Want nuts with that? Will Woodbridge butcher’s Suffolk squirrel become this summer’s must-try on the barbecue?

Squirrel ready to go on the barbie. Picture: Wild Meat Company (Image: Archant)

A Suffolk butcher is offering the animals whole for £4.50. Robert Gooch, director of the Woodbridge-based Wild Meat Company, said: 'Their hind legs, or haunches, are where most of the meat is and they're a nice portion to have on a barbecue.

'They barbecue very well if you wrap them in silver foil. It's a very tasty, delicately-flavoured meat.'

Mr Gooch said squirrels he sells had been trapped and killed by farmers and would otherwise be thrown away.

'We sell squirrels all year round,' he said. 'They're a novelty product people are interested in trying.'

If you think eating squirrel's nuts, how about:

Kangaroo - bouncing beef, as they call it Down Under, goes down a treat on the barbie washed down with a few cold tinnies.

Bouncing beef goes down well Down Under. Picture: Nick Butcher

Wild Boar - nothing boring about thick chops you can dish up sweet and sour, teryaki, or Sherwood Forest style with handfulls of herbs.

Zebra - grill the haunches and savour the Serengeti.

Or how about zebra..? Picture: Denise Bradley (Image: Archant)

Locust - marinade insects in honey and lime for a crunch with a difference.