Fried Squirrel

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Gullah Home Cooking the Daufuskie Way

By Sallie Ann Robinson

Published 2003

  • About

There is nothing special about our squirrels on Daufuskie. They’re the same crafty little gray squirrels that gardeners cuss at and city folks feed in the parks elsewhere. Like squirrels most everywhere, they’re quick learners and know how to get away fast from trouble. On Daufuskie, with hungry folks, their dogs, and even a bobcat or two, trouble was usually nearby.

Also as in most places, young hunters on Daufuskie learned how to hunt by shooting squirrels, and everyone on the isl