modern farmer: Eat More Squirrel in 2015

"Forget apple pie: Squirrel may win the title as the most American of dishes. Squirrel sustained this country’s earliest settlers and was commonly found on the 19th century menus of the grandest of hotels — even the White House. President William Henry Harrison listed Squirrel Burgoo — a thick meat and vegetable stew — as one of his favorite foods, while famously finicky eater James Garfield gave squirrel soup his highest praise."

(continue: Recipe for Rack of Squirrel á la Forestiere)