Cooked a squirrel gravy the other night and it was delicious as always. In preparation for New Years Eve I wanted to do something out of the MeatEater cook book, and really liked the duck nachos recipe. While not wanting to cook more food when had plenty of left overs I decided to change up the recipe a little. Removed the remaining sausage and mushrooms from the gravy and cook the squirrel until it was easily picked by hand.
For nachos used one bag of chips and did two layers of chips, cheese, mushrooms sausage squirrel meat, tomatoes and jalapenos (on one side for the picky eaters). Then top layer of cheese. Put it in the oven and baked until cheese melted. Also had guacamole, black olives, and black beans on the side. It was a big hit.
Self critique for next time:
1) Don't skimp out on vegies, and throw it all in.
2) Add more gravy for overall moisture and goodness.
4) Needed another squirrel worth of meat and wish I would've paid attention to how many pieces I used. Two nutria killed the other day yielded 13.2 pound of meat so I'll likely use some of that for the next batch.
3) Use less chips and add fresh greens to make it a nacho salad.
Looking forward to trying it again.
For nachos used one bag of chips and did two layers of chips, cheese, mushrooms sausage squirrel meat, tomatoes and jalapenos (on one side for the picky eaters). Then top layer of cheese. Put it in the oven and baked until cheese melted. Also had guacamole, black olives, and black beans on the side. It was a big hit.
Self critique for next time:
1) Don't skimp out on vegies, and throw it all in.
2) Add more gravy for overall moisture and goodness.
4) Needed another squirrel worth of meat and wish I would've paid attention to how many pieces I used. Two nutria killed the other day yielded 13.2 pound of meat so I'll likely use some of that for the next batch.
3) Use less chips and add fresh greens to make it a nacho salad.
Looking forward to trying it again.
My bird dog keeps a weathered eye out for them in the yard. I'm thinking about taking him out and just see if what he does. He's treed a few by sight in the yard. I do think hunting them with a dog would be a hoot! 
