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sean
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 03, 04 1:29 pm    Post subject: Rabbit starvation? Reply with quote
    

I was cooking a bunny the other day, and had a half-remembered fact surface in what passes for my brain: To whit, you shouldn't use rabbit as your primary source of protein, because it lacks something, or stops you from digesting something, or something...... Can anyone shed any light?

bernie-woman



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 03, 04 1:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I haven't heard anything about their being something in it which would hinder digestion etc... My grandmother used to soak wild rabbit in milk for a day to "get rid of any intense gamey flavour"

Are you sure you haven't ben watching too much Watership Down

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 03, 04 1:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Rabbit is virtually zero fat, could that be it?

sean
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 03, 04 2:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Just googled it and Jonnyboy is correct.

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PostPosted: Thu Nov 11, 04 7:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

All meat is a complete protien, where as they have all the essential amino acids. Is this what you were thinking of.

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PostPosted: Thu Nov 11, 04 9:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Apparently you need a certain amount of fat to be able to metabolise certain essential amino acids. Rabbit doesn't contain enough fat to let you do this.

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 12, 04 10:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I thought this was quite interesting (especially now I have posted it in the right place!!)

https://www.basc.org.uk/content/rabbitshootresearch

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PostPosted: Sat Nov 13, 04 12:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Fairly sure (although I have no facts to back this up) that pigeon is harder to digest than rabbit. No wonder I'm so skinny !

Anneka

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