WA Wine & WAabbit
Who would ever think that one of the most destructive introduced pests to Australia would fetch $21 per kilo at your butcher? Though I can say that these rabbits are farmed; they’re white (to be honest I prefer the wild rabbit) and pretty much taste like – you guessed it – chicken. And for a whole boned sectioned carcass, that’s about $24 a pop.
Leaner than beef, pork and chicken, rabbit meat is per meter squared, the most ecologically sustainable animal protein. They can be grown in hutches, mature quickly and, er, breed like rabbits. I don’t understand why rabbit meat isn’t:
1) cheaper
2) introduced widely among culinary menus (along with Kangaroo).
3) readily avilable available (thanks wonderfully accurate and anonymous literati for your contribution)
Our hopping friends are our only future if every one of the 6.6 billion hungry mouths are to get adequate protein and not reduce the earth to dust.
So we thought we would roast a rabbit (or two) and enjoy with some WA wine. I’ve kept wine it in the theme of the Rhône Valley. Shiraz (Syrah), Viognier, Marssane, and Roussane.
I could have been daring and picked a few bunnies off the road on the way to the butchers. But with the recent spell of Bikram weather, they’ed be close to jerky au jus than anything else.
Tags: Chardonnay, Cooking, Frankland Estate, Frankland River, Game, Isolation Ridge 2008, Margaret River, Rabbit, Stella Bella, WA, WA Wine, Wine
January 25th, 2010 at 9:44 am
Anadaluz in the city do a great rabbit stew last time I was there…works well with a lighter bodied red, perhaps grenache…
January 25th, 2010 at 12:42 pm
LOVE LOVE LOVE the fact you are using some Stella Bella
January 25th, 2010 at 1:03 pm
Wow I never knew rabbit could cost so much considering how many there are roaming free. Logic never prevails
January 25th, 2010 at 1:14 pm
I must say, my friends who join us for dinner (incidentally the also in the Jus Burgers post), LOVE Stella Bella Chardonnay. I was at odds to convince them on another wine, but I guess, people judge with the palates. And no qualms from me.
January 31st, 2010 at 2:24 pm
I am a little confused with your rabbit article, you are saying you dont understand why rabbit IS cheaper, readily available(this is how you spell it) and used more widely. Maybe a spell check is in order, aren’t you a writer???
January 31st, 2010 at 8:15 pm
I’m not sure what you mean by the spelling, but it was a simple typo of IS and ISN’T. Why yes I am a writer. I’ve been published for 4 years. I also have a good editor.
February 1st, 2010 at 10:26 am
Well, available is spelt wrong and that whole paragraph doesn’t make sense, your saying rabbit is readily available, cheaper and used more widely, I see you have corrected it now, but it did completely contradict what you were trying to say. Available is still spelt wrong, maybe you need to consult with your editor a little more
February 1st, 2010 at 4:58 pm
thanks – always love another reader : )
February 3rd, 2010 at 8:50 am
Your welcome, please kindly take my name out of your article, as I did not give permission for it to be printed.
February 3rd, 2010 at 2:56 pm
Hey Mel,
In the second last comment from you, I think its supposed to be “… you’re saying rabbit is readily available…”
If YOU’RE going to pick over people’s spelling, have a look at YOUR own grammer before chucking the shits huh?
In fact try YOU’RE WELCOME not YOUR WELCOME too… Didn’t really ace this one did you?
February 3rd, 2010 at 4:16 pm
YOUR name to be printed — I’d personally be proud of such a contribution? YOUR name is easily legible from the comments link. If you want anonymity don’t disclose YOUR name. YOU’RE welcome.
February 3rd, 2010 at 6:34 pm
Yes, my name is legible, but my email is not. Thank you once again
February 3rd, 2010 at 6:41 pm
Yes, I spelt that wrong, but i’m not a writer of four years and don’t have an editor to fix my mistakes for me,I am just merely pointing it out for Jason to correct. By the way Andrew, Grammar is spelt wrong in your article.
February 3rd, 2010 at 10:42 pm
LOL. Well what does this teach about us eh?
Nobody is perfect.
Life is too short to pick nits.
All we can do at the end of the day is laugh at ourselves.
February 25th, 2010 at 11:16 am
…the f*ck? People need to acquire themselves a life.
Anyway, I’ve never been a rabbit fan – guilt, because I had a pet rabbit for years, and have always found it too gamey. Not a fan of the texture, either. I’d like to be proven wrong, though…