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Bunny Burgers

Discussion in 'The Smokehouse' started by Grizzly Adam, Aug 14, 2014.

  1. Grizzly Adam

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    We finally made some bunny burgers-- about 3 lbs of rabbit meat chopped in the food processor for about 30 seconds (two meat grinders couldn't do the job) and mixed with 1 lbs sausage, some seasoning and binders. Cooked them over Dad's fire pit grill--man were they good!
     
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    Rabbit is a very underrated meat. Excellent stuff but it's been a long while since I've had any.
     
  3. Grizzly Adam

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    Mom said she liked them better than beef burgers.
     
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    Sort of tough to believe that you'd go to all that trouble and not take a picture.
     
  5. Grizzly Adam

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    Hard to believe we went this far in the thread and no one told me the picture didn't get posted.

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  6. My IS heats my home

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    I see 6 of them. I call the one on the bottom right corner....
    and Grizz, if we should ever meet at a GTG, I'd love to taste
    your grill food
     
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  7. Grizzly Adam

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    It's nothing special... Ok, well it probably is but the wood fire does most of it.
     
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    It's kind of special if you've never had rabbit before
     
  9. Grizzly Adam

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    True, but you didn't mention wanting to try the rabbit.
     
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    Grizz, being that rabbit is a naturally lean meat, do you add olive oil or any rendered fat to the burger mixture?
     
  11. Grizzly Adam

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    We added 25% sausage and it seemed about right.
     
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    Its been long time for me to, since I've had any rabbit but it is good stuff, for sure
     
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    Wild or Domestic?

    I never though of grinding it into burgers. Gotta try that.
     
  14. Grizzly Adam

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    Domestic. Going to have a big one to grind up soon, second little and she's trying to kill the babies again.
     
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    I bet that would be tender if you canned it; I love canned venison over mashed 'taters.
     
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  16. Grizzly Adam

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    It might be,'but I don't foresee us canning it when it freezes so well.
     
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    Bacon would probably good in them in the place of sausage. I use it in deer burgers and man is it good.
     
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    So why couldn't you grind it? I grind chuck, beef, 30 lbs at a time in a cabellas meat grinder ever since the pink slime fiasco. Are you saying that rabbit meat won't work in a grinder?

    I've never tried rabbit meat and it would be cool to sneak it in on the family.
     
  19. Grizzly Adam

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    I'm not sure, it just kept plugging. Maybe too much silver skin or too many tendons in the mix? The food processed worked great though, and mom just gave me that one since she got a new one.