What does Squirrel taste like?! | Sorted Food

Today we taste test some meats which are less-familiar to us.
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[@ollie6768]

BRING BACK THE BLOOPERS! ps great video. It is crazy how many fully produced episodes you and your team have made this month. Im hoping you all will have a well deserved break with your families over Christmas.

[@sirBrouwer]

I can imagine that some of them have been made in advance, like as early as early November. What would still be a challenge as they would have to do this and make the preparations for the weekend live show.

[@Nooticus]

@@sirBrouwer yeah its still very VERY impressive

[@CodedToasT]

If I had to guess why there aren't any bloopers anymore, it would be due to getting more completions on their videos. Not everyone would stay for the blooper and KZbin looks much more favourably on videos / channels that have high watch time retention and completion.

[@mimi56565]

i would love to have the bloopers back as well !

[@lynnettesue6240]

The way Kush dressed that grouse with the berries, tho! 🤣 I was laughing with the boys. They way they described it makes me definitely want to give that a go! 🤤

[@ButyoucancallmeKat]

Did anyone explain to Kush that it was a good effort but it might be a little too late to try to feed the bird berries…

[@eatdirtmofo]

Problem with game, break your teeth on birdshot lead. I think these are farm raised?

[@donaldwert7137]

They had nothing to grouse about with that one.

[@AbsoluteNut1]

I guessed it was grouse. What do I win?

[@hildigunnurr]

yeah it was maybe the most Kush-y thing I've seen!

[@Anna-uh3jq]

I was told that the UK has an invasive squirrel problem, but the title makes me wonder if they’re taking drastic measures to get rid of the problem. 👀

[@SortedFood]

Look, we’re happy to help out wherever needed 😂

[@Anna-uh3jq]

@@SortedFoodhahaha. Well lets make eating squirrel for Christmas the new trend then. 😂

[@Mr_Dopey]

In Australia they do that with cats.

[@Mr_Dopey]

@@Anna-uh3jq Cat fur clothes are pretty interesting too, considering all the patterns they come in.

[@zzernathezebra]

There is a reason squirrel stew is a thing xD surprised they ate it the way they did

[@jurgenandrag3181]

We always marinate game in either yogurt or buttermilk overnight. It mellows the intense metallic flavour.

[@tuftela]

Same with several different kinds of ducks.

[@larrypatt4293]

You don’t know how to cook squirrel

[@SortedFood]

Sounds delish!!

[@user-neo71665]

A salt water ice bath is what we use on most game meats. Bigger things like deer or hogs we might soak them for a week while we are breaking it down and getting ready to vac seal it. Smaller things like squrriel or rabbit we only do overnight. Now something that is really gamey like deer liver or heart we night soak it even longer. We do the same on beef livers and hearts. Fowl we use the dairy soak.

[@franklipscomb5672]

@@user-neo71665 I ended up with a beef heart in my freezer from a full cow we'd bought and had processed. I'd love to get a recipe from you. I already know how to cook the tongue, tail and liver ;)

[@Locomaid]

During very difficult times in the past, my family survived on game: squirrels, rabbits, turtles, gators and snakes. When I was young, my own grandmother would get up early, put on boots, grab a gun and a fishing pole and some dried bread and shoot / catch lunch. I learned early that the bottom drawer in the fridge often had live turtles or catfish in it and the back/outside sink was for butchering and offal. Hunger is only a generation back and it makes the best sauce…

[@Lia-ij5fn]

Hunger was good sauce for sure but those grandparents sure did know a thing or two about food and love. I never met another person who grew up eating turtle (I'm assuming snapping turtle) squirrel, rabbit, catfish omg the fish fries in summer! Deer when we were lucky. Dandelion greens. Spring onions. Morel Mushrooms. Sun chokes. There is so much wild food that people are forgetting about entirely. Game meats are looked down on nowadays. I find it sad. I get the so-called entertainment value of poking fun at game meat but honestly, times are tough everywhere. I think there would be more entertainment value in treating the animals with the respect and care that those of us who were raised this way were taught to have for it.. we were lucky to have meat on the table, and it was delicious.

[@edwardmccabe7650]

Wow sounds amazingly false I hope they lived long enough to buy you a device to access YT

[@Miss_Kisa94]

I assume you must be pretty old because alligators have been a protected species for a very long time. It's really hard to get a license to hunt and kill them.

