# squirrel

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squirrel/159613>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 7, 2003, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squirrel/159613 "2003-03-07T00:22:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![c\_carol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e79b87/32.png) [@c\_carol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/c_carol)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2003, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squirrel/159613/21 "2003-03-09T02:06:25Z")

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> _originally posted by elelle_  
> Here in North Carolina, squirrel brains and eggs are still found on some country diner menus

That’s … interesting, elelle. What part of NC did you say you were from?

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**Author:** ![KeithT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@KeithT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KeithT)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2003, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squirrel/159613/22 "2003-03-09T03:09:44Z")

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Much to my surprise, _Joy of Cooking_ (yep, _that_ one) devotes three full paragraphs to the preparation of gray squirrels, including a series of fairly graphic illustrations describing how to skin the little buggers.

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