# Fresh Whole Rabbit **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 20, 2013, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-whole-rabbit/658858 "2013-05-20T19:35:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-whole-rabbit/658858/21 "2013-05-21T13:38:39Z")
Even if you do find some rabbit, whatever you do, don’t make soup with it. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-whole-rabbit/658858/22 "2013-05-21T15:22:48Z")
Oh, great. Now I realize how much I look like a real life Elmer Fudd. ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-whole-rabbit/658858/23 "2013-05-21T15:34:24Z")
Rabbit is excellent. I also love buffalo which is super lean and [caribou](http://americanpridefoods.com/alaska-sausage.html) which is super fatty. Yummers ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-whole-rabbit/658858/24 "2013-05-21T15:35:28Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > I don’t mind if my husband cooks squirrel, even inside. I won’t eat it (tried it, didn’t care for it), but if he wants squirrel stew, he can cook it. > > I draw the line at butchering the squirrel in the living room, though. If he EVER butchers another animal inside the house, he won’t have to worry about a divorce. Because if there’s gonna be that much blood and guts and stink inside the house, then I’m gonna help make it. My OG, how butchering stinks! Living room!? You don’t have a kitchen? ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-whole-rabbit/658858/25 "2013-05-21T16:25:36Z")
I have trouble thinking of rabbit as “exotic”. When I was a kid we raised rabbits in the back yard for meat. At one time we had more than 200. Dad gave lots of rabbit meat away to friends and family. He did not butcher them in the house, though. He did it out back by the garden, where the gross parts went to help feed the plants. ---
**Author:** ![howye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9adbd/32.png) [@howye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/howye)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-whole-rabbit/658858/26 "2013-05-21T16:48:53Z")
You might give the state meat inspection office a call, [http://www.vdacs.virginia.gov/meat&poultry/](http://www.vdacs.virginia.gov/meat&poultry/). Presuming there is any rabbit processed in Virginia, they can put you in touch with the processor. Same goes for any “exotic” meat processed and inspected in the state. Could be an interesting list. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-whole-rabbit/658858/27 "2013-05-21T17:55:36Z")
There’s a chain of international “farmer’s” markets here. Just a large Asian/etc. food market with lots of fresh produce, etc. Many non-standard meats. I spotted their whole rabbits just last week. It always gives me the heebie-jeebies because of _Repulsion_. I’m never going to try just because of that movie. ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/59ef9b/32.png) [@FlyingRat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRat)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-whole-rabbit/658858/28 "2013-05-21T18:14:37Z")
> [@Maillard\_Duck](#): > > I don’t know where you live exactly, but this place in McLean ought to fit the bill: > [http://www.theorganicbutcher.com/](http://www.theorganicbutcher.com/) Dunno if they do rabbits, but I received a pound of artisanal bacon from this place in the holiday white elephant swap at work. Yummynums. ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-whole-rabbit/658858/29 "2013-05-21T18:33:00Z")
This thread has made me want to check out our local International Food Market that just opened up by my house. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-whole-rabbit/658858/30 "2013-05-21T18:56:08Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > I don’t mind if my husband cooks squirrel, even inside. I won’t eat it (tried it, didn’t care for it), but if he wants squirrel stew, he can cook it. > > I draw the line at butchering the squirrel in the living room, though. If he EVER butchers another animal inside the house, he won’t have to worry about a divorce. Because if there’s gonna be that much blood and guts and stink inside the house, then I’m gonna help make it. My OG, how butchering stinks! > [@White SIFL](#): > > Living room!? You don’t have a kitchen? We do have a kitchen, but there’s no TV in there, and he wanted to watch TV while he butchered the squirrel. We also have a garage, which is where he butchered the first deer that he shot. I’m not sure that I’d really want anything butchered in my kitchen. Have I mentioned how much butchering STINKS? ---
**Author:** ![Maillard\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@Maillard\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maillard_Duck)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-whole-rabbit/658858/31 "2013-05-21T19:39:21Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > There’s a chain of international “farmer’s” markets here. Just a large Asian/etc. food market with lots of fresh produce, etc. Many non-standard meats. I spotted their whole rabbits just last week. This is a good point. Try Grand Mart (Korean supermarket chain – lots of locations including Alexandria and Falls Church). I think I’ve seen rabbit there. ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-whole-rabbit/658858/32 "2013-05-21T22:03:51Z")
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