# How many average size Gray Squirrels do I need for a stew that will feed four people?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 11, 2003, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-average-size-gray-squirrels-do-i-need-for-a-stew-that-will-feed-four-people/206874 "2003-10-11T18:19:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2012, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-average-size-gray-squirrels-do-i-need-for-a-stew-that-will-feed-four-people/206874/61 "2012-08-21T12:55:59Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> Since my comment on the first page, I’ve learned that the stench I associate with cooking squirrel comes from glands in the rear, which apparently neither my mom nor my grampap knew how to remove. You definitely want to learn how to remove them.

Worthy advice indeed! I’ll be sure to learn where they are and de-gland the little suckers.

> [@Lasciel](#):
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> Erk. I have no objection to squab or to squirrel, but I do get a little crosseyed at the thought of city squirrel. Serious question - Do you know what kinds of fertilizers and weedkillers the city uses on the trees and grass? I don’t, but I’d want to know some specifics before I ate city squirrels.
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> My dad used to use rat-traps (much bigger than mousetraps) nailed to the trees, but he used some sort of suet rather than peanut butter to bait them.

Around my place, they don’t use fertilizers and weed killers, so I’m safe 😃

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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-average-size-gray-squirrels-do-i-need-for-a-stew-that-will-feed-four-people/206874/62 "2012-08-27T01:02:25Z")

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I know the OP has long since gone on a diet of brains, but in a current thread on nutritional value of chicken eggs there is a cite to the values of all sorts of critters, including squirrels (sorry I can’t simply put it here; my iPad keeps losing pages).

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