[@kellyradtke4885]

Not sure about the alligator but they're referring to "my family's past" so I assume they mean a few generations past. Though my mom told us stories of dad being down to his last bullet and getting a deer that got them through the winter. That was in the early days of their marriage when they were just getting started on kids, I was #10/11 so by the time I came along we still ate plenty of game but with my older siblings hunting and my parents having stable jobs we didn't live bullet to bullet through the winter.

[@Lia-ij5fn]

@@Miss_Kisa94 I don't know. I never ate gator. I grew up in the lower Midwest. I do tend to believe the OP because we most certainly did eat snapping turtle. I never really seen anyone else mention turtle in conversation about game meat. That's the one that usually raises a few eyebrows. As for me, I'm 43 and grew up in an impoverished rural community where hunting and fishing were just how country folk got by until the factories moved in during the early 90s. After that people had a bit more money, more stores moved in. What was once woods and farmland became super Walmart, apartment complexes, and shopping centers.

[@Monique-iz8lp]

Partridge is like the bouillon of birds. It's got the flavor of a whole duck condensed into something 1/4 the size.

[@Getpojke]

Partridge are galliforms - terrestrial birds, not ducks which are aquatic. The flavour is usually considered quite delicate, but you do get a lovely flavourful stock from the carcasses.

[@stuart207]

Partridge is my second favourite game bird behind Wood Pigeon Monique! 🤗

[@Becausing]

I'm sad that we are coming close to the end of the Sorted Advent Calendar! It's been an amazing month, boys! Happy Christmas!!

[@jessicastevens5782]

have a feeling that most of these might be different when prepared by someone who is more familiar. even w/deer, the cleaning and prep of the meat has a HUGE impact on the flavor and texture

[@magus2003]

Expected yall to have a hard time with the squirrel, wasnt disapointed lol. I grew up poor, so things like squirrel or raccoon were fairly common. The best way, really the only way, is to make a dumpling recipe with em. Squirrel and dumplings is the way to go, any kind of oven or smoker and they wind up to hard to really eat. Plus, if youre doing oven or grill its one squirrel per person, but in a soup or dumpling recipe you can stretch it much further. This was entertaining tho, would love to see yall branch into using more uncommon game meats in challenges and whatnot.

[@michaelwebb5143]

I was just posting about memories of the squirrel dumplings I got whenever I visited my grandmother.

[@magus2003]

@@michaelwebb5143 Its the best way to me.

[@bethlovcy1276]

I watch Sorted all the time cause you are never too old to learn, I am 74. I was a bit puzzled by your squirrel. Many years ago in the 50's my dad and brothers hunted squirrel. One of the best meals I had was my Aunt cooking fried squirrel, biscuits and gravy for breakfast. American biscuits and cream gravy, lol. Maybe it was a different species of squirrel cause it was a lot like chicken in many ways. Anyway, enjoyed the video very much. You all always make me smile!

[@washedup579]

Growing up with not a lot of money, we ate squirrel maybe not often, but several times a year. My grandmother did it as a pot pie, and it was always delicious. Partridge as well, which was more of a chicken and dumplings style. I preferred either of those to venison.

[@magus2003]

Made a similar comment, squirrel is best as a replacement in chicken and dumplings recipe. The way they did it would put anyone off it.

[@FrostedCreations]

Also really confused by their reaction, wish they had explained why they were shocked/confused

[@Marzi29]

@@FrostedCreations Hunting squirrel isn't uncommon in the US but it doesn't happen in the UK. If someone in the UK told you they'd eaten squirrel most people would be horrified and/or confused. They're just seen as the fluffy guy in the garden who eats the bird food. Or a pest that's forcing out the native red squirrels. They're rodents, which just isn't seen as a food source.

[@Marzi29]

Not a different species. The grey squirrels we have in the UK are invasive American grey squirrels, so same species :)

[@sennaka]

80s southern kid! I grew up with squirrel - they were very easy and cheap to get from the hunters in the fall season, less than a dollar each. We'd fill the freezer. And they're really good with salt, pepper, and a bit of onion to soften it. Maybe a bacon lardon too if you could afford it, they're not fatty.

