Mmmm ... squirrel

Recently the news broke that British people are eating squirrels on a regular basis. In fact, according to this article, the Brits are now eating squirrel so much that butchers have begun stocking it in their shops. With the worldwide recession, squirrel seems to be a viable source of protein to those with a taste for rodent. Unfortunately squirrels are quite difficult to kill and skin appropriately for eating. Headshots, etc.

But apparently they are only eating gray squirrels, and not the beloved red squirrels. Like there is a difference besides color. Holy crap there are a lot of squirrel pictures and photoshops floating around out there. Fuck you, penguin.

Veering off track. The point is that this is the kind of faux-news bullshit that some newspapers love. So when the New York Times "breaks" the story, editors across the country scramble to assign their wackiest reporter to put together something on squirrels' rise in the culinary community across the pond.

Take this gem from the NY Post (bastion of evenhanded, rational journalism).

Squirrels. Cute, bushy-tailed, chase-each-other-around-the-yard squirrels.
Want one for dinner? Um, probably not.
But some people do.

Indeed. But where is the lede playing on the cliche about horrible British food? Pick up your game New York Post. Also I would have enjoyed some "man on the street" interviews or possibly video in which people are clearly revolted by the idea of eating a squirrel.