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manu — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:39:38 -0000

That makes three of us. Rabbit at my grandparents was the sunday ritual... but I never witnessed the killing/skinning, my grandpa would do that the day before I think...

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manu — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:48:29 -0000

Great, thanks for the tip, I'll definitely try it. I have tried a few Vietnamese stores before but it's almost as hard as hunting a live rabbit in San Francisco... ;-) (it seems that rabbit is one of those things that we converted Vietnamese people to at some point...)

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alexdeve — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:37:05 -0000

had the same experiences with my grand mother! was so great and a life changing experience. you get to respect food when you see the animals being killed!

never tried drewes - will try it.

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alexdeve — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:35:08 -0000

i bought this one at golden gate meat (the one in the ferry building by hog island oysters). it was actually very good, but i have a hard to find rabbit as good as the ones we find in France.

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manu — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:17:59 -0000

Sounds really good! I'm hungry now and after reading this, I'm going to need rabbit pretty soon now... where do you buy the rabbit?

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ileavache — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 01:03:32 -0000

Damn, it looks it’s going to be better than the one I had last Tuesday at Petit Laurent (which was good). The Frenchies who have a craving for rabbit can also taste some at La Provence or buy it from Drewes.

I like rabbit not just because I like it but also because it reminds me of my childhood and feu ma mémé who had a bunch of clapiers. When sacrifice day had come, she would grab one by the ears out of the clapier and would knock it out dead with a stiff blow on the neck, hang it by the hind legs and let it bleed for a few minutes. Then came the most impressive part. The skinning made a never ending screeching noise that sounded like a super resistant Velcro.

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alexdeve — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:29:06 -0000

i use different methods. my favorite is with a white wine sauce. i brown the rabbit, then reserve. then, de-glaze the pan with white wine. then brown onions and carrots. then put back the rabbit and the rest of a liter of wine. add bay leaves, thyme, and garlic, and let it simmer until cooked. another way to do it is to use mustard. in this case, i just cooked it extremely slowly i a clay pot, uncovered.

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manu — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:30:04 -0000

I love rabbit... do you do a sauce with it, what kind? and where do you get the beast?

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Jo Peach — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:46:31 -0000

Ohhhh. I *MISS* lapin!! GUSH Alex! I'm "homesick" now!

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sflynn — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:34:33 -0000

Yummm!

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Kostas — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:10:20 -0000

One of my favorite plates
It's very common in Crete, they use to add some red wine in the end
Looks delicious
Bravo Alex !!!!!