[Westside]

I have never prepared squirrel but I have eaten it before. I've never eaten brains from any animal.

Before my dad retired, he always saved up vacation time for squirrel season. Whenever I got home from school, he would be skinning squirrels or already have squirrels and gravy and biscuits made. I always ate it, but never really cared a lot for it. He never cooked the brains though. I know a family that used to eat pig brains. I guess in the past, especially in this part of Appalachian, families ate every part of the animal because food, especially protein, was hard to come by.