little bunny, big money

[kindkit]

My plan to boil a bunny on Christmas (okay, okay, to braise a rabbit for Christmas dinner) has been thwarted. There is apparently only one shop in town that sells rabbit, and it charges $11 a pound. That's about $30 or even more for a single rabbit. I couldn't afford that even if I was willing to pay as much for a damn rabbit as I would for a decent piece of beef.

So now I need to rethink Christmas dinner. I still want something simple, easy to cook, and not too expensive, but also special. Anybody got any ideas? I'm still very much leaning towards a stew or soup, because even though, say, a roast is simple, it requires lots of other dishes to go with it, whereas a hearty soup or stew is a meal in itself.

Comments

[kindkit]

I'm much more willing to pay $20-$25 for a duck than $30 for a rabbit, but I've had duck for several recent Christmases and would like a change, and also a whole duck involves a lot of work. And I would end up buying a whole one, because you can buy a whole one for the price of a couple of duck breasts.

I think I've pretty much decided to buy a good quality chicken and make waterzooi, which is a Dutch chicken stew with cream. I just really, really am not in the mood to cook anything complicated. The Christmas season is the busiest time of year at my job, and I'm tired.

[skywaterblue]

I feel this, so it sounds like a good plan to me.