Feel free to exchange rabbit recipes within the group and you will never have to buy meat again. Check out a few things you can do with rabbit meat at:
Raising rabbits for Meat
I am looking for a breeding set of 3 (2 does & 1 Buck) rabbits to raise for meat. I am looking for nz white preferably but am open to other meat breeds as well. I am close to Rotorua, so would be best if its within the BOP or waikato. Ive got no problem with hunting rabbits just looking to add a more consistent amount to the table. Please let me know if there is all ready a group or discussion about this, that I couldn't find.
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Hi, we are going to Wanaka in a couple of months time. Just wondering if anyone knows of a farmer in the area who might be keen to have his rabbit population reduced.
Hello Shannon, perhaps you were thinking of Katherine's blog on breeding rabbits for meat?
wasn't there a group for breeding rabbits to eat? What happened to that?
Cheers:)
Hi all :
We used to eat a lot of rabbit, when we were shooting possums, and live capturing joeys, for export. Farmers were happy to have their vermin culled. When rabbits were plentiful, I would run my Victorinox Rabbiter knife edge up, down the spine, and back legs, peel back the hide, and remove the fillets, and back legs. The rest became dog food.
The fillets are very tasty, when butterflied, pounded to a uniform thickness, chopped walnuts & mushrooms sprinkled on, then rolled, skewered with toothpick, baked in dish with olive oil, until cooked.
Rabbit skin is much weaker than possum, and after tanning sheds a lot.
Cheers,
Dian & Dennis
The easiest / fastest way I have found to prepare rabbits ready for the pot:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meE3sDlDHVU