[@HunterJohnson-yc5zr]

Being born and raised in Louisiana this was very fun to watch. We always cooked squirrel in a gravy served on white rice

[@angelousmortis8041]

To be fair, we serve most things in gravy on white rice.

[@HunterJohnson-yc5zr]

@@angelousmortis8041 yeah lol. That old joke Boudraeux and thibedeaux were walking in the woods at night spotlighted deer when an alien came down. Boudraeux said what the hell is that? Thibedeaux said I don't know but you cut up the onions and I'll butcher em.

[@smonkyote]

Goodness gracious, the way Kush prepared the squirrel... I about cried. There's so many tasty ways to prepare squirrel, it does really well braised down like the card says. Just the way it was set there lookin all.... BLEH! Poor Mike and Jamie.

[@Lia-ij5fn]

I grew up eating squirrel (U.S. lower Midwest) It is a treasured food memory. Properly cleaned, tendons cut, fried slowly. It would come out very tender, mildly flavored, without much need for more than a salt, pepper, and flour coating. Pan drippings used to make gravy to go on top of the mashed potatoes. It's super tasty meat that gets a bad name and seeing it presented this way by so called foodies was kind of asinine.

[@Molikai]

I am not convinced Kush knows how to cook Game...

[@ThatOneToucan]

I think it was more for entertainment value Of course he could have done it differently, the way it was shown was done for the views.

[@ThatOneToucan]

@@Molikai How so

[@ThatOneToucan]

@@Lia-ij5fn It was done for entertainment purposes and/or shock value

[@mattdobbs6692]

In the midwest US, squirrel have their own game season which varies by state. It is still a bit "weird" to most people that haven't ever eaten it and there tends to be some mental gymnastics for folks who did not grow up in the country side, but it is a properly good meat when it's prepared correctly. The easiest method I've found bar none is to pressure cook, (quarter like a chicken first), for 3-5 minutes, then flour and pan fry. Salt, pepper, flour, and garlic into nearly golden brown butter and cook until golden. There is no easier and faster way to cook up lunch after a morning in the woods hunting. Merry early Christmas to the Sorted Team from the midwest US!

[@serenetiv]

Most german squirrels aren't big enough to be eaten but I'd definitely try an american one (or the UK ones) if I'd get the chance... Likewise with guinea pigs.. But I also grew up with many animals we ate when they were old enough (Like we had rabbits and pigeons, chicken and even some Heidschnucken (an old sheep race)) and was always told not to reject food without trying it first. So I might not be the norm here xD

[@Zach1987usa]

midwest US here as well.. always made them like fried chicken too after an overnight buttermilk soak.

[@ThatOneToucan]

Well yeah I mean it's a pretty uncommon meat in the UK

[@jordanlarson8310]

​@@serenetivhere in the US we have squirrels that get up to 2 lbs and they're everywhere. Main species, at least where I live in Northern MN are pine squirrel, grey squirrel, and fox squirrel

[@joditurner148]

Live in the US Midwest, and my Dad hunts anything with a season, and we had a small farm. Grew up eating squirrel, quail, frog legs, deer, and rabbit along with the usual farm animals.

[@ladylilithparker]

I'm a little disappointed that the chefs seem to have presented some of the game in ways that don't showcase its usability -- squirrel in particular. Having served rabbit, squirrel, and dove to consenting and curious newbies, those meats can all taste nearly identical to more familiar fare, and just as versatile and delicious.

[@zpbonjour]

Squirrels are delicious. Whoever cooked that should definitely try again. Breaded and fried is my favorite.

[@AquaShibby3000]

I was coming here to say just that. We always said the worst thing about squirrel is you gotta eat 20 of them to fill up

[@intricateearthling8388]

4:33 that wheeze was so genuine! He's so proud of his dad-ness

[@2011Jayceon]

Why did the squirrel cross the road? To prove he wasn’t a chicken.

[@toni_go96]

This video coming just before the all chef's pass it on is hilarious. This reminds me of the mystery meat challenges Ben used to do for the guys in early Sorted days

[@Douby100]

I came here to say that! How fun those were too!!!!

[@kiraandou6096]

YES! And didn't he feed them Squirrel in one of those as well? As a placeholder for guinea pig I think

[@toni_go96]

Yes he did @@kiraandou6096

[@alexdavis5766]

Jamie and Mike are one brain- proper in sync for this video!

