Squirrels on the menu

The latest game-meat fad in Britain is squirrel. Yes, cute, precious gray squirrel. Not to be confused with the slightly more cute, slightly more precious red squirrel.

Gray squirrels effect the population of red squirrels, and because red squirrels are cuter (just look at picture) the gray squirrels must go — right into stews and the menus of posh London restaurants.

Apparently, it’s just coincidence that this gray-squirrel-eating craze coincides with a recession. But desperate times call for desperate measures and since gray squirrels abound here in Kansas City, it’s theoretically possible they could become popular food here. Though I hope not.

There’s several problems with squirrels as food.