By VINCE SOODIN
Published: 27 Oct 2008
A CHEF says he is helping to preserve the English countryside after putting squirrel kebab on the menu.
Cook Ed Chester reckons squirrel meat is delicious and is also selling pates and fricassees made from the rodents.
He believes the spread of grey squirrels has damaged the countryside and it is a good idea to eat them to control their numbers.
The squirrel dishes have become an instant hit with adventurous diners at the restaurant at Otterton Mill, near Budleigh Salterton, Devon.
Ed, aged 28, said:Some people will turn their noses up but one of the things I am committed to is education.
I am never going to put anything horrible on the menu. Squirrel is great meat. It is genuinely good and this is not a gimmick.
New dish ... chef Ed Chester.
Published: 27 Oct 2008
A CHEF says he is helping to preserve the English countryside after putting squirrel kebab on the menu.
Cook Ed Chester reckons squirrel meat is delicious and is also selling pates and fricassees made from the rodents.
He believes the spread of grey squirrels has damaged the countryside and it is a good idea to eat them to control their numbers.
The squirrel dishes have become an instant hit with adventurous diners at the restaurant at Otterton Mill, near Budleigh Salterton, Devon.
Ed, aged 28, said:Some people will turn their noses up but one of the things I am committed to is education.
I am never going to put anything horrible on the menu. Squirrel is great meat. It is genuinely good and this is not a gimmick.