[@sammulhall]

I’ve been absolutely loving this month of daily videos

[@grogvaughan5649]

Best way I've found to cook hare/rabbit is to wrap it in biscuit dough, place it in an oiled paperbag, put the bag in a Dutch oven and bake at 275°f for 20min per pound. The dough soaking up the juice as it cooks is a great addition.

[@MaverickRiou]

Beef wellington, but hare meat

[@grogvaughan5649]

@MaverickRiou kinda. But wellington is boneless and has other things wrapped in it. This is a whole animal just wrapped up in dough

[@GaldirEonai]

Kind of pie-ish.

[@Anna-uh3jq]

It would be really funny if there’s an animal shaped meat replacement in there and see if the guys are able to guess that… 😂

[@SortedFood]

That’s great idea for a video!!

[@dickteh8457]

Fake meat with a skeleton?

[@TheThrustProject]

like dino shaped nuggets? 😂

[@FrostedCreations]

@@SortedFood "Guess the meat replacement" would be a great video. Vegans do always insist they aren't missing out, so would be good to see if that's actually true...

[@falleithani5411]

​@@FrostedCreations That's not effective for telling if it's true. The most common way for vegans to not be 'missing out' is that they just _prefer_ the taste and texture of replacements or other foods over meat and animal products. It doesn't have to be the _same,_ just _more appealing_ to those specific people. I'm not vegan, but I have a fermented food intolerance and can't eat cheese. Even so, I'm not missing out, because I hate the taste and texture of cheese anyway. I usually replace cheese in recipes with tomato sauce, because that fulfills the role of keeping the food soft and moist and enriching the flavour, in a way I enjoy a _lot_ more. It's completely _different_ from using cheese, but that's a _good_ thing, because _I just don't like cheese._ Many vegans I know have a similar attitude when it comes to animal products. Some people despise the taste and texture of meat, some people crave it like hard drug addicts, and the vast majority of people fill the long scale between those extremes. People who were meh towards meat in the first place will have little trouble finding vegan alternatives they greatly prefer.

[@117Pinkyflower]

Fried squirrel and gravy is wonderful!

[@michaelwebb5143]

Growing up in the Southern US .... A memory is visiting my grandmother and her making me squirrel dumplings .... It was quite the treat. For her, growing up rural East Texas during the depression was a way of life.

[@Sarah-ic4yu]

I recently found a letter my grandpa wrote about eating a tasty raccoon sandwich…i can’t fathom eating it now, but i so appreciate and respect the gratitude for life that the generation who lived through the depression had.

[@staceyn2541]

​@@Sarah-ic4yu My country granny hated cooking raccoon. Apparently, if you do something wrong, it tastes awful and can make you sick. I dunno, I was just glad it's not one of the meats she'd trick us into eating. One of my worst memories was watching my Papa dress a snapping turtle and letting us kids play with its still beating heart. The soup she made was the worst thing she ever cooked. Found out years later, she hates eating and cooking turtle so she ruined it on purpose. Legend. Miss her every day, the holidays are the worst.

[@Sarah-ic4yu]

@@staceyn2541 sounds like your granny had a thing or two figured out😉 it’s a blessing to have had someone like that in your life. I know grief is always an unwelcome guest, but it definitely loves to appear on holidays. Praying that you will find comfort this year and that you will be reminded of happy memories that make grief ever so slightly more bearable ❤️

[@ames522]

Interesting! Would love to see you guys have (a) guest(s) that specialize(s) in game meat preparation. Not necessarily fancy, but the down-home type of food many commenters have described.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

The daily videos this week had truly been fantastic! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥❤❤❤

[@tacojohnhg8181]

I think the way they cooked the squirrel is 90% of the reason for them not like it. As a frequent small game hunter in the US, I've never cooked it anywhere close to the way it was prepared there and squirrel is without a doubt my most favorite game meat. In some water/broth in a crock pot until it's tender and then floured and fried is the best way. You get the meat super tender and not a lot of extra flavor is imparted on the meat, and the quick fry gives it a great crunch. Unless UK squirrels are just totally different tasting to ours in the US, i think that was all on the cookery. Same with the teal, it sounds like Kush tried to do too much to a bunch of them that I guess he hadn't experienced himself much?

