Fried Rabbit with Madeira Gravy

No dish is more prized in the South than fried rabbit with a cream or wine gravy, and while the idea makes me shudder a bit today, I can still remember as a young boy catching wild rabbits in traps, helping my grandfather skin and dress them, then watching my mother cut them up and fry them for dinner. Today, of course, frozen dressed rabbits are available in more and more markets as Americans shed their prejudices over eating “bunnies,” and restaurant chefs come up with ever new preparatio