# Rabbit season. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 12, 2014, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit-season/698310 "2014-09-12T17:25:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit-season/698310/1 "2014-09-12T17:25:42Z")
Fall is around the corner and so it’s rabbit season. I’ve not made this in some years because my wife won’t touch it and neither will my daughter. My son is old enough not to follow along and so will probably eat it now. Anyway, it’s way overdue and I’m going to make it. Pretty much the way my mom and grandmother used to. 1 whole rabbit cut into serving size pieces 1-2 onions 3-4 carrots 1-2 parsnips 1 pint of mushrooms (optional) 6-12 cloves of garlic (more better than less) 1 small bunch of woody herbs (Thyme, Rosemary, Sage) 1 bunch parsley 2 cups of white wine 2 cups of water or low sodium chicken broth Salt & pepper Season rabbit. Brown in some veg oil in a deep pan which you’ll use to braise it later. Return all pieces to the pan. Add all vegetables and herbs, add liquid to cover. Bring to boil. Then turn to very low simmer and cover. Cook until meat is tender. I leave it to braise for 2-3 hours or until it’s fall apart tender. To finish: Remove the meat. Discard the herbs. Break up vegetables with a potato masher (or discard if you want). Bring up the heat and reduce the sauce a little. Adjust seasoning, if necessary (I find it needs more fresh pepper). Add a little dijon mustard to taste and incorporate well into sauce. Turn off heat. Add some sour cream (to taste). Return meat to pan and let stand while you set table and open some wine. Serve over mashed potatoes, or polenta, or rice, or egg noodles… whatever you prefer. How do you make your rabbit? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit-season/698310/2 "2014-09-12T17:26:31Z")
I thought it was duck season? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit-season/698310/3 "2014-09-12T17:26:56Z")
Sorry, it’s fiddler crab season! GMTA! ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit-season/698310/4 "2014-09-12T17:27:45Z")
You’re despicable! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit-season/698310/5 "2014-09-12T17:28:46Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I thought it was duck season? > [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Sorry, it’s fiddler crab season! > GMTA! It’s baseball season, of course. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit-season/698310/6 "2014-09-12T17:34:39Z")
Fwicassee of wabbit. ::drool, drool:: ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit-season/698310/7 "2014-09-12T17:35:09Z")
You never, EVER get set-ups this good IRL. I gotta go lie down, I’m laughing too hard. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit-season/698310/8 "2014-09-12T17:43:38Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by **Quicksilver** > You’re despicable! And you are a dirty skunk. ---
**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit-season/698310/9 "2014-09-12T17:49:11Z")
I’ve only had rabbit roasted, I think. Perhaps it was lightly breaded and pan fried…it was a long time ago and I didn’t realize what it was until I actually ate it and realized them weren’t chicken bones. It was good but I don’t recall ever eating it as a child even though my grandpa was an avid rabbit hunter. And it’s too expensive to buy in the store. So…I would have to visit you and yours in order to try it… ---
**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:** [September 12, 2014, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit-season/698310/10 "2014-09-12T17:50:06Z")
Whatever you do, don’t make rabbit soup. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit-season/698310/11 "2014-09-12T17:58:37Z")
Rabbit seas… 😕 HEY! :eek::eek: Username aside, I think I’ve only had it as [hasenpfeffer](http://allrecipes.com/recipe/hasenpfeffer-rabbit-stew/). Mom’s family is half-German. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit-season/698310/12 "2014-09-12T17:59:15Z")
Elmer Season? ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit-season/698310/13 "2014-09-12T18:17:06Z")
Shhh. Be vewy vewy quiet… ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit-season/698310/14 "2014-09-12T18:30:48Z")
I’m sowwy, fewwas, but I’m a vegetawian. I onwy hunt for the sport of it. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit-season/698310/15 "2014-09-12T18:46:49Z")
Anyone for tenisths? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit-season/698310/16 "2014-09-12T18:56:19Z")
Got a recipe for Chicken-fried rabbit with cottontail sauce? Drooool, drool… ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit-season/698310/17 "2014-09-12T18:57:40Z")
Of course, you can’t beat a Back Bay Bayou Bunny Bordelas- a la Antoine. (Though personally, I prefer hamboiger.) ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit-season/698310/18 "2014-09-12T18:57:52Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I thought it was duck season? > [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Sorry, it’s fiddler crab season! > GMTA! > [@Skywatcher](#): > > It’s baseball season, of course. Ha! _Pronoun_ trouble. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit-season/698310/19 "2014-09-12T20:43:53Z")
> [@GrumpyBunny](#): > > Rabbit seas… 😕 > > HEY! :eek::eek: > > Username aside, I think I’ve only had it as [hasenpfeffer](http://allrecipes.com/recipe/hasenpfeffer-rabbit-stew/). Mom’s family is half-German. If I didn’t know this was hasenpfeffer, I’d swear it was carrots. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit-season/698310/20 "2014-09-12T20:48:45Z")
OOH! I hate that honorable royal majestic graciousness! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit-season/698310.md?page=2)