Dearies,
Went out for dinner last night and my date had rabbit. Those crazy French. Anyway, she came home with a wicked stomach ache which was followed by the trademarked sound of in-toilet upchuck. She claimed food poisoning and I wasn’t really in any place to say, “No honey, perhaps you should have just laid off the vino.” This got me thinking. Other meats and certain fish have their specific associated diseases, what about rabbit. Is there a rabbit-specific ecoli, a mad cow style danger lurking in these otherwise delicious varmints? She’s feeling better, so no harm there. Was just wondering…are there specific, bunny related threats to a dangerously rare hare?
-Birdmonster
Well, there’s tularemia. Is that what you were thinking of?
Sounds like a delightful little disease.
I was just curious, really. Any more would be fodder for further, 2nd date discussion. Assuming there is one.
Food poisoning is most likely. Tularemia takes a while to develop and it looks like the first symptoms aren’t throwing up. And restaurant rabbits aren’t usually wild rabbits that have been hunted down and shot (did she find any shot in the meat?). Rather they come from commercial rabbit farms where the cute little fellas are raised as meat source.
Of course "Guess what diseases you could’ve caught might not be the best avenue to talk down…
Farmed rabbits are pretty much like any other farmed animal, the chances of you contracting a serious diesese if prepared properly are rare. I would suspect restaurant procedure more than a piece of food.
Hey! That was in the rerun of West Wing on Bravo tonight!
Or, you can be sure to boil the bunny until it’s core temp reaches a safe level, as illustrated in Fatal Attraction.
On the other hand, if she became that ill that soon after eating the rabbit, it’s less likely that rabbit-borne food poisoning is to blame; I believe there’s typically a delay before food poisoning symptoms manifest themselves.
Not necessarily. It depends on whether it’s an infection (you eat bug, bug grows and makes stuff that makes you sick) or an intoxication (bug grows big and strong and makes nasty stuff before you eat it).
True, but most food-borne illnesses are a result of infection-- so what she had for lunch, or dinner yesterday made her sick.
Or too much wine
Some cute pictures while she revcovers.
There’s only one way to eat a brace of conies…
Rabbit Au Gratin de Gelatin under Tooled Leather?
:dubious: Next time you have rabbit for dinner, you should serve them, not eat them!! :smack:
I’ve found that rabbits are poor conversationalists and tend to deficate at the most innapropriate times. But I’ll keep the suggestion in mind.
Barbecued duck meat with broiled duck bill milanese . . . Yum-my yum!!
Perhaps you should make a contribution to the effort to save Toby.