Quick story. I married a girl from Pennsylvania in the Spring. Well Fall came along with the opening day of Squirrel season. I rolled out and shot 8 the first morning and upon the return home my new Bride ask; "What are you going to do with those?" I responded cook them of course.............wrong answer. "Not in My Kitchen" was the response. Anyway I gave them to a friend and have never had squirrel dumplings since. Today it would be no problem as now she knows I wouldn't put up with that but I don't miss it either.
I grew up eating them, my grandmother would use the back of a spoon to crack the skull to eat the brains. We were very hungry back then, never having enough to go around. My wife says today it's why I can't throw food away but maybe I'm a Glutton, who knows.