Squirrel Sauce Piquante

-2 squirrels, cut up
-2 Salt, red pepper and black pepper
-Shortening
-2 medium onions, chopped
-1/2 cup of chopped green peppers
-1 tablespoons of flour
-1/2 cup of tomato sauce
-Water
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1. Rub squirrels well with salt and pepper.
2. Cover bottom of Dutch Oven with one-fourth-inch of shortening; when heated, brown pieces of meat well on all sides.
3.Remove meat; lower heat to medium and saute onions, green pepper and flour in same pan until brown.
4.Return squirrel to the pan; add tomato sauce and enough water to cover the meat.
5.Cover with tight-fitting lid; simmer an hour and half or until meat is tender. Serve over rice.
(Rabbit may be subsitiuted for squirrel. As a variation, add one-half pound of pure pork sausage, fresh or lightly smoked, cut in one-inch pieces, with the onions and green peppers.)
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From my friend....... RedRose