Ep. 419: This Country Life - Squirrel, It's What's for Dinner
Bear Grease
MeatEater
4.9 • 7.4K Ratings
🗓️ 6 February 2026
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
From a listener's story about passing down the appreciation for wild things to Brent's first solo squirrel hunt, this week's This Country Life is sure to be one of your favorites. As a bonus, the recipe of how Brent's mama fried all the squirrels she nor his dad would eat is in here along with the reason why neither one would partake. Get the grease hot! We've got squirrels to fry.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to this country life. I'm your host, Brent Reeves. |
| 0:09.1 | From coon hunting to trotlining and just general country living, I want you to stay a while as I share my experiences and life lessons. |
| 0:17.2 | This country life is presented by Case Knives from the Storemore Studio on Meat Eaters Podcast Network, bringing you the best outdoor podcast that Airways have to offer. |
| 0:29.3 | All right, friends, grab a chair or drop that tailgate. |
| 0:33.2 | I've got some stories to share. |
| 0:39.6 | Squirrel. |
| 0:40.6 | It's What's for Supper. |
| 0:43.3 | We're going to be hunting and eating squirrels this week, |
| 0:46.3 | and I've shared my fish cooking recipe on episode 11 and how I cook a coon on episode |
| 0:53.4 | 217. There's a lot of ways to prepare squirrels in the rest of the and how I cook a coon on episode 217. |
| 0:55.5 | There's a lot of ways to prepare squirrels, |
| 0:58.0 | and the recipe I'm sharing here today is simple, |
| 1:00.8 | and it was on a very special occasion. |
| 1:03.4 | I'm going to tell you just how my mama did it, |
| 1:05.7 | but first, I'm going to tell you this story. |
| 1:15.0 | Okay. I'm going to tell you this story. This one was sent in last June by this country life listener John Perkins. |
| 1:20.1 | John is a civil engineer in Albertville, Alabama. |
| 1:24.9 | John sharing his story of growing up with an older parent and was inspired to send it in |
| 1:30.6 | after listening to Episode 333 of this country life titled Pocket Knives, Squirrels, and Father's Day. |
| 1:39.4 | Now that's all the lead-in you get. So in John's words and my voice, here we go. |
| 1:48.6 | I recently listened to your Father's Day podcast about your dad. |
| 1:52.3 | I'll admit I had to stop what I was doing and shed a few tears as the story had so many |
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