[@DylanScottDavis]

It's been years since I've had Squirrel but being from WV yeah, fried Squirrel is the way to go. A little shocked at how they prepared it here because I've never seen it like that.

[@TACKLEBOXARTCC]

Dusted in seasoned flour.. pan fried.. with squirrel gravy. They butchered the hell out of cooking that poor thing.

[@LTDLetsPlays]

kush definitely ruined all of the game here all of them look like burnt to hell

[@ThatOneToucan]

@@LTDLetsPlays I'm going to defend him here and say it was done for shock/view factor

[@ThatOneToucan]

It was done for view/shock factor

[@user-wv8cs4si4n]

As the dad used to say on Friday Night Dinners ‘that’s a lovely bit of squirrel’ 🐿️ 😂

[@krisrowan]

Squirrel is really good in a sauce piquant or a gumbo.

[@dominiccrimmings6925]

You guys are just brilliant 🙂 Learned so much from you, not just this year, but every year I've been watching you. I wish Ebbers, James, Barry, Mike, Jamie, Kush and all the crew behind the scenes (it's them that makes the magic happen) all the very best for Christmas. Thank you guys and the very best for 2024. Love from Ireland, Slainte x

[@noramclellan5836]

Thanks Sorted for this month of treats from all of! Happy holidays!!

[@MrWannabemonkey]

I'd honestly like to see a cooking challenge where the boys have to cook with something like squirrel. But only if what the card said was true, that squirrel is a sustainable alternative. Would be an interesting way to combat the stigma of cooking something that people only think of as "last resort"-food.

[@PowrDragn]

I've had squirrel before and I've never seen that preparation. You can truly just batter it and fry or even pan grill/fry. What they had looked like it was overcooked. Or maybe it was jerkied or something. It is a little bit of a stringier meat, but definitely doesn't have a bad taste. They are eating all natural (nuts and berries) so the meat should taste fine.

[@mydoggylives]

DEFINITELY over-cooked! 😣

[@LTDLetsPlays]

not only squirrel but all of them look burnt to hell

[@PowrDragn]

@@LTDLetsPlays Most of the stuff is prepared really nicely on the show. And I wouldn't say it was *all* burnt. I'm wondering though if they tried new recipes with unfamiliar food and some didn't come out right.

[@icedcat4021]

Pretty likely it's the food team's first time cooking squirrel.

[@stevenb8871]

I have only seen them made into a stew.

[@akai_shuichi_x]

I always wanted a new video in the Exotic Meat Party series, I love this!

[@WhatAboutZoidberg]

It makes me incredibly happy to see bloopers at the end of a video again. Happy Holidays.

[@willieclark2256]

Grey squirrel is one of the favored game species in eastern North America. It definitely takes on the taste of its environment. Your cook is definitely new to the species

[@jordanlarson8310]

Yeah I was going to mention game really changes flavor depending on what it eats. I've taken one deer from a pine forest region and I'll never do it again. Tasted like bad gin

[@willieclark2256]

@@jordanlarson8310 Absolutely, even the crops in season at the time of take will have an impact. Early season alfalfa fed deer vs a late season deer eating mostly on red oak acorns is like a whole different animal. I would be really interested to taste a British squirrel seeing as in my region they have almost year round access to hickory nuts and black walnuts, but I don’t think either of those trees really exist in GB

[@user-rb5ml5ud4e]

You mixed up Partridge and Grouse. Partridge is a white meat and Grouse is a dark meat. Hence why the “partridge” was so gamey and the “grouse” was like chicken and tasted better. Grouse is also larger than a partridge not the other way round like shown on the video

[@Dr_V]

As a hobby hunter and passionate home cook I can confidently tell you that teal wasn't cooked properly, you'd be mind blown to taste it slowly baked in white wine with quince slices and shallots.

[@socomfyhere]

The advent calendar has been so awesome!!

[@tildessmoo]

In my (admittedly limited) experience, pretty much the only ways to serve squirrel are rotisserie and stewed. Seeing that over-glazed obsidian squirrel statue really threw me for a loop. I do think that rabbit (in the US) or hare (in the UK) is a good intro to game meat. About the only milder intro I think is bison burgers. For people not used to have, though, it's best to be very careful with the recipe. For instance, my first intro to bear was in the form of grilled steaks and burgers, and it was just way too much.

