zoomablemind says >"I'm trying to understand if this really means the hunters do eat squirrels on other occasions? How is it chicken-fried?"<
Most squirrel hunters eat squirrel. Most prepare it like fried chicken. But since most squirrels are smaller than an adult chicken you need more squirrels to make a meal.
Squirrel is tastier than chicken. Its more challenging to hunt squirrel than to either harvest or shop for a chicken.
Perhaps Popeye's will someday feature "chicken-fried squirrel", making me both fatter and lazier.
If squirrel meat is anything like rabbit's, it is low fat. So the danger may be mostly from the Popeye's added oils.
Otherwise I'd be concerned more about "rabbit meat starvation" aka protein poisoning [1].
Most squirrel hunters eat squirrel. Most prepare it like fried chicken. But since most squirrels are smaller than an adult chicken you need more squirrels to make a meal.
Squirrel is tastier than chicken. Its more challenging to hunt squirrel than to either harvest or shop for a chicken.
Perhaps Popeye's will someday feature "chicken-fried squirrel", making me both fatter and lazier.