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MAINEiacMISTRESS -> RE: That is one damned big bunny (4/8/2013 9:20:26 PM)
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Awwww, rabbits LOVE to be held on their back like that, the babies nurse on their backs underneath Mum's belly, and putting them on their back sort of hypnotizes them into a sleepy submissive state. I used to raise them commercially as a teen/college for the restaurant industry and restaurants as far away as NY and CT bought them, although I also had a sideline of pet breeds as well. I made quite a successful business of it. Flemish Giants aren't as good eating as the cobby breeds like Californians and New Zealands due to the larger bone size to meat ratio, but they usually make good therapy pets due to their more passive nature. The smaller breeds are hyper as hell.
Eating, I used to have them on a regular basis. If cooked properly domestic rabbit is tender and moist white meat yet lacks the greasiness of chicken. Similar to chicken in texture and flavor, with just a hint of a different aftertaste that makes you go, "Hmmmmm that chicken tasted different," (perhaps due to the grass-pellets- in their diet). I've never eaten WILD rabbit before, but I've heard it's a whole other animal with a gamey flavor due to their more demanding lives.
--MM
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