# Toulouse Lautrec rabbit recipe

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toulouse-lautrec-rabbit-recipe/972204>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** food-cooking\
**Created:** [September 25, 2022, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toulouse-lautrec-rabbit-recipe/972204 "2022-09-25T14:21:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toulouse-lautrec-rabbit-recipe/972204/22 "2022-09-26T19:22:41Z")

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> [@HeyHomie](#):
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> But it’s not for me, I can’t stand the gamey taste.

Huh. I’m not a huge fan of rabbit, either, but the rabbit I’ve eaten has been rather bland.

> [@TriPolar](#):
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> I’m sure it will depend on what they’ve been fed but many people will say that rabbit tastes like chicken. Saying that unusual and exotic foods taste like chicken is sometimes a joke, but in this case it’s been true IMO.

The first time i ate rabbit, the host told us it was chicken. I was surprised by the taste, and suspected he’d lied. So, while it tastes like a mild meat that’s not bloody, i would not say it tastes like chicken.

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**Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toulouse-lautrec-rabbit-recipe/972204/23 "2022-09-26T19:42:04Z")

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If your rabbit tastes gamey I suspect you are having hare. They look similar, but taste very different.  
This thread is making me long for the rabbit my grandmother made, ages ago, when I was a child.  
The Toulouse Lautrec recipe looks like it overcooks the rabbit and has too many ingredients for such a neutral tasting meat, but I may have a preconception there.

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**Post date:** [September 27, 2022, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toulouse-lautrec-rabbit-recipe/972204/24 "2022-09-27T00:38:40Z")

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The rabbit I have had tastes like … rabbit. And not gamey.

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**Post date:** [September 27, 2022, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toulouse-lautrec-rabbit-recipe/972204/25 "2022-09-27T00:46:18Z")

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The rabbit I had for Christmas dinner was breaded and deep-fried, like chicken. I might have been fooled into thinking it was, had I not been told beforehand that it was rabbit.

My mother spent her early years living on a farm in Missouri. It was a long time before she realized she’d been eating Peter Cottontail every Sunday.

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