"Squirrel is real food, it's readily available and does taste good," said chef Gareth Eddy, who planned to get young people to help him fry up squirrel meat. "I can understand why some people might be a little squeamish, but when you think about it, there are an awful lot of grey squirrels around and many gardeners would be glad to be rid of them."
Chris Searle, one of the festival organisers, said he thought children would find the idea of tasting squirrel "interesting". "I'm sure some will be a little uncertain but I think the braver ones will give it a try, well once anyway," he told the BBC. Could this be a whole new dimension in the debate on school dinners?
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