I always curry the rabbit (slow cooker) then don't tell the kids what meat it is, no one really likes rabbit apart from me so tend to go more for the less edible vermin when shooting opportunities arise. Shame really but 'thems the breaks'
Sounds like you survived to tell the tale.
Border Bushcrafters
Isn't it nice when someone says "that's a great piece of kit, where did you buy that", then you can modestly reply "you can't buy it, I made it myself". The moral is, it's amazing what you can achieve if you put your mind to it.
"No better burden can a man carry on the road, than a store of common sense." - Hávamál: 10
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