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and others with #meatrabbits

Iโ€™m curious if you would call your rabbit meat flavorful? If so, is there a secret to raising / butchering rabbits to have flavorful meat?

My husband and I were talking and itโ€™s not at all that we dislike rabbit, it just doesnโ€™t seem to have any flavor but what you put on it. Even white meat chicken seems to have more of its own taste, while rabbit seems entirely neutral. Is this just how it is, or is it a breed thing, diet thing, or butchering thing?

This is based on rabbit Iโ€™ve cooked as well as rabbit others have cooked. Some has been pastured, others probably hutch raised.

Thanks!

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Iโ€™m also interested to hear from those who enjoy #hunting rabbits. Do cottontails (or whatever your local species) have a taste? If youโ€™ve also eaten domestic rabbit, how does it compare?

In my experience our rabbit does have flavor but it's mild. The largest contributing factor to flavor in my opinion is the diet. I think grilling the rabbit whole has been method which the unique rabbit flavor is most present.

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Our rabbit is very similar to chicken, and does take the flavor of the other ingredients, pretty much. We ususally smoke it or cook in pressure cooker. Not sure about wild rabbit. But i can tell a difference in flavor from chicken.

I like the mildness of the meat myself. It takes well to sauces & is a very good substitute for chicken. We like to lop the front legs off & call them rabbit wings - deep fry & go buffalo sauce on it. Weโ€™ve also done smoked, grilled, broiled & pan fried. I find it to be very versatile.

I also donโ€™t particularly love the taste of rabbit just by itself. I panicked when we first got the rabbits thinking I wasnโ€™t going to like it. But I do like it when mixed in with a dish. And it still does have a distinct flavor but when mixed itโ€™s not bad to me.