Now It All Makes Sense. Jerry Jones Claims One Of His Favorite Foods To Eat Is Squirrel Brains. Seriously
Kevin C. Cox. Getty Images.So here's the thing--Jerry Jones is like 150 years old and grew up in Arkansas. It's not surprising that he'd have a more…gamey diet than most. People in that part of the country don't go to the grocery store. They just walk outside with a rifle, shoot whatever they see first, throw it in a pot and make some stew out of it.
So no. It's not surprising that one of Jerry Jones' favorite meals is squirrel. But it's also easy to forget where the crypt keeper billionaire comes from, and quotes like this are always a great reminder.
I'm not going to shit on eating squirrel. I'm sure the fine folk of Arkansas have figured out a way to cook it down to the point where it's melt-in-your-mouth tender. Maybe a bit of an acquired taste, but I'm sure they make it work.
With that being said…the squirrel brain just seems like you're really playing a dangerous game. You eat the brain of one fucked up squirrel and it might scramble your own brain for good. Like some sort of mad squirrel disease. Maybe Jerry Jones is just old and senile, and that's why he's been running the Cowboys into the ground over the last 20 years. Or maybe he's been eating so many squirrel brains that now he thinks he's a squirrel himself. Many of the decisions he's made over the last few years could be categorized as being "squirrel brained". All I'm saying is that everything is starting to add up.
By the way--I still don't know if I could bring myself to try raccoon. But it doesn't look like the worst thing in the world once it's cooked. Maybe just don't tell me it's raccoon meat until well after the fact.