ravenlynne > wrote:

> Thanks for the idea! There's a local butcher shop in montesanto that
> has rabbit hanging in the window...I've wanted to try it and needed an
> idea...

Hare and rabbit are not even in the same universe. Hare is gamy and
dark. Its one distinctive - and unpleasant - characteristic is the
extreme dryness of the meat. Its taste is all of its own and is very
distinctive indeed. Not a few people dislike it, even if they like
other kinds of game. It is nothing like the relatively bland, but
otherwise very pleasant, somewhat chicken-like rabbit - there is no
resemblance at all. That said, it ought to be easy enough to find hare
in Italy, frozen if not fresh. It is particularly popular in Tuscany,
where they make the wonderful pappardelle sulla lepre (with the hare
meat being cooked into a sauce, so dryness is not an issue), but even in
other regions, Campania not excluded, it is popular enough. If you need
recipes, hare or rabbit, just say so.

Victor