[@nope110]

I’m not sure what US rabbit is like but UK rabbit is insanely gamey, it would not be my introduction. Good venison is 100% where I’d start

[@tildessmoo]

@@nope110 Part of the idea is how you tend to cook it. Rabbit is most often stewed, which mellows the gamey taste a lot (maybe I'm wrong and you roast hare more often there), as opposed to, say, venison and bear (which I maintain _should_ be stewed, especially when being served to someone unused to game meat, but people always insist on giving me steaks and burgers, which are downright nasty for someone used to grocery store beef and pork and chicken). Game fowl are more often roasted, and like I said squirrel is often rotisseried (more precisely, spit-roasted), but rabbit I've rarely seen anything but stewed outside of a survivalist situation. Well, that or fricasseed, but that's kind of a pan stew anyway.

[@anything5784]

Growing up eating wild game, its always interesting to watch those try it for the first time and they either like it or dislike it. But I would love to see yall eating exotic meats too, Ostrich and Gator are really good!

[@Marzi29]

I don't like gator but I love ostrich!

[@anything5784]

@Marzi29 That's understandable, it can be pretty gamey but I made an ostrich mushroom risotto once really good

[@janavanbellingen8531]

Ostrich is amazing. It's so hard to get where I live though. Horse is really good too, and guinea pig (since they seem so eager to try that one!)

[@ellen_globetrotter3783]

wow I'm pretty impressed with all the right answer you got there. And you guys are so good at describing savour and texture now. bravo!

[@daviddrennan4600]

Love this video! The reactions are always great!

[@glynnmeeks6217]

Love the daily videos this week

[@SortedFood]

It’s a lot of fun, isn’t it?! I think we’re gonna miss them in January!

[@toni_go96]

@@SortedFood We will also miss these vids!

[@MazzyJC]

​@SortedFood January? going to miss them Boxing day 😊

[@toni_go96]

@@MazzyJCThere is going to be a video on Christmas Day, and the regular Wednesday and Sunday video post that... We just got to get through the other 4 days of the week without them 🥲

[@MazzyJC]

@toni_go96 Yeah we have been spoilt but they make my week......not sure what that says about me though 🤔 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 Merry Christmas mate 🎅🤶☃️⛄️🎄

[@pandh2008]

Good job Mike, but tbf, you are both winners in our eyes 😍😍 Thank you for helping to make a happy December with your fab videos xx

[@denaross]

That was fun - thank you for the laughs!😂

[@VividSmash40]

Cheers boys! It's my 21st today, I've truly enjoyed watching every video from across the pond since I subbed in 2020. Wish you another decade of delights with the team!

[@Essa_711]

"If it was a toucan we'd have kept the beak, right?" It's been a while and I'm still giggling 😂

[@eileenhildreth8355]

I've tried wild rabbit, venison, wild pork ( in nz so not boar) and wallaby, wild turkey, and duck. Game meats have the best flavour when cooked well..

[@rosehill9537]

From across the ditch in Qus. Not had wallaby had Croc and roo.

[@MayonnaiseVenusaur]

The clue helped in as much as I was muttering "teal..." To myself. Had no idea there was an animal called a teal.

[@juhaleskinen7383]

This was actually fun video! Was nice to stop and play along and try remember primary school days. :D Thanks Sorted!

[@HalfTimeLazer]

Around where I live squirrel is usually either parted and braised then chicken-fried or used in stew, so seeing the whole thing slow-cooked was surprising

[@roberthendersonjr.595]

Squirrel is actually pretty good deep fried but I've never attempted to braze one. By the looks of it brazing was a terrible idea. 😂

[@elliebeeb]

Thanks for another great video! Jamie and Mike make a great duo!

[@seanmegan1278]

This was very instructional and oh so funny at the same time 😂 Jay and Mike were on fire ❤

[@TheRealSasquatch]

I grew up hunting (in the UK) and Hare,Rabbit and Squirrel were always fantastic casseroled - great flavour and relatively easy to target.Wood Pigeon was always Dog food - a lot of hassle for very little meat - at best we would just remove the breast meat and even then it was just average. My favourite game however is muntjack - they are cute but destructive little so and so's but taste incredible.

