Rabbit keeping in 1904

[Gwylan]

We always make rabbit into a curry and it makes a fine curry. I think the taste is closer to Squirrel than pheasant and way off being like chicken esp a modern farmed one.

Rabbit with prunes and armagnac

 

[Illaveago]

There's a big history of rabbit farming in some areas. Iirc sw England has a few place names with Warren in them. That's because they were rabbit farming there. Man-made warrens for them I believe. I think the last of the old ones shut down in the 60s I think or perhaps bit earlier.

It is thought that the Norman's brought rabbits into this country.

 

[Gwylan]

It is thought that the Norman's brought rabbits into this country.

Another introduced species

 

[palinurus]

Maybe my grandfather would have read it. He ran a tobacconist and sweetshop after the war (from a hut outside his house) and also bred rabbits- for show and for food.

 

[stephec]

T

could have been a whole different object! 😳

The photo's of his rabbit, not his wife's. 😂

 

[Dogtrousers]

Rabbit with prunes and armagnac

My mother used to cook a rabbit stew that contained apple, and maybe cider too I think. So some fruit even if it's not quite as posh as prunes and armagnac.

 

[vickster]

Yes, my older than me, lady friend in the early 1980's used to collect prints of her stuff.

I've got a BC limited edition print on my bedroom wall (from my parents) Of cats not rabbits though

 

[Rusty Nails]

It wasn't too long ago that rabbit was common fare in butchers shops. These days most would recoil but it's quite tasty, very similar to chicken.

I can remember my Gran "peeling" rabbits ready for cooking.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I've got a BC limited edition print on my bedroom wall (from my parents) Of cats not rabbits though

Looking through the book, the only rabbit connection I could find was this one of a dog track scene.