the rabbits::goodbye

as good by parties usually are, lots of fun but there is that tiny bit of sadness there. just very present. this past week we said goodbye to t the guy who has been in the community the longest and has impressed his character upon our time with him too. so we had to prepare a very special goodbye dinner for him!
joel had the idea of putting a rabbit on the grill, and o yes i liked that one. i have never done this before, but it didn't seem to hard to do.


starting out with an order for two rabbits at the local butcher, which joel picked up on wednesday. i ended up with bigger animals as i expected, but never the less marinating them 24h ahead with lots of olive oil, rosemary, ground black pepper, oregano and then just taking a look into the fridge and finding a rather old jar with cranberry sauce...


of course elias had to help, he loves the adventure of "real grilling and cooking"...
the middle boy was running away with tearing eyes, he could not understand how we can do this to a rabbit. i had to take moment and stay with him, console him and explain it in many details why and how and all the where about. but that's ok, i don't mind, i do understand and respect that he didn't want to see or taste the meat/"dead animal". though i have to say, i feel like it is important to see the animal as a whole, to be connected with the animal you are eating. our society doesn't often get the opportunity to do so and that's why all the meat lovers eat without caring! huge amounts of meats....


as we had the meat over the hot coal, i frequently put some olive oil and once in a while beer over it. the meat stayed very moist, which is a bit of a challenge with rabbit and it took about 50 minutes over the hot coal for the two 5lb rabbits to be done.
it was a good dinner, with whole rice and ratatouille, yummy!