mystery nester?

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Hugh Willett found a mystery nest on top of his truck's engine. But what built it?

For the complete story read the farragutpress.

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squirrel diner

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One good way of keeping squirrels out of your birdfeeder is giving them one of their own. They are also very good at cleaning out the last of the peanut butter left in the jar.

Sometimes I also toss in a few sunflower seeds to make it even more interesting.

After they finish removing the old peanut butter, the jar is ready to be recycled. (If it is made out of plastic, is it still called a jar, or does it become merely a container?)

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squirrel stew

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Are you having trouble with squirrels raiding your birdfeeders? Frustratingly clever aren't they?

Here’s something to try. It's an old remedy, a 1940 recipe collected by the New Deal’s Federal Writer’s Program from Pulaski County, Arkansas for “Squirrel Mulligan Stew.” Admittedly, it’s a bit extreme but we are in hard economic times.

In a large pot of boiling water add:

4 squirrels
3 large Irish potatoes
1 medium-sized sweet potato
1 large onion
3 or 4 pods of okra
½ cup drippings (bacon grease) or butter
1 pod of red pepper
1 teaspoon of celery salt or 3 tablespoons of chopped celery
3 cups diced vegetables—cabbage, turnips, carrots, corn, field peas, bell peppers, or whatever other vegetables that are available

Bon appétit!

(I suppose that chicken could be substituted for the squirrel, but chickens really aren't raiding your birdfeeders are they?)

- Other vintage recipes gathered by this program have been collected in the book “The Food of a Younger Land” by Mark Kurlansky

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