[@willieclark2256]

You’re the first Brit I’ve heard of eating grey squirrel. Fair play to ya

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

You always mange to surprise us guys! This will be interesting!😊😊😊😊

[@SortedFood]

You’re surprised?! Imagine how we felt!! Haha!

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

​@@SortedFoodi'm finding out😊😊😊😊

[@robylove9190]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to the whole Sorted Food Crew.

[@colinlindo6163]

I have never laughed along with a SORTED video so much. Thank you, Jamie and Mike for providing me with some free Christmas humour as I haven't heard of half the animals but kudos on you for trying them for me. I trust your judgment and Merry Christmas to all of the SORTED TEAM...YOU LOT seriously make me smile. Especially with the ❤ and daily xmas gifts of uploading SO MUCH! I EAT and watch everything on my break. I Wish i could cook like Ebbers and Kush...the chef on the loose video made me drool as I was eating...just WOW! Cheers.

[@brynleyhocking1954]

I got mostly of the birds from my time working in a restaurant I love the flavour of grouse and wood pigeon. If you guys do it again I recommend you get jumbo quail and also wild boar is also very tasty

[@grendelum]

i had a jambalaya at mother’s restaurant in new orleans that had squirrel… it had 16 other meats so i’m not sure which bits were the squirrel, but it was all delicious.

[@Nooticus]

Amazing video as always. I CANNOT believe how many videos you've been putting out. insanely impressive.

[@valliarlette6596]

Kush and the team have really done a lovely job with difficult product.

[@hcjkruse]

Really appreciated. You tested a few things I now don't have to try😂. I did spot the hares on train rides between London and Harwich. Grouse is a protected animal in NL, a bit more than grade 2 listed. It is on the red list of endangered species. Curious about the grouse, the rest not so much.

[@cassadypalmer5776]

Okay, so the squirrel had me laughing! My Dad swears by The Joy of Cooking as his cookbook bible, and until the 1997 edition, it had full instructions for how to skin and prep squirrel, including illustrations. His edition is from the 60s, so definitely has the illustrations 😂 If y'all haven't checked out Joy of Cooking, I highly recommend! It was originally written by a widow from St. Louis who was a "normal" home cook, and the family still periodically updates new editions, most recently in 2019 my her great grandson and his wife. I recommend any edition prior to 1997. The 1975 one is popular, but I love my Dad's from the 60s (I think 1964)!

[@aimeeparrott9204]

I was equally fascinated and grossed out by the squirrel prep instructions (and illustrations!) in my mom's copy of The Joy of Cooking.

[@bleuhernandez730]

You guys are spoiling us this December with a video a day and I’m loving it…… now I need you boys to continue this format. I can give you Saturday and Sunday off but come on….. 5 x a week! Let’s do it!

[@monicareno4088]

This was a great video! I enjoyed guessing the game meat along with Jamie and Mike. Fun! 😊

[@danaewright1069]

love that y’all are exploring game meats cuz we need to normalize them more🖤🖤

[@winkletter]

My mom had to cook squirrel once. They were a gift from an old Cajun to her Cajun boyfriend. She was horrified, but she squirmed her way through the process.

[@2001benraze]

That felt like bloops at the end... loved it!

[@lbcooley2386]

You boys have changed my life. I’m a good normal and raised my children on American food sadly but you have opened my eyes to so any flavors and meats. Looking for grouse now! Love you boys. Keep going!!! ❤️

[@whydoineedanameiwillneverp7790]

Uh, is this video the reason the Bell's End Inn's fridge looked the way it did? 😂

[@SortedFood]

That and Kush’s weird brain!

[@whydoineedanameiwillneverp7790]

​@@SortedFoodHahahaha, sounds like Kush got his revenge for being forced to cook a turkey 😂

[@masgenmann6215]

I love Mike congratulating the bird on being concidered the tastyest of them all? I dont quite think the bird wants that honor haha

[@marthawilson444]

😂

[@alexgedrose]

Love the format!!!

[@miznic]

lol, you guys are straight-up nuts. Absolutely quackers. I know you guys deserve the break, but man I am going to miss these daily videos.

[@bobd2659]

Close on all of them...rabbit vs hare... Quail vs Partridge... Probably regional differences and what's available. I've cooked a decent portion of (regional variation) them at least once!

