Hotel serves free squirrel and it doesn't even taste like chicken

Nation's Restaurant News,  Nov 19, 2007  by Elissa Elan

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YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND -- A popular restaurant in the county of Cumbria here has decided to serve its customers gray-squirrel pancakes.

According to the Daily Mail newspaper, the Wild Boar Hotel is offering the canapes, which are prepared Peking-duck-style and served in wraps, for free. The squirrels reportedly were caught on the grounds of the 72-acre hotel and cooked by executive chef Marc Sanders.

"Our diners seem to enjoy the squirrel pancakes, and I thought they tasted rather nice, a bit like rabbit," said Andy Lemm, the hotel's general manager.

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