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enjoy the delicious flavor of the modern, domesticated rabbit one must know how to properly prepare the same for the table. The modern rabbit is a different article of diet from the wild rabbit, and many people really deprive themselves of a great deal of the fine flavor and taste by preparing the domesticated rabbit under recipes that belong entirely to the wild rabbit.

There are certain distinctive characteristics between the two animals which should enable the novice to tell at a glance whether he is purchasing a wild rabbit or one of the domesticated breeds.

The wild rabbit is small, long and slender in shape and the meat is dark throughout. Unless you are living in the West your wild rabbit will seldom weigh more than three or four pounds dressed. Jack rabbits, of course,