"Skin a bunny"

My mum used to make rabbit stew.
It had a sweet taste..
Urgh!

I remember eating rabbit which my mother skinned. That was before myx and before chicken became cheaper.

ViceVersa

Never heard of it used in that way, but my mum used to say 'there's more than one way to skin a rabbit'.

We always siad 'theres more than one way to kill a cat.'

A rabbit

Yes, my mother used to say this.
Thank you for reminding me!

In Malta rabbit stew is a national dish.

My old mum called liberty bodices ‘harvest festivals’ - everything safely gathered in. 😂

Thanks for the memory even though it was skin a rabbit in my Nan's house eddiecat

And very happy memories too of my Welsh grandad singing to us Run Rabbit Run in his lovely Rhondda accent. I always gave a little silent cheer when it came to the line "he'll get by without his rabbit pie"

yogitee exactly the same expression in our house for the same reason.

My mother cooked rabbits a lot but stopped when Myxamatosis started. I have never eaten rabbits since and have never seen them on a menu.

I remember wearing Chilproof vests and liberty bodices. The latter appeared to be glued on it was so tight.

MissAdventure

My mum used to talk about liberty bodices.

I was forced to wear a liberty bodice when young. For some reason Mum always washed them in boiling water in the copper and the rubber buttons always melted! I was often told I looked like a skinned rabbit too

My mum used to talk about liberty bodices.

I'm in Scotland and if I came home drookit (soaking wet) from the rain, my mother would say I looked like a skinned rabbit.

Skin a rabbit for taking off vest here too (and liberty bodice?). It was SE England. Usually just before you sat on the draining board (no bathroom) to be given your cod liver oil.

My mum used to say, "skin a rabbit for ninepence"! Don't know if that was a Brummie saying.

Yes for sure‘Skin a rabbit’ not a bunny in our house

I’ve never heard it either.

Someone very thin (like DGS2) is ‘like a skinned rabbit’ when naked or ‘built like a racing snake!’

Also ‘more than one way to skin a cat’ for looking for an alternative method of doing something.

Couldn’t eat rabbit - I had them as pets, so no way would I consider one food/edible.

Indigo8

ViceVersa

Never heard of it used in that way, but my mum used to say 'there's more than one way to skin a rabbit'.

The version I heard of this was 'There's more than one way to skin a cat". As a life long cat lover, I have always hated this expression.

Yes, I've heard that version too - my mum always said rabbit though.

"Skin a rabbit" when taking off vest, yes. Haven't heard it for many years.
I love rabbit stew / casserole too, used to eat it as a cash-strapped student but flatmates wouldn't let me put rabbits in the fridge so I hung them outside the window to keep cool.

ViceVersa

Never heard of it used in that way, but my mum used to say 'there's more than one way to skin a rabbit'.

The version I heard of this was 'There's more than one way to skin a cat". As a life long cat lover, I have always hated this expression.

I can remember them hanging up in the butchers, on hooks.

My mother refused to cook it after myxamstosis was introduced but I suppose I must have eaten it before then. My DB kept rabbits during WW2, so I was told. For years I happily imagined they were family pets but no, they were for much-welcomed food.

M0nica

I was a very skinny child and my mother used to say that she always bought my swimming costumes one size too large to stop me looking like a skinned rabbit.

Mind you I loved eating rabbit - still do, slow cooked in an oven or slow cooker, not to mention rabbit pate.

My mum used to make the most delicious rabbit dishes.. we had it quite regularly ... but I haven't tasted it now for years..

Never heard of it used in that way, but my mum used to say 'there's more than one way to skin a rabbit'.

Glad I'm not the only one! I expect my gran said it to my mum too. I wonder how far back it goes - presumably from the time when women were regularly skinning rabbits

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Goes the farmer's gun