[@macbaar6073]

A vid showing Sorted Food Team hunting these delicatesses?

[@d8o8m8]

Lovely bit of squirrel.

[@YasdanyR]

Happy holidays gentleman's, ladies, boys and girls, and that technicolor rainbow in between, enjoy the next days

[@jodyharnish9104]

I have two comments from the US. First, President Theodore Roosevelt loved squirrel cooked in a stew. Second, people in pioneer days ate a lot of game meat. They cooked it in beer, because beer is a natural meat tenderizer and it also took out some of the gamey taste. I'd be interested to see you try some of these things again using the beer to see if it makes a difference for you.

[@teresaswierc1004]

I love game like venison and kangaroo (I'm in Australia). There is a wild bird only eaten in Tasmania called muttonbird that has such a strong smell while cooking that you can only do so outside (it's awful).

[@Gunplay224]

Lovely bit of squirrel

[@Friend2FriendnMA]

My mother used to cook the squirrels my father hunted and brought home. That was back in the 70’s. (Boston born and raised here, though my parents were born in KY and MO.) Anyway, my father would dress them out in the kitchen. Mom would soak the pieces in the sink with lots of salt. Cooking was simple…salt, pepper, and a seasoned flour dredge. She then fried the squirrel in a small amount of oil until browned. Nothing fancy, but was absolutely delicious. I say forget the fancy spices and sauces.

[@johncollins7631]

They’ve had squirrel at least twice on the channel now. I would love to see a battle centered on how they would cook squirrel. Chef vs chef, chef vs normal or normal vs normal vs normal. I feel like all three would be great options.

[@mightheal]

Also don't make it a surprise challenge it's a ingredient where I would like to see them have some practice before hand.

[@johncollins7631]

@@mightheal Oh yeah absolutely, let each one work with the food team to give them each the best chance.

[@Anna-uh3jq]

How long did Mike and Jamie continue to make poultry puns? Because I’m thinking that would’ve been an hilarious afternoon.

[@sundayrunday7586]

I just love the way you guys say squirrel. 😆

[@Divig]

Aww, I was waiting for the raindeer, it is Christmas after all.

[@nbn461]

More of these please! More game meat guessing games!

[@ogreman2229]

My family eats squirrel quite often but we always have it fried or in stew with cabbage and vegetables. One of my favorite winter meals has always been squirrel stew.

[@mattaylmer6360]

Lovely bit of squirrel!

[@MatthewTheWanderer]

Guinea fowl are considerably bigger than grouse, even bigger than chickens, but smaller than turkeys.

[@jinpae6972]

Great video! Noticed there were no big game meats. If you're looking for suggestions, bear can quite tasty in a simple soup with salt, pepper, garlic, and green onions, though the taste can vary widely bear to bear. Alligator is also quite good, though some don't care for the slight fishy flavor. I've also heard kangaroo is tasty though I've never tried it myself.

[@FrostedCreations]

I've had alligator (or maybe it was crocodile, I can't quite remember) and it was great, reminded me of monkfish. I've also had kangaroo and osterich and both were pretty good, tasted mostly like very lean beef. Can't say I've ever seen bear sold in the UK though!

[@fix298]

Fantastic title, got me to click immediately

[@johnbernal3292]

Happy Christmas. This advent of videos was fantastic.

[@intricateearthling8388]

I'm loving the different music style on that one

[@MazzyJC]

The faces they both pulled but tried to hide when they didn't like the meat were so funny. I hope Jamie and Mike were OK after that tasting. I don't mind the taste of some game, but it doesn't like me. I end up sitting in the bathroom for hours. I've tried Kangaroo, Wallaby, and rabbit. So I don't go near game meats anymore. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to All at Sorted Foods and to all the Sorted Foodies that follow you

[@alexdavis5766]

Just had a Christmas dinner (having 3 celebrations this year) and a yummy seiten vegan roast ‘meat’ So I look quite odd now watching a show about different game meats 😂 Had no idea you could get and eat so many of these different meats and buy them in the Uk. Suppose it’s not a market I check out too often, learn something new everyday!

[@PokhrajRoy.]

10:09 Haha imagine the SortedFood x Bear Grylls crossover. Or even better, on ‘Pass It On’.

[@novastar2486]

Loved this one boys. Pls do more!