Beaver the not so white meat...

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A buddy of mine call the other day and said he had trapped a Beaver from his pond. He ask me were they any good to eat and I told him the last one that I had eaten was not bad...That was 30yrs ago.. I told him if he would skin it then I would cook it and we would see if it was good..So here it is and it was pretty darn good. I baked it in a foil covered pan with some beef liquid and heavy cajun seasoning at 350* until it got to a IT of 205*. It was fall off the bone tender. Cooked some potatoes and cornbread to go with it...

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I also put a couple of onions in with it..

 

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I had beaver one time, just about as long ago as Roller. It was fixed much the same way too, but less seasoned since it was made my my Yankee family. I remember being surprised by how good it really was. Definitely something I'd happily eat again.

 

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I've never had it but heard it was not very good. I would take your word because I don't think many of those people ever really had beaver.

 

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I could go so many really bad directions with this! 

Bigfish

 

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Yipeee----you finally made the post about it!  It does look good but 

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Are you sure your last name isn't Clampet?

Kat

 

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bigfish98 said:

I could go so many really bad directions with this! 

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uh, yeah....

 

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I would think them tasty, as animals with Veggie diets are typically lean and mild flavored for the most part...Roller, living in Louisiana I would figured you have had Nutria. I would imagine they would be similar to Beaver...You just don't get as much Tail!...

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Nutria......eeeeewwwwwww  Chef Jimmy!  

Kat

 

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I have no comment about eating tasty vegetarian beavers.

 

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If you've ever had your nipple bitten off by a beaver....and then you ate 'im, you might be a redneck!!!!!   

Looks good Roller!  What does beaver taste like?

Bill

 

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If you've ever had your nipple bitten off by a beaver....and then you ate 'im, you might be a redneck!!!!!   

Looks good Roller!  What does beaver taste like?

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Not touching that one!

 

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Not touching that one!

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Once you get the hair off of it its not to bad....

 

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Roller said:

Once you get the hair off of it its not to bad....:biggrin:

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:2thumbs:

 

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Roller, I had beaver about 40 years ago..... As I recall it was a sweet meat... tender...  and good.....    

 

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JJ I have had Nutria Rat and their meat is a little sweeter than Beaver and your right not as much tail...and as you know WE will eat anything...

 

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DaveOmak said:

Roller, I had beaver about 40 years ago..... As I recall it was a sweet meat... tender...  and good.....    

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Your right Dave...and the way things are going we may all be eating it one day...

 

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Roller said:

S2K9K said:

Not touching that one!

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Once you get the hair off of it its not to bad....

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My Avatar made you do it. Didn't it?

 

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Roller said:

Once you get the hair off of it its not to bad....

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Bwahahaha!!!!

 

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Roller said:

Once you get the hair off of it its not to bad....

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Amen!

I used to have a bumper sticker that said " I Ate Beaver at Tombstone Inn". (That's in PA)

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About 60 miles south of where I live is a town called Fillmore.  55 miles south of that is a town called Beaver.  Locals affectionately refer to that area as the Fillmore Beaver area.  True story.

And it's even funnier if you've listened to the way we Utahans talk.