1 chinchilla
1/4 c. flour
1/2 tsp. paprika
Salt and pepper to taste
1/4 c. shortening
1 onion, chopped
1 stalk celery, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
1/4 tsp. each thyme and savory
1 bay leaf
2 chicken bouillon cubes
1 c. boiling water
1/2 to 1 c. red wine
1 can button mushrooms (4 oz.)
2 tbsp. chopped parsley
Dust chinchilla with seasoned flour. Brown in hot fat. Remove chinchilla from pan. Add onion, celery, garlic and herbs. Saute a few minutes. Add any remaining flour to drippings and blend. Mix boiling water and chicken cubes and wine and add to skillet. Cook and stir until slightly thickened. Return chinchilla to skillet. Cover and simmer for 30 minutes. Add mushrooms and parsley. Cover and cook 30 minutes longer.
IkeaMan @ Fri May 19, 2006 5:00 pm
sounds like a great dish for my son's Boa
MissT @ Fri May 19, 2006 5:02 pm
IkeaMan IkeaMan:
sounds like a great dish for my son's Boa
I expect snake would be better cooked with white wine.
Jaime_Souviens @ Fri May 19, 2006 5:05 pm
Are we talking about snakes, or does your son tend to 'dress showy'?
IkeaMan @ Fri May 19, 2006 5:08 pm
I'm talking about food for his snake!
MissT @ Fri May 19, 2006 5:10 pm
Oops! Sorry. Yes, feed the red-wine-and-herb chinchilla stew to the snake. Sound like a logical thing to do.
Jaime_Souviens @ Fri May 19, 2006 5:14 pm
(It's actually a modified coq-au-vin recipe.)
MissT @ Fri May 19, 2006 5:18 pm
Lucky snake then. People and their pets these days eh? Spoil 'em or eat 'em. What happened to just pet them?
Blue_Nose @ Fri May 19, 2006 5:31 pm
Jaime_Souviens Jaime_Souviens:
(It's actually a modified coq-au-vin recipe.)
Sounds a little like a recipe for ferret I picked up on this site a while ago.
Jaime_Souviens @ Fri May 19, 2006 5:41 pm
Blue_Nose Blue_Nose:
Jaime_Souviens Jaime_Souviens:
(It's actually a modified coq-au-vin recipe.)
Sounds a little like a recipe for ferret I picked up on this site a while ago.Similar, maybe. But I don't quite think so.
Still works.