Has anyone here eaten hedgehog before?

[Sarahtatty]

I have a friend that is into exotic cooking since going to college after 5 kids and really wants to make it in the culinary world. and so i've became her guinea pig whenever she comes up with a new dish which is several times a week.
I've had many things from fried chilli locusts to various stews involving small mammals.
She now wants to cook hedgehog and im not sure i can do this as i've always associated hedgehogs as verminous creatures and because of this have reservations on eating it but as she's my friend i feel i have to.
How palateable is hedgehog and what would you say it tasted of?

[rowanwitch]

No osprey tastes of fish....you are thinking of hen harrier which tastes nothing like hens

[Barmaid]

So do marsh harriers taste of marshmallows then?

And what on earth do shags taste of?

[ChuckFickens]

Salty.

[tenrec]

Taste of things to come!

[rowanwitch]

Fish...

How about Cattle egret...tastes like steak?

Stork....tastes nothing like butter

[rowanwitch]

That is horrible Trigs...

Roast Haunch of baby deer (bambi)
spit roast piglet (babe)
with a side salad

[EvianBaby]

I can think of a few things more exotic than a sqaushed hedgehog scraped off the A41.

[redcrx]

theres a lot of badgers a roadside at mo, lots more meat on them than a scrawny hedgehog

[Barmaid]

Yeah, you get a better class of road kill off the A605......

[mccfluff]

if you steam then you can peel the skin and prickles right off, bit like a banana, they taste a bit like cat

[rowanwitch]

The prickles would be good for toothpicks..

I think a wild blackberry crumble for dessert... to keep the natural theme going...

If you know what cat tastes like...murph better be careful... there may come a time when you can't be ar5ed to go to the butchers

[rowanwitch]

What wine would go well with a roast McFluff... NOM would know... I think a rich chocolate cake for dessert and some dreamies for the chefpuss

[Prudie]

Hedgehogs are not vermin so you can relax. See if she can do a nice side dish with its ticks and fleas nom nom.

[mccfluff]

murp brings me cats to cook, we usually roast them and havethem with a nice burgendy, occ i mince them and make meatlof