Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), April 23, 1975, p. 11

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Think rabbit and buy some say owners of process plant Imagine for a minute Youre tired of the humdrum metis youve been planning or the family Week In week out Its been a repetition or the same old thingroast beef on Sundays with a change to ham round steak minced made up every which way or maybe ham burgers for casual prepara tion Think rabbit says proprietors of the newest rabbit processing plant In Erin township Owners of Robert Kens Enterprises Ltd located at RR Acton suggest that when appetites are low and waiting for some succulent dish which will restore the In eating the cook In the house should consider the delicious taste of roast rabbit rabbit fricasse or rabbit cooked until Juicy and tender smothered in a sauce of fried mushrooms and onions Not new For customers in small city meat stores have seen quantities the un sunned creatures hanging high in rows waiting for customer purchase Mostly though thoy were In ethnic quarters of the city where Italians and Portuguese were the buyers Its the Europeans who rabbit as a food Joe Robert vice president and manager of the plant He explains aim of the company Is to widen Iho market and get It on the Canadian plate so that people who never thought of rabbit as another meat will try It and see how gd it really is Many people also enjoy the taste of roast rabbit hangover from days when other meats were scarce and theyd go rabbit hunting They developed a taste for rabbit meat he said They are on our customer list too As well as being tasty and different meat is according to Mr recommended by doctors as a health meat low In cholesterol It Is suggested an a good ulcer Having sold domestic rabbits himself for a number of years the plant manager la knowledgeable in the the breeder has to ace He found that while raising animals far sale the market would drop con siderably during months when very Im rabbit outlet was cut down Wed sell our rabbits to processors and ratorles such as university research labs he explained but when holidays would come along the market was flooded because university and lab people were away and didnt need the rabbits Processors would ad van tage of tho rabbit grower and pay less money for the animals per pound He explained that rabbits could not be told that during summer months they shouldnt reproduce Oostol RABBITS ARE the specialty and processing the game of RobertKens Enterprises Ltd the new company with plant located at 3 Acton With a forward view to Kentucky fried rabbit Joe Robert plant manager and vicepresident sees rabbit meat as a high protein food to be used in dishes whetting every appetite Ottawa Report By Dr Frank MP rood to keep them alive and well certainly didnt go down In price ho aald Rabbit raiting experiences Itoberl Kens Enterprises has tried to base rabbit purchase ethics on such rabbit raising experience These have been In corporated Into the rules of company which works an the premise that all breeders selling to them can be sure of a fair deal Cost of food per rabbit la measured according to weight based on year round sales In this way I here la no fluctuation of purchase price and It makes It better for the producer who knows what his stable income will be Company owners feel this is one of the reasons why hey are seeing more people In the business of rabbit production than ever before They have regular sales people visiting large stores and super markets promoting and Introducing tho meat into places where It was previously never considered What we see Ib Kentucky fried rabbit said the en Mr Robert who envisions replacing chicken with rabbltburgera as part of the restaurant food are From rabbit purchase to final product at the local plant animals are handled under only the most hygienic conditions Government regulations specify that an Inspector be on hand during all processing There Is constant supervision as every rabbit Is tagged individually to ensure good quality moat Each one Is electrically killed skinned eviscerated and washed before put into a cooler ready for immediate transport delivery According to authorities rabbits require very little drying time They ore shipped to stores and packed in crushed ice Immediately after processing Downtown Toronto Is the plants biggest outlet although more and more other stores are buying and selling rabbit meat At the present time fresh rabbits are the big seller but even tually company officials hope to sec them packaged and frozen liko choice fowl Once catch on In the taste should be very popular sold Mr Robert Ho pointed out that rabbits shrink very little In cooking and dont dry out for wearing Besides using tho animals tor Kens Enterprises Ltd has for oven greater RABBIT PIR imll rtbbll niece bacon chopped Up mind herbs 1 bay last Block or water I paltry or to cover ard with pork Hub will Juniper n anon wild ft chopped it Juniper harm wlln and Pry In bullae possibility of using entrails as commercial fertilizer With the present attitudes against using rare animal hides for coats and accessories they hope to sometime in the future set up a garment plant where rabbit fur can be used for muffs and various lynea of wearing apparel Robert Kens Enterpriser Is one of the largest plants of Its kind In As well as processing It Is also building up spcclul marketing vIccb which are extensive and covers an area of sales In eluding Hamilton Kitchener and districts In gitod not only for who would enjoy new food but also Tor those raising Mr points out that meat to save because there In virtually no waste rabbit has no hone and Its nil white meat are some favorite recipes which accenting to company chefs would whet the appetite of any first lime user Rabbits he fresh while hare like game should be hung for a week or longer to improve texture of the flesh and tic flavour ROILED BABBIT rabbit Up pint whit rabbit thoroughly water dry and cut Into Joint i Put In with cold water rover to boll then throw water away Rime of rabbit In cold water remove any hate u Put piece rabbli back In with Iho and the pint of warm water or enough to cover the tiring to a bolt a aide head and mm Placet slock Prepare ami and onion Kill a pie with of and vegetable Inkling each with and herb Put In and heart of rabbit the bay leal and to come half way up Cover paltry making hole let out Ihe hale In a hoi oven rabbit on ton I tout In Sis rti oven A ltd remaining ingredient pan and mil well Hoi urn pan and continue rotating minutes baiting frequently wllh Mure When the moil It done remove to and warm Strain the gravy add a cup cream and heal through to latin a d pour over meal IIABniT Aa general rule wild rabbli be cooked In unlet vegetarian Pres Wod April S3 SALE 25 OFF ALL BICYCLES LIMITED TIME OFFER Tack Togs It wont be long before students will be looking Tor summer Jobs The federal cuts Opportunities or Youth program Is aimed at providing students with Job opportunities through a selec tive grant system 1 am pleased to announce that 11 Opportunities for Youth projects have been approved in riding and there is a possibility of four more getting approval in the near future Each group has been phoned and of their projects and a covering letter will be sent to them In the near future Here arc the 1 projects and the amounts which have been approved Erin Village in Motion BIS a Erin Community Kids 3 Burghs Acton Bands for Action Georgetown Pour En fonts Georgetown CAP Glen Williams Glen Williams Renovations Oakvlllc Discovering Old Oppor tunity for Play 10 Oakville Camp Toman 11 Oakville Project A description of these projects will prepared to with the names of the people Involved for release at an early date will take a great Interest In watching their success this summer My Commons committee work Is very heavy these days because we are debating the budget estimates I am in with several com mittees Including Finance Industry Trade and Com merce Health and Welfare and External Affairs We are also currently cussing North American Air Defense These discussions are critical terms of our long term arrangement tor adequate North American defense agreement in terms of working with the United States and on the other hind our Canadian autonomy Postmaster Genera aUckasey Is getting credit these days for taking a tough stand on the postal situation He attempting to ensure that contracts axe carried out properly with a minimum disruption of service Mr Mackatey has fired postal workers and suspended They were harassing other employees because of the use of casual workers taken on to handle a Urge backlog of mail totalling onehalf million pieces He stated that he is prepared to permit Il legal practices to Interfere with the movement of mall Furthermore Jean Chretien president of Ihe Trcasurv Board is taking a very tough line In terms of wage settlements Mr Chretien has recently filed suit against a number of workers In for having gone on Illegal strikes over the past few months Apparently this Is a first In postal negotiations I per so nall support the tough stand which government Is taking in an effort to get the postal service working properly Labour and management must work to gether to settle their differ without Illegal methods being used either side inflation rales are down for the first three months of Retail prices arc down from 14 per cent in the last quarter of to percent In the first quarter of We are below the United States rale for the first and only West has a lower Hon figure than Canada This is also the month when both rood and commodity prices come down In addition wholesale and Industry price averages are also down Furthermore our production rate has risen for the first time In a year Retail sales arc higher than a year ago and Gillespie Minister of Industry Trade and Commerce has now made a special effort boost export markets for Canadian made auto parts outside of the United States to com pie our traditional American market Just a reminder that the constituency office Is 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